The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

05-23-2023 | We remember the relentless Republican war against the Clintons, and how that set the stage for the Bush years and beyond to Trump. More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Ep 719 YouTube: https://youtu.be/BNc04o1okTw Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audio...

05-19-2023 | Jim Jordan tries to make up his own rules about whistleblowers. Sean Hannity interprets the Durham Nothingburger Report for the reprogrammable meatbags: "In other words..." And Christiane Amanpour has advice for the graduates of the Columbia School of Journalism that sounds... familiar. More at: http://proleftpod.com YouTube Ep 718: https://youtu.be/2KX0jJhk2v8 Support the s...

We remember "No Labels" from the day it was born to the present.   More at proleftpod.com.    Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod 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/jumpin-b...

05-12-2023 | Trump found liable for his sexual assault and has to pay E. Jean Carroll $5,000,000. Meanwhile, George Santos has 13 counts against him and we wonder who paid his $500,000 bond. Oh and Trump may have incriminated himself more than once at the stupid CNN Town Hall. Great job! More at: http://proleftpod.com YouTube Ep 716: https://youtu.be/MB1mOX1vPkE Support the show: PayPal |  https:/...

05-09-2023 | No Fair Remembering Stuff remembers when an old piece of computer software foiled Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. And more lessons on how government works. More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod YouTube Ep 715: https://youtu.be/hJE9RQelY1I Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by A...

Ron DeSantis didn't know Mickey Mouse could read! Also shocking news about Tucker Carlson (He's a racist? Ya don't say!), and Driftglass's rant about Republican Horcruxes and secret liberal magic powers. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 714: https://youtu.be/ez_l7oQ3Yas Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftp...

05-02-2023 | The belief that somehow Kamala Harris isn't "doing something" as Veep runs counter to nearly every other Vice President in the history of the United States. More at http://proleftpod.com .  YouTube Ep 713: https://youtu.be/WmuijObPiwQ Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin B...

04-28-2023 | Who exactly was Tucker Carlson's audience for the Twitter video he made after his firing from Fox? And why, all of a sudden, are conservatives pushing both siderism in DROVES? (We know!) More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 712: https://youtu.be/s16nHqwHY7Y Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Tucker Carlson,...

04-25-2023 | 'Gene Roddenberry's Scratchpad' - We discuss "The Questor Tapes," a 1970's Gene Roddenberry pilot that provided source material for TNG's beloved character, Data. More at http://ScienceFictionUniversity.com . Support the show at https://patreon.com/scifiu YouTube SciFiU - Ep 14: https://youtu.be/CfC28Sq8c7E KEYWORDS: Science Fiction University, media...

04-21-2023 | Despite our disappointment that Dominion settled with Fox, there's still a lot of Eff'd around and they're gonna find out for conservative media and politicians. Why is the Lincoln Project calling for a Republican Year Zero? WE KNOW! And Blue Gal takes the "I'm an independent!" Quiz. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 711: https://youtu.be/JW0n-Kc...

04-18-2023 | Ted Kennedy at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.  More at http://proleftpod.com . Links for this episode:  The economy, 1980 https://home.csulb.edu/~astevens/posc420/files/hibbs.html Full Text of Ted Kennedy's Speech to the 1980 Democratic Convention https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/tedkennedy1980dnc.htm Video of Ted Kennedy's Speech to the 1980 Democratic Co...

04-14-2023 | (Not work safe) So much news, but it's important to stay sane. Ketchup thrower is trying to create chaos so the public will tune out his crimes and his followers will send money. More at http://proleftpod.com . Link for this episode :  The Paid Pundits Defending Clarence Thomas And His Billionaire Benefactor YouTube Ep 709: https://youtu.be/igC3wNoaHBY Support the show: PayPal | ...

04-11-2023 | We remember the gay prostitute, Jeff Gannon, who was a George W. Bush White House Correspondent for two years. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 708: https://youtu.be/K2ZMJwog9Gs 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/jumpin-boogie-woo...

04-07-2023 | There are liberals winning elections in the Midwest! Also, they call it "woke" and "socialism" when Black people get stuff. The massive fail at 60 Minutes and the small win at MSNBC. And Springfield IL will have a new mayor, which is a surprise. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 707: https://youtu.be/GwVF5_y1qwU Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.m...

You can listen to Driftglass (with the inimitable Digby) on the BradBlog Podcast this afternoon.  BradBlog.com or wherever you get your podcasts.  Thanks!  Support the show

April 1, 2023 | We recorded our Thursday episode right before Donald Trump was indicted, but no worries, it was perfect timing for our April  Fool's Day deadline to get that demo reel to I Fart Radio ! Satire! Happy April Fool's Day, everybody!   YouTube Ep 706: https://youtu.be/mYEevQC11gM No Episode Tuesday - We'll be watching for the arraignment. A meaty show will drop on the eve...

03-31-2023 | We read some of your letters and react to the tragic (and preventable, Republicans) murders of children and their caretakers in Nashville. And afterwards we found out Trump was indicted today. DANG IT. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 705: https://youtu.be/85xvTQrV_pc Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod politi...

03-28-2023 | Time for another Science Fiction University! This time, we discuss artificial intelligence, dystopian movies, and the 1970 film "Colossus: The Forbin Project." Uh-oh, we shouldn't have built an out-of-control super computer with nukes! See all of our Science Fiction University episodes at http://ScienceFictionUniversity.com . Support the show at https://patreon.com/scif...

This week was like a scene out of "His Girl Friday," with reporters vamping while waiting for news. More on being the audience that bolts from MSNBC. Our next big mass movement is against poverty. And the so-called "judgment of history" is bunk, to put it mildly, which Driftglass never puts it mildly! More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 702: https://youtu.be/PYbjuH0b_fs...

No Fair Remembering Stuff on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the Bush Administration.  What we blogged, how we felt, what it means today.  More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 703: https://youtu.be/bm6XjJkGONg 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: h...

Woke as Duckspeak. DeSantis eats pudding with three fingers, and that tanks his fascist a$$. All this and the week's news plus more at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 702: https://youtu.be/-OKAUZPbqoU Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Tom Nichols, Joe Scarborough, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Democratic Congres...

The final episode of our history of OG liberal blogs. More at http://proleftpod.com .  Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod YouTube Ep 701: https://youtu.be/kzz9Uji1HxU 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:...

What a week! Dominion filings against Fox, Jim Jordan AND Tucker Carlson face plant, and we appreciate the punching back by Rep. Daniel Goldman and other House Democrats and their staffs. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 700: https://youtu.be/BbmtF_7zxsQ Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Fox News, Dominion lawsuit, Tucke...

03-07-2023 | Part 3 of our series on the history of the left-wing blogosphere and our part in it. More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod 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: h...

03-03-2023 | Fox News viewers appear to be able to *change coverage of reality* at Fox by not watching when they tell the truth. We don't want to do that, but we would prefer if MSNBC paid *fewer former Republicans* to provide political coverage, tyvm. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 698: https://youtu.be/KSw9kYXidjI Support the show: PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patr...