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Ep 181 Contempt of Congress |
May 24, 2013 |
| We hate Congress, but not in the Ted Cruz way. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.
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Ep 180 Cancer, Art, and the Coming Whitewater Summer |
May 17, 2013 |
| Angelina Jolie’s message on breast cancer resonates close to home for BG; DG talks about the IRS and Art School, and the Whitewater Summer of our Discontent. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
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Ep 179 Darryl Issa's Scavenger Hunt and Barf Mark Sanford |
May 10, 2013 |
| Darryl Issa's scavenger hunt over Bengazi, Fox Fail, Sanford's win is barf inducing, plus, after the music, is Star Wars a slave narrative? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 178 When it's too little, too late? |
May 3, 2013 |
| Sandra Day O'Connor, PA Senator Pat Toomey, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel all show it can be too late to tell the truth. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 177 Why is Newt Gingrich on our Tee Vee? |
April 26, 2013 |
| We discuss the troll-i-tude of Jennifer Rubin, why Newt Gingrich might get his own show on CNN, and keep the podcast Rand Paul free for one week. Also, science fiction quiz after the music (help us name that segment!) More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 176 Is it 1968 all over again? |
April 19, 2013 |
| We wonder aloud if this awful week means deep change in the political zeitgeist. Also, a lot of politics, a little bit of knitting, and after the music, stump the science fiction stump! |
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Ep 175 Rand Paul’s White-splaining Jamboree and Other Outreach |
April 12, 2013 |
| The difference between racism and white supremacy is, white supremacists "don't see color." More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 174 Gay Marriage, Mark Sanford, and A Social Security... Bluff? |
April 5, 2013 |
| Republicans lose their mind over gay marriage, but re-nominate marriage buster Mark Sanford. And we’re busted up over whatever it is Obama is doing with his budget thing. WTF, Mister P? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 173 Going All Old Testament On Their A$$s |
March 29, 2013 |
| The GOP as an Old Testament, Patriarchal tribe, a local Republican congressman is threatened with primary by the Club For Growth, and after the music, more stump the chump with Driftglass and Science Fiction (everybody take a drink)! Happy Easter / Passover / Spring! |
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Ep 172 Iraq, Obamacare, and a Letter from the DSCC |
March 22, 2013 |
| We discuss the anniversary of Iraq, whether Obamacare has been set up to fail, and Blue Gal wonders about money, politics, and progressiveism when she gets a fundraising letter from Tammy Baldwin on behalf of the less than progressive Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 171 It's All About US. |
March 15, 2013 |
| In an admittedly self-indulgent episode, Driftglass and Blue Gal read a mean letter about their marriage, pick a fight with Sirota and Greenwald, come to an amazing conclusion about Republican legislators, and after the music, play stump the chump with Driftglass on Science Fiction. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 170 Filibuster Rand Paul Style |
March 8, 2013 |
| We discuss the Rand Paul Filibuster and why is Ralph Reed on our Tee Vee? More at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 169 The Supreme Court, Chicago as Versailles, and Hannity’s Chickens |
March 1, 2013 |
| We discuss Scalia, Chicago politics in the IL-2nd, and Bob Woodward runs...to Hannity? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 168 The Drone Letters |
February 22, 2013 |
| We read four letters from listeners regarding Barack Obama and the drone strikes. Driftglass admits he's not mad at fellow liberals, just blog thread hijackers. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 167 SOTU and The Republican Savior |
February 15, 2013 |
| The State of the Union, the thirsty senator, and the future of liberal broadcasting. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 166 Same as it ever was: Rebranding the GOP and Distrusting the CIA |
February 8, 2013 |
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Ep 165 John McCain Wants More Iraq Wars, Please! |
February 1, 2013 |
| John McCain's grumpy again. Also, how we "left-wing social engineer" REAL family values. Hint: It does not involve closing abortion clinics or US factories. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 164 Obama’s Second Inaugural, Davos, and Bengazi Witch Hunt Fail |
January 25, 2013 |
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Ep 163 The GOP Retreats in More Ways Than One |
January 18, 2013 |
| The GOP Retreat, David B’s Humility Syllabus, and the NRA’s very very bad web ad. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 162 Maddow...and Casablanca? |
January 11, 2013 |
| Driftglass has a theory about Rachel Maddow and Rick's Cafe Americain. Also, gun nuts, Iron Man 2, and how far can we actually go in the war on stupid? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 161 Declaring War on the Politeness Police |
January 4, 2013 |
| Sometimes politeness is just another word for going along with liars. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 160 The Dick Armey Invasion? |
December 28, 2012 |
| “Even Tom Friedman” blames the Republicans for the current debacle; The Dick Armey invades Freedomworks, and how are today’s pundits like an always-wrong astrologer? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 159 Just Make Louie Gohmert Speaker Already |
December 21, 2012 |
| A reflection on Sandy Hook; the GOP goes still lower, and interruptions from middle child. Merry Christmas! |
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Ep 158 The Two Americas |
December 14, 2012 |
| [This podcast was produced before the tragedy in Connecticut. Our hearts are broken for the victims and their families.]
We discuss just how many "two Americas" there are. 2% versus 98%, the Coasts versus the interior, the South and the rest of us, Red versus Blue, and decide that the Media Bubble really is in a world of its own. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 157 "That's Why They Call It Money" |
December 7, 2012 |
| Money in politics goes way farther and wider than even we think. Boehner has a binder, and how can there be a war on Christmas with so many Christmas trees in the White House? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 156 Dark Matter in the Media Universe |
November 30, 2012 |
| How are David Gregory’s war stocks doing? The real lack of transparency in our media. Are we ignoring Howie Kurtz? And who were the real losers in this year’s election? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 155 The Thanksgiving Letters Show |
November 23, 2012 |
| Happy Thanksgiving weekend! We read your letters on the air. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 154 Post Election News Dump and GOP Equals The Confederacy? |
November 16, 2012 |
| We discuss all the GOP freakout over the election results. Is the Confederacy all that's left of the GOP? More at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 153 Election 2012 (yay!) and the Fiscal Cliff |
November 9, 2012 |
| Even after their shellac-ing, the GOP is always Wrong but never in doubt. And a brief discussion of framing the fiscal cliff (hint: this is NOT a case of “both sides”). More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 152 Hurricane Sandy, David Brooks, and Octavia Butler [walk into a podcast] |
November 2, 2012 |
| The worst storm in centuries, the worst David Brooks column in memory, and some really good science fiction you may have missed. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 151 Stop Your Robocalls, Callista Gingrich! |
October 26, 2012 |
| The Professional Left gets a robocall from Newt’s former mistress. The final Presidential debate is me-too Mitt. Also should we cover “reasonable conservatives”? More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 150 Town Hall Debate and Can We Ignore Certain Right-Wing Lunatics Yet? |
October 19, 2012 |
| We discuss the Town Hall Debate (Good Obama Showed Up!) and try to figure out if ignoring Ann Coulter and others will do any good. Also, why the Serenity Prayer is useless when it comes to global warming and the future of planet Earth. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 149 BIDEN'D! |
October 12, 2012 |
| The Biden/Ryan debate versus High School Debate Rules. Blue Gal forced to watch FOX. And why we won’t eat out of Tom Brokaw’s cereal bowl. And a letter from a listener on the drug war and what do we do about Obama’s conservatism? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 148 Debate Fail? Or High Broderism on Parade? |
October 5, 2012 |
| Romney lies his way to victory, but as Driftglass says this week, "the problem with our system is not that Republicans are liars. The problem with our system is that nobody calls them out on it." And thanks to our listeners! This week we hit one MILLION total downloads! More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 147 CORRECTED. Republican Denialism Will Rise Again! |
September 28, 2012 |
| [The earlier upload of this podcast had some dead air in the first ten minutes. This episode is corrected.]
