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Ep 1005: Meanwhile, In Local News...
Episode 1005
Episode 1005 of The Professional Left makes the case that if you really want to understand America — not a focus group of twelve Trump voters in Flor…
5 hours ago
Ep 1004: The MAGA Merry-Go-Round
Episode 1004
It goes in circles but never gets anywhere
It’s all horses’ asses
And there is no brass ring.
Driftglass on the Bob Cesca Show : https://www.bobcesca.co…
5 days, 6 hours ago
Ep 1003: Science Fiction University - Trust
Episode 1003
Science Fiction University returns at long last, with an extended deep dive into one of the oldest and most unsettling questions in the genre — who c…
1 week ago
Ep 1002: It’s Still the Republican Party
Episode 1002
No rebranding! They cashed all those checks with the Tea Party. Episode 1002 of The Professional Left opens with a pop quiz, and the reveal says ev…
1 week, 5 days ago
Ep 1001: 119 Billion Kilometers and Counting
Episode 1001
Episode 1001 of The Professional Left kicks off the post-1000 era with a reading from Octavia Butler — written in 1993, about a fictional America tha…
2 weeks ago
Ep 1000: For Your Consideration...
Episode 1000
Episode 1000 of The Professional Left opens with the countdown finally hitting zero — and instead of a victory lap, Driftglass and Blue Gal do exactl…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Ep 999 The Patron Saint of Corruption
Episode 999
Episode 999 of The Professional Left takes a detour through the smoke-filled back rooms of mid-century Chicago machine politics to explain something …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Ep 998: Who's This Jagoff?
Episode 998
Episode 998 of The Professional Left opens with a game of "Who's This Jagoff?" — a quiz that turns out to be a master class in how the Both Sides Do …
4 weeks ago
Ep 997: What Do Democrats Want?
Episode 977
Episode 997 of The Professional Left uses the sudden, very public firing of Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes as a jumping-off point to ask a much bigger …
1 month ago
Ep 996: The Maine Event
Episode 996
Episode 996 of The Professional Left takes a hard look at the media circus surrounding the Maine Democratic Senate primary, asking who is actually st…
1 month ago