Dan Plaat

Whats Left In Albany/The 3 Lefts Show

Government EN ↓ 10 episodes

The 3 Lefts Show covers ongoing and present issues from a Radical Left perspective. Hosted by Dan Plaat who brings his activist experience and flexible perspective to tie various stories together to think critically and about the big picture. A political talk show with heart, passion and a drive to educate the people for a post-capitalist future.

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Dan Plaat

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WLIA 30: What’s Wrong with Capitalism: What’s ‘Left’ to Do 23.01.2024 1:48:32

I end my formal podcasting project with one more double length show. The first half is a summary of the systemic problems of our capitalist society. I use David Harvey’s […]

WLIA 29: What to Do About Albany? 09.01.2024 57:48

I finish the wrap up of the show with a retread about nonprofits and a tale of Christmas crime. I bust out an old story covering part of the aftermath […]

WLIA 28: Albany Stories Wrap up 02.01.2024 57:28

My wrap up episode to round out the series starts with a capstone to the saga of Trayvon Jackson of the South end Grocery. The I revisit 787 reconstruction and […]

WLIA 27: More Questions than Answers about Nonprofits 19.12.2023 57:50

Since the great society it’s been policy and goals for social programming and services to be managed by nonprofit enterprises for of and by the community, but also since that […]

WLIA 26: Housing Rights in Process w Canyon Ryan 12.12.2023 56:50

Today I have a special guest, Canyon Ryan, the Executive Director of United Tenants of Albany. He joins me to give an in depth update on the state of housing […]

WLIA 25: Food Mirage in the South End: 21.11.2023 57:50

This time I return with an update as I catch up with events over the summer regarding the South End Grocery which has closed and pulled the Africa-American Cultural Center […]

WLIA 24: Enter the Machine Part 3 07.11.2023 0:57

In finish the first reading about Albany’s political machine in the 20th century, covering Dan O’Connell’s rules and what his friends said of him. As I process how the machine […]

WLIA 23: Enter the Machine Part 2 26.09.2023 57:39

I continue my reading series about Albany’s modern political machine with parts from Mayor Corning’s biography. This part covers the personal relationship between the party boss Dan O’Connell, and the […]

WLIA 22: The Local Toastmasters 19.09.2023 57:33

As one interview leads to another, I have on leaders from the local toastmasters. The century old organization that seeds clubs that provide an education in public speaking. Of course […]

WLIA 21: Butterflies in the South End 05.09.2023 57:47

Today I have on a mother daughter team who formed and developed a buterfly garden at the foot of Lincoln park. Called the South End Butterfly Sanctuary, a reclaimed vacant […]