This was the week Republican Denialism reached its own polls, math, and even the election itself. What would Jesus say? And who would he dope slap? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 146: 47% and Mitt Romney’s Political Sister Wives |
September 21, 2012 |
| Mitt Romney’s secret video and how many sides of his GOP “family” think he’s cheating on them. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
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Ep 145 Learning from Willard’s Libya Lies |
September 14, 2012 |
| We use the words “Poor Romney” for the first and last time. Also, a few words about Presidents and War, and the Chicago Teacher’s Strike. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 144 The Democratic Convention and Twitter Fun |
September 7, 2012 |
| We talk about the DNC and how using Twitter while watching has changed us. Also, how atheists and believers can actually get along, without this whole God Pandering mumbo jumbo. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 143: Dotty Harry at the RNC (and Mitt's Taxes) |
August 31, 2012 |
| It’s the RNC Week in Review! More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
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Ep 142 Spastic Tubes and Netflix Queues |
August 24, 2012 |
| We discuss the Akin Abortion A-hole-ery and recommend three old movies that help explain the current political extremeism, even though they’re from the sixties. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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A Conversation with Joan Walsh |
August 21, 2012 |
| Blue Gal speaks to Joan Walsh, Editor At Large at Salon Media Group Inc. and author of "What's the Matter with White People: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was." |
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Ep 141 The Return of John Galt and Plato’s “Noble Lie” |
August 17, 2012 |
| Romney’s taxes (still!) Choice of Ryan means Rupert runs the show (still!) And how preconceived notions govern public opinion for better or worse. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 140 Media Segregation and the History of Liberals Being Right |
August 10, 2012 |
| Responding to a listener’s letter, we discuss specific historical events where liberals have been right all along. Also defending the Joe Coptic ad, dealing with crazy conservative emails from Uncle Fester, and why there is no “debate” on television news. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 139 Conservatives on Facebook - Debate Opponents or Energy Vampires? |
August 3, 2012 |
| Can we really “debate” conservatives on Facebook? How to win and when to run. Also, Mitt Romney is completely unprepared to be President. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 138 Mitt Flakes London! |
July 27, 2012 |
| Mitt Romney’s Olympic performance proves Blue Gal’s theory that he doesn’t want to win this election. BG poops on the Democratic Party establishment, and despairs for the ecology of the planet. Driftglass exposes a fantastic find -- Tom Friedman losing his mind when an interviewer brings up his own wealth. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 137 To Kill a Mockingbird in Aurora, Colorado |
July 20, 2012 |
| Recorded the day of the horrific shooting in Aurora, Colorado, Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss literature, deflecting the mob, and why humanity is worth saving. (Also Mitt Romney’s literary fail with his own narrative.) More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 136 Do we HAVE to vote Obama? And your letters... |
July 13, 2012 |
| Our letters show goes off on a lot of tangents -- we don't actually mean it when we say take a drink, you'll get alcohol poisoning. Also please note that Monday is Blue Gal's birthday and we'll be away. Blogging and emails might go waiting. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 135 Don't Eat Each Other Alive, Democrats! |
July 6, 2012 |
| Please note we are testing new recording equipment this week and sound quality varies. Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss how to disagree with other liberals without being disagreeable. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 134 The SCOTUS End of the World Edition |
June 29, 2012 |
| SCOTUS decision causes a right wing meltdown; Driftglass recovers from surgery (really), and the new MSNBC show proves a horrible disappointment. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Politics, Sex, and Religion with Comedian Hal Sparks |
June 24, 2012 |
| On behalf of Crooks and Liars.com, Driftglass and Blue Gal have a conversation with comedian and social activist Hal Sparks. Hal will be touring with John Fugelsang on the "Politics, Sex, and Religion Tour" starting summer of 2012. |
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Ep 133 Yo! Keep Mitt Romney’s Tax Havens Straight! |
June 22, 2012 |
| Discussion of the broken Senate and completing the sentence “I don’t want to punish financial success, but...” After the music, BG throws down on the US Olympic Committee’s denigration of....knitters? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 132 The Sex(ism) Podcast |
June 15, 2012 |
| Recorded before Michigan’s male Republicans got their panties in a twist over “the V word,” we talk about sex, sexism, and why the Republican Party’s ethos seems to have a problem just being decent to women. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 131 Wisconsin, Bradbury, and Why are all the Left Wing Jobs "Volunteer Coordinator"? |
June 8, 2012 |
| We discuss the loss in Wisconsin and the loss of Ray Bradbury, and Driftglass gets frustrated that left wing political action depends on volunteers, futons and brown rice. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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For Crooks and Liars: An interview with John Fugelsang |
June 1, 2012 |
| On behalf of Crooks and Liars.com, Blue Gal (Fran) interviews comedian John Fugelsang about comedy, religion, and Mitt Romney's "Etch a Sketch" problem. |
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Ep 130 MittFail on Apps and Education |
June 1, 2012 |
| What the misspelling of "America" says about the CEO of the GOP. One of our listeners gets a letter from Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bush? Also, Charter Schools aren't all bad, BUT... More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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BONUS: Driftglass Interviewed on KOPN-FM 89.5 Columbia MO |
May 27, 2012 |
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Ep 129 Chicago protests, the New Civil War, and OMG Newt on MTP! |
May 25, 2012 |
| We discuss the lay of the land in Chicago given the NATO and CTU protests. Is a new Civil War coming? And Driftglass wins the "when will Newt be back on Meet the Press" bet with Blue Gal. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 128 Driftglass Reads "Drift," h/t @Maddow |
May 18, 2012 |
| Driftglass listened to the audiobook of Rachel Maddow’s “Drift” this week (HIGHLY recommended!), and that leads to a convo on citizenship, the history of war, and money. Also, if Gawker outed Robin Roberts, did “Good Housekeeping” push her back in the closet? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 127 - Let the Wild Rumpus Start! Maurice Sendak, Gay Marriage, and the Broken Congress |
May 11, 2012 |
| We miss Maurice Sendak, get a great letter from a prison guard, and can states reject treaties that haven’t even been ratified? Can a crazy congresswoman give away the other half of her citizenship, too? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 126 Does Fox News want Romney to Lose? And Whither the Occupy Movement? |
