Left Reckoning

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.

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

Subscribe and get the Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning Thomas Kennedy joins us once again to discuss the state of the Florida economy, immigration crackdown, and political situation. Also, AOC talks billionaires. Follow Thomas' work: https://linktr.ee/tomaskenn https://wawlt.com/

Get the member's only Sunday Show and support Left Reckoning at https://patreon.com/leftreckoning Emma joins Matt and David once again to talk about the appearing on television, the middle east, Tucker vying for Graham Platner's attention, and PBD's assessment of the Daily Wire layoffs.

Support Left Reckoning and get the Sunday Show every week at Patreon.com/leftreckoning. On today's show, Dr. Salman Khan joins us to talk about what he observed in his time working in Gaza as Israel continues it's genocidal campaign during the so-called "ceasefire".Check out Dr Khan's writing on his time in Gaza: https://salmaninpalestine.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/an-infectiou...

Support LR and get the Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Great show today folks: First, author Matt McManus joins us once again to discuss his new piece in Liberal Currents, "The Right Wants You Stupid," about the long history, up to Charlie Kirk, of conservative intellectuals cultivating ignorance and bigotry. https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-right-wants-you-stupid/ Then, Kylie Cheung j...

Support the show and get our Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David reflect on Zohran's 100 days in office and recall some of the hysterical fearmongering about what his victory would mean. Also, Clayton Tucker is running for Ag Commissioner in Texas, a position relevant not only to farmers but anyone who want to stop tech from draining America's water and wasting its elect...

Support the show and get our Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David have choice words for The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell and antipolitical tendencies on the left and center. Also, David talks to Steve Early and David Marshall about organizing veterans for the Left.

Short clip from our discussion on AOC's committment not to support funding for "defensive" weapons to Israel. Get the full Sunday Show every week at https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning

IT'S IN THE BIBLE. Welcome to a very special episode of Left Reckoning with our good friend RM Brown, who helps us break down the loonies and the zany in a way only a proper newsman can do. Plus David & Matt talk about the new excerpt from The Myth of Red Texas published in the Nation. Nation Piece: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/the-myth-of-red-texas-excerpt/ Order The Myth of...

On today's show, Matt and David talk about the current state of the war on Iran and a horrible decision from a judge in Texas. Also, Maximillian Alvarez gives us an important update on the fallout from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Follow Maximillian: @maximillian_alvShare his recent work on East Palestine:https://inthesetimes.com/article/east-palestine-ohio-residents-dont-want...

Keep Left Reckoning going and get our Sunday Shows by subscribing on Patreon . Hey folks! Big show today. First, Alex and Nathan from Current Affairs join us to talk about their taking part in the Nuesta America Convoy to get aid into Cuba as our country starves them of necessities. Then, Brandon Sutton of Th3Discourse joins us to react to Patrick Bet-David and Alex Jones supporting the Iran War d...

Kuba (@DrKuba2) joins us to discuss the geopolitics of our heinous war on Iran, particularly the view from Europe. Check out Kuba's What Fresh Hell series with This Is Revolution here:    • WHAT FRESH HELL EP. 2 ft. DEEP STATE KUBA   Support Left Reckoning at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our Sunday Shows.

David's book, The Myth of Red Texas, is out! Buy today: https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/ America's mob war foreign policy continues with the weekend's war launched on Iran. We welcome Annelle Sheline of Responsible Statecraft and TMBS regular guest Djene Bajalan on to discuss Follow Annelle at annelle.sheline on IG and @annellesheline on twitter https://quincyinst.org...

On today's show, David and Matt reflect on the primary in Texas. Then, Daniel Bessner joins us to talk about the new essay collection he's edited with Michael Brenes, "Cold War Liberalism". CODE: BESSNER26https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cold-war-liberalism/4CE8BFF1CF908A8F481B55F2043A88F7Support Matt & Dave and gett access to all bonus episodes at patreon.com/leftreckoni...

Hillary Clinton said this weekend at a security conference in Europe that "migration went too far." Matt examines her culpability in displacement in Central America, specifically Honduras. Then, Oliver Larkin joins David to discuss his run as a socialist in Florida's 23rd. https://www.oliverforcongress.com/ Next, we move up the Eastern seaboard to Maine where Nathan Bernard (@NathanT...

More Epstein revelations continue to shake the country, despite the lack of political response. Etienne Rosas and Greg Stoker join us to tell us why the left should be excited about their runs for Congress in Texas. But first, Robert Skvarla joins the show once again to discuss the recently released Epstein docs and prospects for justice. Check out Etienne's campaign: https://www.rosasforcongr...

Welcome Left Reckoners, David and Matt talk about the massive victory won by Taylor Rehmet in North Texas. It shows the solution for Texas is clear run labor candidates. We are then joined by Ben Fong and Paul Prescod of Damage Magazine to talk about their new collection of the work of the great labor leader and civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. And then after the serious work is over, Matt and Dav...