Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democr
Latest Episodes
#1516 The Clean-Up Crew (The System of Activist Judges Defending Trump)
Air Date 9/24/2022 Today, we take a look at the decades-long scheme to funnel conservative activist judges into the judiciary to support Republican policy goals and the resulting legal bulwark defendi
#1515 Set the Sun on the British Empire (Queen Elizabeth II)
Air Date 9/21/2022 Today, we take a look at the history and legacy of British imperialism and slavery through the lens of the divergent views on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the growing movem
#1514 Creating a Digital World of our Worst Habits
Air Date 9/17/2022 Today, we take a look at the way terrible patterns of the past like colonialism, racism, propaganda, feudalism, and abuse of corporate monopoly power are recreating and re-entrenchi
#1513 The Morality of Debt and Forgiveness
Air Date 9/14/2022 Today, we take a look at the history and hysteria behind debt and debt forgiveness while Biden is canceling student debt and opponents of the idea are reacting in the most predictab
#1512 Ownership and Rights in a Digital World
Air Date 9/9/2022 Today, we take a look at platforms, goods, and business models in the modern landscape of the digital marketplace. We start by questioning the morality of engaging in given platforms
#1511 Economic Underclass, Political Pawns (Immigration and Asylum Seeking)
Air Date 9/6/2022 Today, we take a look at the precarious state of our immigration and asylum system, the legacy of neoliberalism and imperialism in South and Central America, the inhumanity practiced
#1436 The Long Legacy of Making Deals with the Devil (Bipartisanship) (Repost)
Original Air Date 8/21/2021 Today we take a look at the history of bipartisanship and appeasement in the US dating back to before the Civil War and tracking it all the way up to the current negotiatio
#1510 Avoiding Accountability
Air Date 8/31/2022 Today, as we wait to see if Trump will ever be indicted for any of his many, many, many crimes, we take a look at the long and illustrious history of powerful people avoiding prosec
#1509 Preparing for the next proxy-war (China and Taiwan)
Air Date 8/27/2022 Today, we take a look at the tensions between China and Taiwan, the tensions between China and the U.S. vis-a-vis Taiwan, the tensions between Russia, Europe and the U.S. vis-a-vis
Bonus Sample #253 Bill Maher vs George Carlin
Original Air Date: 7-8-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - Collections of Guns - Identity and Consumerism - Educating Worker Drones - The Amanda Principle Revisited - Geo