Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democr

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democr


Latest Episodes

#1501 Navigating Post-Roe America
July 13, 2022

Air Date 7/13/2022 Today, we take a look at how the Supreme Court stripped abortion rights for half the country, what life will look like for those seeking abortions and what we can do both personally

Bonus Sample #252 The Assumptions of Capitalism Culture
July 08, 2022

Original Air Date: 6-6-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - The Dawn of Everything - Capitalism Culture - Hit and Run Work Ethic - Necropolitics - W.E.B. DuBois on Colonial

#1500 America, A Beginner's Guide
July 04, 2022

Air Date 7/4/2022 Today, for this milestone episode, I attempted to squeeze in as many clever and interesting ideas as I could and ended up writing a starter guide to understand the United States. Plu

#1424 Fighting with at least two hands tied (Conservative Democrats Manchin and Sinema) (Repost)
July 02, 2022

Original Air Date 6/19/2021 Today we take a look at the politics of obstruction in service to big donors' interests while sacrificing the ability to run a functioning democracy in the process. Be part

#1287 Mitch McConnell is the Forking Worst (Reposted)
June 28, 2022

Original Air Date 7/5/2019 Today we take an unflinching look at Mitch McConnell and what a bad, bad man he is for basically all of the reasons. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991

#1499 Everyone Knew The Lie Was A Lie (January 6th Insurrection Hearings)
June 25, 2022

Air Date 6/25/2022 Today we take a look at some of the takeaways from the hearings investigating the January 6th insurrection. Most notably: they knew, they knew, they knew, they knew from the very be

#1498 Pride and Prejudice
June 22, 2022

Air Date 6/22/2022 Today we take a look at the complicated evolution of Pride Month in an era of much greater LGBTQ acceptance and the simultaneous resurgence of anti-LGBTQ energy that, in many ways,

#1497 A Healthier Humanity Through a Wellness Economy
June 17, 2022

Air Date 6/17/2022 Today we take a look at many intertwining realizations that are beginning to permeate society which include but are not limited to the dead-end mentality of infinite growth, the use

#1496 Home Is Where The Hardship Is (Housing Crisis)
June 15, 2022

Air Date 6/15/2022 Today we take a look at the many reasons why we are experiencing a housing crisis in the US and beyond but it mostly comes down to treating housing as a commodity to be profited fro

#1495 No One Supports the Economic Interests of Rural America
June 11, 2022

Air Date 6/11/2022 Today we take a look at the reasons why Democrats lost rural America and why it's important to make gains outside urban centers through working-class coalitions and a focus on the p