The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

We remember the career of MSNBC's newest weekend host, Michael Steele.  More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https:...

Joe Biden goes to Lauren Boebert's district and Hunter Biden offers to testify on camera?  BANG!  Plus more of the week's news, media, and politics.  More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod   Support the show

We discuss the very political "The Day The Icicle Works Closed" by Frederick Pohl, and also why science fiction often doesn't age well.  More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. Support the show

An unscripted and unrehearsed conversation, recorded at our dining room table on an iPhone.  Driftglass:  "Tuesday night I was feeling a little doomed, and my wife asked me what was wrong and I told her that at that moment I was doing some serious thinking about what to do in 2024 if Trump won.  And that thinking about the unthinkable was depressing the hell out of me. So we talked about it. ...

A bad week for testosterone in the halls of Congress - Why are men so emotional?  Candace Owens rediscovers her Bible, and Ben Shapiro says she should quit over it?  Yes, Trump is Hitler after all.  And the Sulzberger family newspaper continues to normalize that.  What is bothering Brit Hume these days?  The answer won't surprise you.  This and other news of the week.  More at proleftpod.com....

We remember the two Mayor Daley's of Chicago, and the younger Daley's selling off of public facilities like the parking meters to keep "his" city going.  It's great urban history.  More at proleftpod.com.   Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Clip of "Lovely Rita" by The Moon Lo...

Driftglass watches the whole Republican debate and lives to tell the tale.  And we celebrate big wins for Democrats in this year's elections.  Remember how this feels next year and VOTE!  More at proleftpod.com.  Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod   Suppor...

A somewhat deep dive into the Book of Revelation?  Don't worry; we also include connections to John Wick/Keanu Reeves as Jesus.  But seriously, folks, these end times Republicans are deeply committed to the end of the world and think war in Israel is just the ticket to them going to Heaven and the rest of us going ...elsewhere.   And don't get us started about protecting the environment...

We celebrate with the UAW and explore some related stories you may have missed.  And we love the ACA but have a sticker shock for 2024.    Driftglass and Blue Gal also appeared this week on The Bill Show from Australia.  Listen Here. Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/pro...

The Netflix series "Bodies" brings up all kinds of connections to time travel in science fiction.  We watched the 8 part series in three days -- it's good!  More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.  (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Support the show

The new (and definitely temporary) House Speaker, Maga Mike, Blast Hardcheese, Slab Squatthrust, insert your favorite MST3K nickname here, implies some pretty important theological arguments about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRIFTGLASS (Oct 30)!!! Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://pay...

How a right-wing takeover of "military intelligence" in 1976 leads directly to kew-anan nonsense today.  More at proleftpod.com. Your support of the show really matters!  Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionaut...

A special Wednesday episode - we'll be back next week to our regularly scheduled Tuesday/Thursday shows.  Driftglass has an interesting analogy going.  We're so glad Joe Biden is president. And we skewer John Kasich, David Gregory, Newt Gingrich, and Sean Hannity for being awful on television THIS WEEK!  More at proleftpod.com . LINK FOR THIS EPISODE:  Oliver Darcy on NBC's "pa...

Hi it’s Fran AKA Blue Gal, just letting you know that this week, due to lots of things going on here at Casa DGBG, we will be doing ONE podcast only, on Wednesday October 18.  The episode should be posted by 7pm Central time.  I’ve got lots of doctor appointments this week for some reason and today Tuesday, our cat, Barack Hussein the Kenyan Usurper, goes to the vet for his annual checkup.  Barack...

It's our 750th episode!  We talk about the horror going on in Israel,  and respond to WaPo's very silly article about Illinois Gerrymandering.  This plus the news of the week!  Thanks for listening! Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show

Because Joan Walsh asked on the Tim Miller podcast, we're here to explain what happened to the blogosphere.  Some of us are still here.  More at proleftpod.com.  Your support of the show really matters!  Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Au...

Democrats learned much from the Obama years:  we are DONE cleaning up Republican messes and then getting blamed when we do. You got elected, GOP, learn to govern, or go home.  More at proleftpod.com.  Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show

No Fair Remembering Stuff is One Year Old and boy, are our arms tired!  We talk about the future of No Fair Remembering Stuff and how we plan to keep doing this show and keep what's left of our sanity.  And we follow with an encore presentation of our first show, one year ago today.  Your support of the show really matters!  Thanks so much.  Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/prole...

The Republican Party can't get their act together, and it's a feature, not a bug.  The mainstream media can’t help making “walking the UAW picket line” and “meeting with scabs at a non-union shop” equal.  Keith Olbermann dances on Drifty’s corner (again), and a Missouri congressman doesn’t understand timelines.  And Republicans won’t call out a REAL corrupt Democrat because they’re too b...

We discuss when there's "too much of a good thing" in a science fiction world, including when the hero is a tragic hero.  Then we discuss the future of Dune movies.  More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.   (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Support th...

This episode is not work-safe.  Driftglass visits Iowa.  Republicans threaten a government shutdown, but worry they'll be blamed for doing it.  Some columnists catch up to where we were seven years ago.  David Brooks buys a hamburger.  And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro shows how to deal with both siderist questions.  More at proleftpod.com. Link for this episode: Fran's healthcare s...

No Fair Remembering Stuff brings you the sex scandal of 1974. More at proleftpod.com .  Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jump...

Kevin McCarthy's very illegal impeachment (not really) inquiry (also not really) thingie is not going well.  And because this is our only episode this week (Driftglass is traveling) we do a little No Fair Remembering Stuff about the 1968 Democratic National Convention that you will not have heard before.  More at proleftpod.com Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@Profession...

The New York Times has a headline problem.  We discuss using the 14th Amendment to remove you-know-who from the 2024 ballots.  Also, Illinois has become a haven for political refugees from red states, particularly educators and women.  More at proleftpod.com.    Our podcast YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patr...

A certain podcaster is calling for consequences for right-wing extremists and agitators, including Trump.  You'll never guess who (or maybe you will).  More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creati...