May 4, 2012 |
| We discuss whether Fox News (let alone Romney himself) wants Romney to lose the White House. Should Occupy be the Left's Tea Party? And a renaissance in new progressive media starts with supporting the many new podcasts out there. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 125 Paul Ryan and the GOP: "We're Too Wrong to Fail!" |
April 27, 2012 |
| Paul Ryan ditches Ayn Rand, Peter Beinart makes religion unaccountable, and Look Who Else has a paying job in politics? (hint: He lied about Iraq as a professional lying liar.) More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 124 Supporting the Homo Commie Lib Conspiracy, one pissant question at a time. |
April 20, 2012 |
| Letters from our listeners share how small acts can disrupt the paradigm. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 123 Conspiracies from Ayn Rand, Saul Alinsky...and Dan Savage? |
April 13, 2012 |
| We stand agog that Rick Santorum dropped out of the race for President this week...seems like months ago. And why do conservatives ignore Ayn Rand’s rampant anti-Christian message, and why do they get away with that? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 122 Blog Against Theocracy, Marketing Racism, and PA Tea Party Sin |
April 6, 2012 |
| It’s Blog Against Theocracy weekend. Justification for racism on the right has a long history -- and the Tea Party leadership in Pennsylvania “stops a beating heart” and gets Blue Gal really upset. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 121 Maddow, Trayvon, Abortion, Supreme Court, and Chicago |
March 30, 2012 |
| The news this week has taken a break from election politics (thankfully) and so do we. Rachel Maddow’s book, the Trayvon Martin case, more on the culture war, and Driftglass (celebrating his SEVENTH blogiversary) gives us a Chicago News Update. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 120 The JOBS Bill? 10 Conservative Lies about Jobs |
March 23, 2012 |
| Why Blue Gal isn't going to knit a uterus for her congresscritter; and the top ten conservative lies about jobs and the economy. If you like these podcasts, please consider making a one-time or monthly contribution at professionalleft.blogspot.com. Thanks! |
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Ep 119 - How To Talk Politics When You Must |
March 16, 2012 |
| After a brief review of the upcoming Illinois GOP Primary, we answer three (3!) letters regarding talking politics with our neighbors without losing our tempers or our minds. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 118 - GOP Circles the Wagons; Is it Okay to Boycott? |
March 9, 2012 |
| Why don't individual Republicans just say Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh don't speak for them? Driftglass responds to criticism (not from advertisers), and what is wrong with radio advertiser boycotts? We're advertiser-free and need your $5.00 contributions to podcast! Please visit professionalleft.blogspot.com and thanks! |
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Ep 117 Top Ten News Stories from The Party from Another Planet |
March 2, 2012 |
| We cover the exhausting week of birtherism, Breitbart's passing, and media fail on all fronts. Blue Gal gets verklempt reading your letters, and we recover our memories of Steve Gilliard, the true fallen "culture warrior" of the blogosphere. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 116 Sex, the Sacred, and the Profane |
February 24, 2012 |
| We start off Lenten podcasting (FTW!) with whether we should declare victory in the culture wars. The Right Wing's long game on the abortion/birth control debate, and after the music we continue our discussion of Driftglass's non-existent book deal. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 115 Condoms at CPAC, or Will Success Spoil Rick Santorum? |
February 17, 2012 |
| CPAC stands for "Conservative People Are Crazy (now with alcohol)", and how Rick Santorum gives our nation a true debate that spells failure for the GOP. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 114: "The Tolerance Dollar is a Good Dollar" |
February 10, 2012 |
| Komen, JCPenney, and the Catholic Church are learning lessons about capitalism and how tolerance, equality, and social justice sells. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 113 Parenting, Schools, and an Open Letter to Kathleen Sibelius |
February 3, 2012 |
| Blue Gal has a helluva week being an involved, educated parent, and responds by writing a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Driftglass speaks to bureaucracies from the perspective of service providers, new ideas, and grant preservation. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 112 The Pro Left Response to SOTU - and 'To the moon, Newt"! |
January 27, 2012 |
| We present our response to the State of the Union and discuss why we are not impressed by the 'conservative establishment' freak out over a Newt Gingrich surge. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 111 Hey Fox News, If You've Got a Blacklist, We Wanna Be On It. |
January 20, 2012 |
| Andrew Sullivan claims he's been blacklisted by Fox, and Newt is now a socialist? Also, why Republicans will always be aggrieved even when they win elections. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 110 The Long Podcast; Should we just crash the system? |
January 13, 2012 |
| We read three letters regarding protesting versus crashing the system. Abolishing the Senate? Occupying the DNC? Seceeding from Fox America? Commenting anonymously at a blog? [Careful there, buddy!] More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 109 In GOP Analysis, Are You Following the Money or the Lies? |
January 6, 2012 |
| Newt, two Ricks, and the real consequences of Republican Lies on real people. Plus a listener innoculates himself against David Brooks and catches Bobo Plague anyway. More at Professional Left.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 108 The Ron Paul Luv Affair and the End of "Traitor" |
December 30, 2011 |
| We wonder aloud why Andrew Sullivan thinks there can only be one "real" bigot in the GOP. Also, can we all agree to end using the word "traitor" when talking about those with whom we disagree? For America? More at Professional Left.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 107 The Top Ten Lies of Today's Politics |
December 23, 2011 |
| Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus! We come up with a list of lies we've debunked all year, and debunk them end of the year list-style. Also, either you can't be a gay conservative Republican, or they ALL are. More at ProfessionalLeft.Blogspot.com |
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Ep 106 The Media's Trench Warfare versus Real People, Real Change |
December 16, 2011 |
| How the mainstream media puts protection from their own "vocational harm" above all else. Also, Star Trek, ObamaCare, and The Holy Roman Empire of Newt Gingrich. More at ProfessionalLeft.Blogspot.com. |
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Ep 105: Lit Crit: The Tragedy of Newt and the Unreliable Narrator of the Media |
December 9, 2011 |
| DG and BG go full-court literary theorists. Newt Gingrich is a tragedy for the GOP, and the unreliability of the Beltway Narrators points directly to their own failures and complicities. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Casablanca, and Edgar Allen Poe. Really. |
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Ep 104 Ancient Rome and Your Conservative Relatives, also Zappa |
December 2, 2011 |
| Why the US is like Ancient Rome (corrupt from top to bottom) and a letter from a listener about dealing with his fact-averse conservative dad. More at ProfessionalLeft dot Blogspot dot Com. PS December 4-21 is Zappadan, an annual blog celebration of Frank Zappa. |
