Driftglass and Blue Gal

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

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"Fiercely and unapologetically progressive, and definitely NSFW. 'The Professional Left' features award-winning bloggers Driftglass and Blue Gal as they skewer right-wing absurdities and dismantle mainstream media mealy-mouths with razor-sharp wit and zero filter. From mercilessly mocking partisan hacks to elevating stories the media ignores, it's the profane, unflinching political commentary you didn't know you needed. More at http://ProLeftPod.com ."

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Driftglass and Blue Gal

Episodes

Ep 207 We Don't Negotiate With Terrorists 22.11.2013 55:31

The JFK and Gettysburg anniversaries yield some dangerous and nasty rhetoric on the right. Why we DON"T want Elizabeth Warren for President, and DG's thoughts on employment. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. Support the show

Ep 206 - If you like your hurricane death toll, you can keep it! 15.11.2013 57:22

The mainstream media compares the Obamacare rollout to Hurricane Katrina. No, really. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 205 Where are the White Women At? The Voting Booth. 08.11.2013 1:12:16

Do Virginia gubernatorial results and angry Texas voters point out that we are entering another suffragette-driven Progressive Era? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 204 The Perfect IOKIYAR Moment 01.11.2013 1:09:52

Rand Paul provides a perfect instance of IOKIYAR. Also JP Morgan Chase spends your food stamp money on lobbying. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. Support the show

Ep 203 IT Obamacare, The Pope, and the USA is NOT broke. 25.10.2013 57:14

DG remembers working in IT for government, the Pope says stuff he'd have been burned for five centuries ago, and we discuss obscene campaign finance and "Inherit the Wind." More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 202 Shutdown Over and Casablanca 18.10.2013 1:17:36

DG makes predictions about the media, sees Casablanca again, and after the music, we discuss whether Science Fiction is the canary in our political coal mine. More at Professionalleft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 201 We Need Insurance and the GOP Needs a Green Pen 11.10.2013 1:03:42

"Both Sides Don't" goes kinda viral, and the GOP loses big-time in polls and in policy. Also, we shop the Obamacare Exchanges because we have to. More at Professional Left dot blogspot dot com. Support the show

Ep 200 The Republican Shutdown 04.10.2013 54:00

Thanks for all the support! The Professional Left Podcast is 200 episodes old! Also, the Federal Government shut down. Coincidence? Support the show

Bonus: Breaking Bad Mini-Cast "Felina" 04.10.2013 29:54

We discuss the final episode of "Breaking Bad." Support the show

Ep 199 Ted Cruz and the One Sided Recovery 27.09.2013 50:15

Blue Gal has a Bible B*tch for Ted Cruz. And we talk about why the beltway media enables crazies like him. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Bonus: Breaking Bad Mini-Cast "Granite State" 27.09.2013 30:58

We discuss the penultimate episode of the series "Breaking Bad." Support the show

Ep 198 There Is No Spoon, Louie Gohmert! 20.09.2013 1:05:06

Louie Gohmert compares guns and murder to spoons and obesity. Also, news of the week and Science Fiction University. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. Support the show

Bonus: Breaking Bad Mini-Cast "Ozymandias" 20.09.2013 28:50

The Professional Left discusses the latest episode of AMC's Breaking Bad. Support the show

Ep 197 End of the Eleventh Level Chess Myth 13.09.2013 59:03

We agree with Digby that it's time to end the Obama as multi-level chess master myth, but also end the Dronemaster McWorseThanBush myth, too. Also, what does it look like when we're all asked to be entrepreneurs and we're all broke? (bonus Breaking Bad Podcast will follow). More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Bonus: Podcasting on Breaking Bad "To'hajiilee" 13.09.2013 21:45

Driftglass and Blue Gal, AKA "The Professional Left" gab about the latest episode of AMC's Breaking Bad. Spoilers for the latest episode are included. Support the show

BONUS: DG and BG on Breaking Bad 06.09.2013 10:55

Ten minutes of bonus content where The Professional Left discusses the end of AMC's Breaking Bad. Support the show

Ep 196 Tall Guy Walks Into a Bar, Syria, and The Future 06.09.2013 1:09:27

Analogies with Syria, and in Science Fiction University, the future as mostly correctly predicted by Isaac Asimov. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. Support the show

Ep 195 Syria, and Bob Cesca on Fixing NSA/FISA 30.08.2013 53:23

We talk for ten minutes or so about Syria, then Bob Cesca of The Bubble Genius Bob and Chez Show joins us to discuss what we should advocate for in terms of FIXING the NSA/FISA Court transparency problems. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 194: The Empathy Show 23.08.2013 1:05:50

Republican power stops with their lack of empathy; why Twitter is not a community, and Science Fiction University. Support the show

Ep 193 Both Sides Don't Have Birthers 16.08.2013 56:52

The week's politics. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 192 Money is the Dark Side of the Force 09.08.2013 1:16:06

BG goes on a rant against a media who forgets that "million" is a number. And in Science Fiction University, comparing West Wing and Twilight Zone. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. Support the show

Ep 191 The Good As Enemy of the Perfect 02.08.2013 1:12:31

Sex, Fracking, Lotteries, and is compromise always a dirty word? Support the show

Ep 190: Carlos Danger and Sh*t Sandwiches 26.07.2013 1:20:26

Anthony Weiner, Harold Ford, Jr. and the best SF books for new readers. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 189 Reaching into the Memory Hole 19.07.2013 1:20:56

If you could pull one thing from the memory hole, what would it be? DG says impeaching Bush, BG says the sequester. Plus Trayvon Martin and Christian Witness? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show

Ep 188 Liberal Avengers Assemble! Gasland 2, & Happy Bday Blue Gal! 12.07.2013 1:11:55

Gasland 2, Sharknado, the Farm Bill, Texas, Abortion. And Blue Gal wants no Precious Moments figurines for her birthday. Thanks for all your support, though! Support the show