Left Reckoning

support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David celebrate Lula's victory over Bolsonaro. Then, journalist Hamilton Nolan and Jacob Morrison of  @TheValleyLaborReport  join David to discuss infiltrating a police union conference and the contradictions in including cops in the labor movement. Read the article here: https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltrated-a-police-union-conven...

support the show and get the weekly members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning. Emma Vigeland of the Majority Report rejoins Left Reckoning to discuss the state of the primaries and how moderates are dealing with an electoral existential crisis.

Support the show and get the members’ only Sunday Show at http://patreon.com/leftreckoning . Matt and David discuss the terminally conspiracy-brained Republicans as a lie about Talarico blows up in their faces. Also, will Tucker apologize for smearing Ilhan Omar now that ICE investigators have raided her DC home. 

support the show and get the weekly Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David discuss the recent elections in Brazil, which saw the country turn to the right, and the upcoming runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro's son. Then, Mike Beggs joins us to discuss his new book with Bhaskar Sunkara and Ben Burgis, The Blueprint. Check out The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real Wo...

support the show and get our Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning. ATX City Council Candidate Misael Ramos joins us to talk about his campaign as well as his recent arrested for protesting ICE.Then, current DSA City Council member joins David to discuss socialism at the city level.

Support Left Reckoning and get our members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Read and share Connor's on the investigation: "How to Steal a Hemisphere: Fernando Cerimedo and the Heist of Latin American Democracy" https://reactionary.international/investigations/how-to-steal-a-hemisphere/en/ https://progressive.international/ And check out Chip Gibbons' article, &q...

Support Left Reckoning and get our weekly Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningEtienne Rosas joins LR once again to talk about Elon Musk's SpaceX takeover down in Brownsville, Texas and how it plays into the rising anger against tech elites. Also, Doug Burgum and the brainlessness of a country led by "businessmen."

Support the show and get the members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMike Rogers history of supporting Israel's Iran War make-a-wish, James Talarico sits down with Mark Cuban and Sam Russek (@SamRussek) joins us to talk about his piece on Houston mayor John Whitmire in the Texas Observer:https://www.texasobserver.org/john-whitmire-houston-mayor-state-city-government/

support LR and get the weekly Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningBeto O'Rourke joins Left Reckoning for a broad discussion on Texas politics and his outreach to low-propensity voters at poweredxpeople.org

support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to get the weekly members' only Sunday Show. Matt and David briefly discuss UK politics, specifically Binface and Burnham before talking about how the Third Way is gonna spend $15 to hire anti-DSA goons, Ken Paxton running away from a THC question, and an update on Big Bend vandalism by the US government

Support the show and get the weekly member's-only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt is joined by Jostein Hauge, political economist and Associate Professor in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, to discuss the current balance of power in the world economy and the degree to which western leaders are asleep at the wheel as China's model makes strides previously tho...

support the show and get the Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningDavid and Matt break down Vivek Ramaswamy's appearance in front of a bunch of 20 year old klan runts goes horribly and Bill Maher is trying to make everyone as afraid of a DSA caucus as he is.

Get the Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning Youtube's RM Brown joins us once again, this time to react to Elon Musk's car crash interview with the EIC of The Economist. Check out RM Brown's channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@rmbrown5736

Get the Sunday Show and keep Left Reckoning going: patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David discuss a big fat cynical identity politics gift being delivered for the Texas GOP by Jasmine Crockett and her dead-enders. Also, Bhaskar Sunkara joined Ross Douthat to discuss socialism in America. Also, we look back at some timely Michael Brooks wisdom.

On today's Left Reckoning, Shawn Fain fights back against an inappropriately Zionist fed monitor that's harassing the UAW after they joined calls for a ceasefire in gaza. Support Left Reckoning and get the Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Ishmael Johnson (@IshmaelRJohnson) of the Dallas Morning News joins us to discuss his series on the costs and affordability of youth sports. Read...

Note: Spotify copyright censored the Haley Stevens clip around 38 minutes in so it has been truncated here. Support the show and get the weekly members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningThe Majority Report's Emma Vigeland joins LR once again to break down the state of the Maine and Michigan senate races.

support the show and get the weekly members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningThe Majority Report's Emma Vigeland joins LR once again to break down the state of the Maine and Michigan senate races.

Get the Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David watch the Sunday Show appearance by Zohran Mamdani responding to a familiar foreign policy question as well as a Problem Solver Manifesto. Them, David talks to Juan David Rojas about his piece "A second Milei rises in Colombia"Read Juan David Rojas piece in Unherd here: https://unherd.com/2026/06/a-second-milei-rises-in-colo...

Support Left Reckoning and get the weekly members-only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Jasmine Crockett is getting petty in the run up to the Texas Senate race. But first, Devin Thomas O'Shea returns to the program to discuss his excellent new book "The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis" https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/277...

Trump turned the White House South Lawn into a UFC cage for his 80th birthday — a gladiator spectacle dubbed Freedom 250, with $1.5 million ringside seats and a crowd he handpicked himself. David sits down with Ben Case — writer, organizer, and former pro Muay Thai fighter — to get at what the fights are really about: private equity, tech billionaires, and the Saudi government quietly consolidatin...

Matt and David check in on an old (un)favorite in Sam Harris and his clinically hysterical way of denying atrocities. Then, socialist Conrad Blackburn talks about running for State Assembly in Harlem. Finally, Mehdi Hasan embarrasses Patrick Bet-David. Support Left Reckoning and get the Sunday Show at Patreon.com/leftreckoningEarly voting in Harlem starts June 13th conradforharlem.com

Get the full episode on Patreon here David and Matt wade into the heated Chris Smalls/Amazon Labor Union discourse prompted by this recent review of his upcoming book in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2026/06/smalls-amazon-labor-organizing-celebrity

Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekly Sunday Show. Matt and David weigh in on the accusations of betrayal and purity-testing being levelled at Norm Finkelstein by certain parts of the media-fixated left. Then,  @orangefreddyg  joins Matt to discuss pressing issues in the NY/NJ area, including a Israeli war criminal inclusive zionist klan rally in NYC, a detention center...

Support Left Reckoning at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Annie Lowrey brings the Bidenomics vibecession argument back and the lib stats nerds can't help advertising their incomprehension. Also, Jasmine Crockett is uh busy.

Get the weekly Sunday Show and support Matt and David at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David discuss AOC's take on the American Revolution before Ron Placone joins Matt to discuss AI cluelessness, Zohran, and politics in California .Check out Ron's Work here: https://linktr.ee/ronplacone and his tour dates here: https://www.ronplacone.com/shows-1