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Ep 103 The Annual Thanksgiving Episode with Your Letters |
November 25, 2011 |
| Now an annual tradition, we read from selected letters from you, our readers. Thanks so much for your listenership and support! More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 102 #OWS and OMG |
November 18, 2011 |
| An alert reader highlights that we forgot David Brooks and David Gregory on last week's podcast. We make it up to him, and discuss why #OWS is #winning, duh. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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BONUS Content: Driftglass Interviewed on KOPN-FM 89.5 Columbia MO |
November 15, 2011 |
| November 8, 2011 Driftglass interviewed on KOPN-FM (KOPN.org) on the show, "Sex, Drugs and Civil Liberties." Thank you to KOPN for permission to rebroadcast. |
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Ep 101 Bubble, Bubble, Republicans in trouble |
November 11, 2011 |
| We discuss the conservative bubble pop that is this week's election results in Ohio and elsewhere, and the bubble persisting around the heads of GOP candidates for POTUS. Also, sexism and whither the American Dream? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 100: The One Hundredth Episode |
November 4, 2011 |
| Newt is the last man standing in the GOP Bar and Grill? What podcasting for 100 episodes has meant to us, why Rachel Maddow is actually wrong about silencing Paul Wolfowicz, and at long last, optimism for America. More at Professional Left.blogspot.com |
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Ep 99 [Percenter] Can the Revolution Be Advertised? |
October 28, 2011 |
| We discuss the anti-commercialism of #OWS and how in some cases it’s unwarranted. We’ve got our own Iphone app; and how come it took us so long to get addicted to Angry Birds? And from our mailbox, is Driftglass’s anonymity getting in the way of his message? If so, he can be bought! More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 98: Occupy the Boardroom? What about Occupy the Newsroom? |
October 21, 2011 |
| The GOP Vegas Debate, Occupy the Boardroom, defending unions from old urban legends, and why angry lapsed Catholics make the best angels on earth. More at Professional Left.blogspot.com |
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Ep 97 The Republican Party = the real extremist anti-American radicals |
October 14, 2011 |
| We discuss the GOP debates as a litmus test of their base and read letters from real ex-conservatives who have found a better way. Why the media has no language for #OWS, and finally we review the political movies "Ides of March" and... "Real Steel"?!? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 96 - #OWS - The Glitch in the Matrix |
October 7, 2011 |
| Why the corporate media can't explain Occupy Wall Street and We are the 99 Percent. Plus Michelle Bachmann's Hispanic Piranha Prom and Herman Cain's "Mine Mine Mine" tax plan. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 95 - Winning, duh! At unemployment? |
September 30, 2011 |
| DG faces unemployment for the fourth time in three years, but wait...is his blog being followed by a media maven recording device? BG plays and wins at "Spent," a "SIMS Poor" style game. And it turns out the new poor really do care about education. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 94 What Class Warfare? 1-2-3 what are we fighting for? |
September 23, 2011 |
| Recorded before the Troy Davis execution: BG does a lighting round of items proving there is the class war is kinda, well, over. Why liberal activism will never pay a living wage (because we're not d*cks) and why the Charlie Sheen Roast is EXACTLY like a GOP debate. And why the real battle we're fighting is not against conservatives, it's against... more at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 93 Star Trek versus the Tea Party? |
September 16, 2011 |
| Is there a difference between Republicans and Libertarians? And why English Majors make the best political analysts. And Driftglass compares and contrasts a tea party gathering... with a Star Trek convention? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 92 The Reagan Debate; and the Professional Left Five Year Plan? |
September 9, 2011 |
| Laughter and horror over the GOP debate; and, how do we survive the political stress of the next five years? More at ProfessionalLeft.Blogspot.com |
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Ep 91 "Barack, how could you have pardoned Nixon?" |
September 2, 2011 |
| Driftglass has one question for Barack Obama. Also, a question for us liberals: are we sticking to principles or fetishizing our politics? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 90 What does the Right have that we don't? A Rookie Bench. |
August 26, 2011 |
| Driftglass uncovers the Right Wing Pundit Reserve Bench at Frum Forum. Also, a wedding recap and BG watches Democracy Now at the dentist. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 89 The Last Premarital Podcast |
August 19, 2011 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal tied the knot on August 19. But before they headed to the courthouse, they posted a podcast about politics, theocracy, and stuff. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 88: Magical thinking with Tom Friedman, Cokie Roberts, and...Nixon? |
August 12, 2011 |
| They're not really on our show. Also, how beltway narratives actually affect social security. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 87 Playing the Long Game, Fighting the Long War |
August 5, 2011 |
| The battle against conservatism started long ago, and now begins again with a fight against centrism. Truman, Mencken, and T-Bills. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 86 It gets better...for liberals? |
July 29, 2011 |
| We discuss serenity prayers, centrism as news, theraputic swearing, and a psychoanalysis of...Bill Maher? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 85 Who is in charge at the GOP? |
July 22, 2011 |
| Driftglass argues that the mob is in charge at GOP headquarters. Film Noir, Allen West teaches us how to be ladies, and answering the centrists and stimulus - deniers. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 84 Tea Party Crazy and the Default |
July 15, 2011 |
| The Crazy didn't start with Tea Party; Default Crisis; and How Do Progressives Channel Their Anger? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 83 Are we too hard on Republicans? Don't ask David Brooks. |
July 8, 2011 |
| David Brooks listens to his inner bond portfolio, we respond to a listener letter about the humanity of average Republicans, and tall tales from BG's Ohio ancestors. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 82 Bachmann's Brain |
July 1, 2011 |
| We discuss the real impact of the same-sex marriage victory in NY, what Ed Rollins "saving" Bachmann says about media fail, and can't Mitt Romney find an actual unemployed person? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 81 The Netroots Nation Double Album Podcast |
June 24, 2011 |
| We talk Rahm, Eleanor Roosevelt, and why we will Vote Obama without the -bot suffix, thank you very much. After the close, we share a recording we made in the minivan driving back from Netroots Nation. (We're not married yet, but NN11 was the honeymoon we could afford.) More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 80 The Death Penalty at Closing Time |
June 19, 2011 |
| In which the Professional Left commandeer "Radio Row" for a quick chat about criminal justice before being chased from the stage. |
