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Ep 995: The Politics of Pronouns
Episode 995
Episode 995 of The Professional Left takes a deep dive into one of the most revealing tricks in modern political history — the quiet, deliberate shif…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ep 994: An Epidemic of Recycled Lies
Episode 994
Episode 994 of The Professional Left takes a hard look at the war on memory — the long, grinding campaign to erase what actually happened to this cou…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 993: Fools In a Burning House
Episode 993
Episode 993 of The Professional Left finally arrives at the pivotal year of 2008 — the moment the Republican party began eating itself alive — and tr…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 992: Both Sides Don't Have A Budget Surplus
Episode 992
In this episode of The Professional Left, Driftglass and Blue Gal trace how the Clinton-era budget surplus was dismantled piece by piece during the B…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 991: Underbabied?
Episode 991
Episode 991 of The Professional Left starts with a question that sounds absurd on its face — are Americans "underbabied"? — and then spends an hour m…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 990: Straining Gnats, Swallowing Camels
Episode 990
Episode 990 of The Professional Left takes a step back from the daily chaos to talk about something the mainstream media almost never bothers with — …
2 months ago
Ep 989: 'Velveeta'
Episode 989
Episode 989 of The Professional Left takes on one of the most overused words in modern politics — "authenticity" — and asks whether anyone in America…
2 months ago
Ep 988: Schrödinger's Alliances
Episode 988
Episode 988 of The Professional Left is a drama in three acts, each one taking a hard look at a political strategy that keeps failing — and the peopl…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 987: The Vice of the People
Episode 987
Episode 987 of The Professional Left takes a deep look at the concept of authority — where it comes from, who really has it, and what happens when th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 986: 'AmeriKKKan Gothic'
Episode 986
Episode 986 of The Professional Left traces how one simple political rule — Ronald Reagan's "Eleventh Commandment" never to speak ill of a fellow Rep…
2 months, 3 weeks ago