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Ep 79 Over Lunch at Netroots Nation: Hijacked? Or Ignored? |
June 18, 2011 |
| A brief recording over lunch. We discuss the media coverage, and non-coverage, of Netroots Nation 11 |
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Ep 78 Raw file: From Netroots Nation 2011 |
June 17, 2011 |
| Not your usual podcast. Recording from the road at Netroots Nation 2011, Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss Democracy for America's messaging ideas, our hotel neighbors from Prosperity for America (yeah), and Michele Bachmann is here also too? More (and edited) podcasts at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. [Blue Gal is a DFA Scholar at NN11, but they did not sponsor this podcast in any way.] |
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Ep 77 You can't put the USA in Hospice Care, GOP! |
June 10, 2011 |
| Our last podcast before Netroots Nation. Driftglass put his stepdad in hospice care this week, and there are connections between that experience and our national agenda. Newt, Breitbart, and why America's body politic must take better care of itself. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 76 Weinergate? Palin's Bus? What about Healthcare? |
June 3, 2011 |
| Yeah yeah we spend a few minutes as media personalities decrying that media personalities are spending a few minutes (okay, more) on the Weiner and Palin stories. Then we're all bored with that and talk about Medicaid and physician reimbursement strategies. And...Surprise! It's interesting! |
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Ep 75 Can we ultimately undo GOP 2011's shenanigans? |
May 27, 2011 |
| A listener writes in to ask if it's actually possible to undo the legislative baloney being passed this year in GOP State Houses. And is using the term "hippie punching" a petulant whine or a call to action? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 74: Is Roger Ailes #%^ing with us? And how can we respond to right wing email memes? |
May 20, 2011 |
| The GOP presidential race seems concocted for pure comedy. Is it? And while DG records from his madre's house (helping out during a family hospitalization) BG answers some right wing bigoted emails that have, gasp, puppy and butterfly gifs attached. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 73 The End of the World and "Thug Rapper" Poetry |
May 13, 2011 |
| What we want from Armageddon, how Republicans abuse language, Paul Ryan vs. the reality-based community, David Brooks, Karl Rove. Also, the serious consequences of raising artist children. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 72 Osama, Obama, and How to be an Effective Liberal |
May 6, 2011 |
| We discuss the death of Osama bin Laden, why writing is like politics, and how to keep "the dream" alive when politicians break your heart. (Note: we also appear this week in Ep 10 of the Matthew Filipowicz show, matthewf.net.) More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 71 An (almost) Birther-Free Podcast |
April 29, 2011 |
| We practically ignore the birth certificate thing in favor of a discussion of economics at home and in the world, why dissing David Brooks isn't enough, and what we can say to make the average citizen wake up and listen. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 70 Liberal Messaging on Medicare and a Weekend with Susie Bright |
April 22, 2011 |
| If conservatives can hammer home the same five talking points and win, why can we? Why pitting the elderly against younger people in the Social Security budget debate fails, why no means no when it comes to touching Medicare, and our weekend with sex writer Susie Bright. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 69: Budgets, Abortion, and the one thing Obama didn't say. |
April 15, 2011 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss the week that was, with "serious conversations" (yeah), budget battles and a near government shutdown over...what? Mike Pence's gubernatorial hopes, that's what. And where are the jobs, Mister Boehner? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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BONUS CONTENT: Mad as Hell in America with Adam Klugman with guests Blue Gal and Driftglass |
April 12, 2011 |
| A recording of Driftglass and Blue Gal appearing on the radio program "Mad as Hell in America with Adam Klugman." It originally aired on KPOJ-620 AM, Portland Oregon, on March 9, 2011, and streamed at Mad as Hell in America dot com. We are grateful for permission to rebroadcast. |
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Ep 68 Can you hear the GOP dogwhistle now? |
April 8, 2011 |
| The debate over the budget as a typically subtle GOP race bait. Voting irregularities in Wisconsin, and the real reason Obama's birth gets conservatives in a tizzy. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 67 Hey GOP, is this some kind of April Fool's Joke? |
April 1, 2011 |
| Happy Blogiversary, Driftglass! And thanks for the votes, we won the Netroots Nation scholarship! This week we question whether current event absurdities (Florida GOP's blanching at the word "uterus" and Eric Cantor's attempt to pass a bill without Senate or White House approval) aren't some bizarre April Fools joke. They're not. Also, Rest in Peace Jessica Awesome, Internet Gerbil. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 66 WTF happened to so-called journalism? |
March 25, 2011 |
| Decrying the current crop of tee vee and web "pundits" gracing the political landscape. Who let Paul Wolfowitz back on our tee-vee? Also, why we all must nail our 95 theses to the door of the conservative church, and why the word "liar" should return to public discourse. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 65 The Power of Memory; Oligarchs and Dimwits |
March 18, 2011 |
| DGs unique eulogy for David Broder, praying for Japan, and why Brooks and Sullivan will never explain away the oligarchs and dimwits in their Republican midst. Also the power of thought and remembering when it comes to political battles. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 64 Newt, Wisconsin, and Plus C'est La Meme Chose |
March 11, 2011 |
| We discuss Newt in Iowa, why Al Franken is a prophet, Wisconsin, and how parenthood has changed Driftglass. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Ep 63 The Ayn Rand Episode [Not] |
March 4, 2011 |
| Blue Gal is not amused as Driftglass entertains her with a little late night Ayn Rand reading. Why Ayn Rand is still the real leader of the modern conservative movement. (It's a bad thing.) Super rich people are not like us, and how to revive American manufacturing for the next generation. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Ep 62 The Union Label! |
February 25, 2011 |
| "Without an organized labor movement, this is a two-class, feudal, Christian, police state, run by the f#@$ing Koch brothers." - Driftglass
Also a BG audiobook review and whither Mayor Emmanuel? More info at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Chicago's next mayor, Wisconsin's uprising, and the Kama Sutra of the Liberals |
February 18, 2011 |
| DG on who he'll vote for for mayor of Chicago; and we celebrate the union uprising in Wisconsin, decry the federal budget proposal, and discover the real secret of filibuster reform. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Publishing the Banns, and a "Formal" Debate on Palin |
February 11, 2011 |
| Happy Valentine's Day weekend! Blue Gal finally makes an honest man out of Driftglass, is "my wife's gonna kill me" bar-room talk or dangerous rhetoric? And a debate over whether Sarah Palin will be the Republican Nominee in 2012. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.
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Egypt, Charlotte, and the Sarah Palin Embargo |
February 4, 2011 |
| The long arm of history as Egypt revolts; the Democratic National Convention comes to North Carolina; and a Wapo reporter goes without Palin for a month? More at http://ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Hey, Michele Bachmann! You left out "Atonement." |
January 28, 2011 |
| DG remembers the last Apollo mission as we enter the age of La Vida Sputnika. Michele Bachmann gets jiggy with theocracy, but leaves out the 'We Republicans must atone for our sins' part. But then, so does Barack Obama. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Celebrating Lieberman's departure, Reagan's birthday? and our Liberal Elevator Speech. |
January 21, 2011 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal say buh-bye to Lieberman, discuss how liberal bloggers might acknowledge Reagan's 100th birthday, and spend the rest of the podcast talking about vocabulary we can use to effectively parry the Fox News mentality, whether in a bar or in church. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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Our One Year Anniversary Show: Civility, "Blood Libel," and the GOP's real problem. |
January 14, 2011 |
| It's our one year anniversary show. The real problem with the GOP, why mere civility and facts are not enough to move the dialogue forward, and a historical explanation of why "blood libel" is a perfect motif for conservative political discourse. More at http://ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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BONUS CONTENT: Interview with WORT-FM, Madison WI |
January 11, 2011 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal of The Professional Left Podcast, interviewed on "A Public Affair" radio program, WORT-FM Madison Wisconsin, January 3, 2011. |
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The New House, a well-worn Chicago-DC chemical trail, and our choice for RNC Chair! |
January 7, 2011 |
| We endorse Ann Wagner for RNC Chair, discuss who this "Daley" Chief of Staff guy is, and whether conservatives or progressives are more betrayed by their elected leadership. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Rahm for mayor, a challenge to Jon Stewart, and "coming out" as a Liberal. |
December 31, 2010 |
| Happy New Year! DG is suspected of Twitter shenanigans (he's innocent!), and BG kicks "adult conversations" about Social Security to the curb. Driftglass then issues a challenge to Jon Stewart, and finally we offer advice about "coming out" as a Liberal to our Red State family and neighbors. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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All I want for Christmas is a way to deal with my wingnut neighbors and relatives |
December 24, 2010 |
| We got emails this week asking what to do about "People of the Lie" in our own micro-lives. We don't have much practical advice, but we do have experience. In other news, is there something in the DNA that makes us liberal? And in the end, Blue Gal has a very special holiday gift for Driftglass's "collection" ? More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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"No Labels", Sanders, and Full Metal Mondale |
December 17, 2010 |
| We refuse to spend the podcast talking about Bill Clinton, though DG is tempted to talk exactly like him. The No Labels nonsense, and why the media has a vested interest in the DC status quo (follow the money). Why it's more likely Bernie Sanders will become a Blade Runner than primary Obama. By the way, is it time to abolish the Senate? We're just, you know, 'asking the question.' More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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Did we lose the White House without an Election? |
December 10, 2010 |
| Great disappointment with POTUS. Why Christmas is a terrible time for a lame duck session, and we cheer ourselves with a reminder that it's Zappadan, a blog-based celebration of all things Frank Zappa (Dec 4-Dec 21). More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com |
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Hey Obama, Get Your Head Out of Your Asperger's! |
December 3, 2010 |
| We discuss Wikileaks, then BG diagnoses Obama as being the victim of his own high-functioning autistic experiment, working with good intentions to undo the "Imperial Presidency". [BG then gets so mad at Congress that we actually have to bleep her.] Why FOX news is like the Catholic Church, and DG tells of the best jobs program you've never heard of. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Thanksgiving Weekend: Your Letters, TeaPublicans, and the Sublimity of Swearing |
November 26, 2010 |
| We read your terrific letters. Thanks so much to everyone who wrote in, and keep them coming at proleftpodcast AT gmail. We'll be doing a letters show several times a year. Listen to archives for free with no download or registration at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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Liberal Elitists? Maddow, Bright, Taibbi, and Yours Truly |
November 19, 2010 |
| We discuss three media moments you may have missed: Rachel Maddow's speech at Harvard, Susie Bright's post-election broadcast, and Matt Taibbi on the charge of "liberal elitism." We also bring in Jon Stewart, 9/11, and the most important reason Newt Gingrich can no longer be on the Sunday shows. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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Eff You George W. Bush. Catfood, and Rand Paul's Elephant Adventure. |
November 12, 2010 |
| "Decision Points" takes us back to the halcyon days when all it took to be a blogger was typing "eff you George W. Bush." The catfood looks dead and stinks worse; is Rand Paul serious about defense cuts, and whatever magic will Glenn Beck use THEN against the TeaFoxIcans? We end with our own memories of primarying Jimmy Carter and breakfasting with John Anderson, and how well that turned out for all of us. |
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Alan Grayson for Chief of Staff; the GOP War on the Media; and Will Sarah Palin Run for President? |
November 5, 2010 |
| We sigh heavily after the midterms. What's next? More than just "Obama can't trust Republicans." He'll have to hire a bulldog or become one himself. The GOP never loses when they attack the media, but what does that say about actual governing? And we disagree on whether Grifty McQuitter will actually do the work involved to run for President. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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GOP White Supremacy, Esquire's Balanced Budgets, and Happy Birthday Driftglass |
October 29, 2010 |
| Happy Halloween! We discuss why the real political divide is between scared white people and everybody else. Election week burnout leads us to talk actual issues, especially Esquire.com's plan to actually balance the budget by 2020. And BG wishes Driftglass a very happy birthday (Oct 30). |
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"It gets better" for the straight kid, too. And...Have we touched bottom on Tea Party stupid yet? |
October 22, 2010 |
| Why the Juan Williams episode proves once again that the media is broken, and why we will never reach bottom when it comes to Tea Party stupid. Blue Gal loses it over so-called feminist defenders of Christine O'Donnell, and we end with a personal reflection on our horrible high school experiences. (It gets better for straight kids, too.) More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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Red - Nosed Campaigns and Blue Collar Liberals |
October 15, 2010 |
| This podcast was recorded before we discovered that (a) Carl Paladino rents buildings to gay-themed nightclubs [were there GOP fundraisers held there? Oh wait, that's BONDAGE themed nightclubs, sorry] and (b) Christine O'Donnell really IS a Palin clone, since she can't remember a single Supreme Court case. DG/BG discuss Paladino, Krystal Ball and her red-nosed reindeer, and why Blue Collar Democrats deserve more respect and attention, especially from us podcasters. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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O'Donnell Sex Costumes, Tea Party Pathology, and Off to Church with David Brooks |
October 8, 2010 |
| DG/BG promote a fellow blogger's costume contest, and ask how on earth can the GOP hold so many disparate ideas and unprofessional candidates and think they're electable? Maybe it has something to do with the media and the electorate, ya think? In other news, Driftglass visits a David Brooks event where America's Conservative Intellectual (tm) tells lies from... the pulpit? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com. |
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James O'Keefe's Creepy Sex Hubris! And how to beat the bullies. |
October 1, 2010 |
| This week we discuss the creepy sex hubris of James O’Keefe, the inside the beltway wankitude of Chuck Todd [vs. the social justice Christianity of Stephen Colbert], and the bully tactics of Jim DeMint. Also, why bloggers should not worry what Joe Biden thinks of them, and why we’ll vote Democratic even if we have to hold our noses to do it. Driftglass talks about his birthday and Blue Gal reads a prayer. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Hey Blanche Lincoln, We Want Our Party Back! |
September 24, 2010 |
| Should a progressive Arkansan vote for Blanche Lincoln this November? Driftglass says yes, Blue Gal's not so sure. The real test question for whether the media is broken: "Is Newt Gingrich on your tee vee?" Plus we answer a naughty (?) question from a listener in the military. More info at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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God, Sex, and Open Season on Calista Gingrich |
September 17, 2010 |
| Carefully avoiding "masturbation in Delaware jokes", Driftglass and Blue Gal instead traverse Christine O'Donnell's patriarchal theocracy, Newt Gingrich's nonsensical right-wing playbook, and Chris Matthew's troglodyte blind spot. Blue Gal declares that it's open season for Calista Gingrich jokes (bonus!), and an internet kitty interrupts the podcast with her two cents. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Can Obama Get His Groove Back? |
September 10, 2010 |
| Was this was the week Obama got his groove back? How can you have a good revolution without a strong middle class? (You can't.) Finally, Blue Gal confesses that she actually agrees with Glenn Beck on one thing. And the history of the women's suffrage movement proves some things never change. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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BONUS PODCAST: The Daley Show |
September 9, 2010 |
| Da Mare ain't gonna run no more! Long-time Chicagoan Driftglass discusses with Down-State Illinoisan Blue Gal the possible reasons why Mayor Daley isn't running for re-election, who might take his place, and why this story has national and international implications. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Beck, Palin, and Obama's Real "Secret Plot" |
September 3, 2010 |
| Reviewing Beckapolooza and Vanity Fair's paean to Palin, along with Obama's big wet kiss to... GW Bush? Warning both the GOP and Chris Matthews that where Palin is concerned, they must be careful what they wish for. More at http://professionalleft.blogspot.com. |
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BONUS CONTENT: On Writing and the Lost Art of Blogging |
September 2, 2010 |
| During the early days of September, Driftglass at Driftglass.blogspot.com experimented with "aggregate blogging" as an exercise in parody and self-preservation. In this bonus podcast, he and Blue Gal discuss how hard (and apparently how easy) it is to blog in 2010. |
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The Worst Lie Conservatives Tell |
August 27, 2010 |
| What's the worst lie conservatives tell? A listener's email provides both worry and hope for the future. More at http://professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Blago, Old Boys, and Bad Foreplay |
August 20, 2010 |
| The Chicago perspective on the Blago verdict from DG; BG gives up trying to convert Pammy Atlas to the light side of the Force. Blue Gal loses it over the old man’s club of the US Senate. Plus, Eric Cantor’s very bad foreplay, and a feline wager gone wrong. |
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We're now the Professional Left! |
August 13, 2010 |
| The DG/BG podcast is now "The Professional Left"! Gibbs, Kucinich, Gingrich and an effort by one emailer to "meet in the middle." DG and BG decide meeting halfway between Earth and Planet Teabag is a bad idea. |
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The Great Republican vs. Republican Divide |
August 6, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss the Republican divide between Country Club Republicans and Tea Partiers. David Stockman disowned supply side economics, and Sharron Angle blurted out the barely-illicit affair between the Republican Party and FOX News. Blue Gal wonders if she's watching too much MSNBC, and Driftglass explores the difference between wonk-speak, FOX-speak, and actual communication. More at dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com. |
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Why won't Sarah Palin Friend Us on Facebook? |
July 30, 2010 |
| Facebook attained the 500 million user mark this week, and Sarah Palin once again Facebooked an attack against an imaginary foe, namely the now-defunct JournoList. Anti-social non-networker Driftglass and his slightly more social colleague Blue Gal discuss why politics is less like a war and more like high school, and what we can do to win against the mean prom queens (Sarah Palin, Tucker Carlson) and the cheating jocks (Andrew Breitbart). |
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Andrew Breitbart, Enemy of Democracy |
July 23, 2010 |
| Blue Gal and Driftglass overcome the tragedy of Breitbart's media reach and political power to discuss the travesty of Breitbart's actions. (And POTUS is not left unscathed.) We end with a couple questions about the Bush tax cuts and why other tax breaks are not quite so sacrosanct. More episodes and a link for contributing at professionalleft.blogspot.com |
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Republicans and Pundits: Let's play the "Evil, Stupid, or Crazy" game! |
July 16, 2010 |
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Sex Club Zoning, Hanging Laundry, and Why Progressives Can't Take the Summer Off. |
July 9, 2010 |
| Driftglass gets a special link, Blue Gal appears on a kinky radio program, and they both discuss why progressives can't take themselves for granted during this election cycle. Past episodes and more at http://dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com. |
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It's the Economy, Stupid (Special "Driftglass Got Laid Off Again" Edition) |
July 2, 2010 |
| The recently laid-off Driftglass and his blogger colleague Blue Gal discuss why conservatives must never discuss the working man's economy, what death row inmates have in common with WalMart employees, and the difference between the late Senator Robert Byrd's former Klan membership, and run-of-the-mill Tea Party racism. Visit our website, dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com, for past episodes, how to write us and how to contribute to the show. |
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Are YOU a good liberal? Are we? |
June 25, 2010 |
| What makes a good liberal, and why are conservatives, particularly tea party candidates, self-destructing? Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss how conservatives have lost the ability to speak in code. We come up with a surprising conclusion as to what is expected of us as liberals, too. See our website, http://dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com on how to email us show ideas, make a five dollar contribution to our podcasting costs (thanks!) and more about us and our blogs. We love hearing from our listeners. |
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Does the BP disaster mean we might actually reform the world? |
June 18, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss whether the latest explosion of GOP outrageous behavior, apologizing to BP, means we muckrakers might actually have a chance to reform a thing or two. And we give a couple of big name media types some advice on blogging and audio. Finally, we talk about the buzz surrounding that book that says the internet makes you stupid, which we had already read about in The Atlantic Monthly dead-tree edition, so there's your answer. Stick around after the credits "Iron Man 2-style" for more Bill Clinton than anyone should hear. |
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The Lost Episode, our first ever from January |
June 11, 2010 |
| This podcast from January was never uploaded to Buzzspout. We discuss the issues of jobs, conservatism. blogging, and whether we'll give our podcast a name, which we didn't. |
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It's all Obama's Fault! (In honor of Steve Gilliard) |
June 4, 2010 |
| This week's podcast is in honor of blogger Steve Gilliard on the anniversary of his death. We hereby (sarcastically) acknowledge that everything bad since the dawn of time is "Obama's fault," including BP, the finale of LOST (spoiler), and that time the pancakes went horribly, horribly wrong. We end by asking if the crazy conservatives actually help Obama by labeling him "the worst President evah." |
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Is it sexist to call Sarah Palin stupid? and other blogger quandaries |
May 28, 2010 |
| This week we discuss what happens when the President visits Chicago, whether calling Sarah Palin "stupid" is sexist, and what a real tragedy the Tea Party is for all of us. Blue Gal discusses her reading of the book "Outliers" as it relates to Rand Paul and Scott Brown, and we end with a revealing look of our own personal histories as bloggers. |
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Blind Trust and Teabagger Faith. |
May 21, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal talk about music; can a song be too old to be cool?
In our main event, can Driftglass trust a Chicago Democratic politician who changed her position, and now says Cook County is too broke to allow for a tax cut?
Faith and trust in politicians is often an anathma to good government. The Tea Party has more faith in Sarah Palin than in their own eyesight. But what if you can't judge whether someone is lying or not?
Finally, DG/BG remind themselves that The Tea Party Movement is actually a wholly-owned subsidiary of FOX news, and was predicted by Frank Capra's "Meet John Doe."
Plus, it's time to slam David Brooks again. You'll love it, unless you're David Brooks. |
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Taking the Leap: Risk, Rewards, and the Media Elite |
May 14, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss Photoshop for iPhones, and possibly the worst concert summer series ever. Plus, why risk-taking is easy for those who can afford to go to Davos and impossible for the rest of us, and what we have to be grateful for in spite of the fact that WaPo never returns our calls. |
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Can Obama be a transformative President? |
May 7, 2010 |
| Driftglass talks about his trip to Laughing Liberally Chicago and their interview with Nixonland author Rick Perlstein. The subject of Perlstein's interview was whether Obama can be a transformative President. Blue Gal attends a book club meeting where the conversation turned surprisingly political. |
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Shakespeare, Sex, Obama, and the Press |
April 30, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal laugh about how to impress women in graduate school with your (fake) knowledge of literature (h/t Harvard Lampoon's Big Book of College Life). Driftglass (over) shares his experience as a white guy in a classroom full of angry man-haters, and we end with discussion of how the White House press corps has earned ill treatment from the Obama White House. |
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It's Never Too Early to Talk About the Next Election |
April 23, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal get all Chris Matthews and discuss election strategies and personalities without mentioning Barack Obama. Driftglass lays out a specific plan for winning elections for Democrats by showing small businesses what is really in their best interest. And we cover Charlie Christ, Rush Limbaugh's gas emissions, conservative prize money, and making money move (out) the Alan Greenspan way. Colorful language throughout; not safe for work. |
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Race, Sex, Class, and the White House Bed Linens |
April 16, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal have a fascinating (and funny) discussion of race and class as it relates to the Teabaggers and the Obamas.
On a serious note, is giving bigots publicity good or bad for democracy? Does exposure destroy or promote racism?
Also, DG gets his Bill Clinton on, and in the end, we hope James Cameron doesn't sue us. Mentions of Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart, and Keith Olbermann are kept within fair use guidelines, THIS time. |
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Sex, Gender, Body and ...Republicans? |
April 9, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal are joined by Arvan of the blog Sex Gender Body.com to discuss sexual politics and identity both on their own, and in light of recent GOP scandals. The unedited hour-and-fifteen-minute tape of this conversation is available at dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com |
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Podcast 4-9-2010 The Director's Un-Cut! |
April 9, 2010 |
| This is the raw tape from our conversation with Arvan of SexGenderBody.com. We had such a good time talking with him it was a shame to edit it down to thirty minutes, but we didn't have time to make two shows! For hard-core DGBGPodcast fans only.... |
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Rooting out the Teabagger Rot, Blog against Theocracy, and The Media is Guilty |
April 2, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss why we won't get beyond Teabaggers as a nation until we put Dick Cheney on trial. Plus the blogswarm for Blog Against Theocracy is this weekend, and the media is guilty of coverup when it comes to conservative versus liberal "balance." |
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The Best [Health Care] Reform We Never Had |
March 26, 2010 |
| We celebrate the sixth blogiversary of Driftglass (the blog), wrestle with the angst of liberals having to deal (always, throughout history) with deeply flawed Democratic Presidents. (Next week: we live-proofread our hate mail on the air!) Finally, we conclude that letting your cat blog for you is always an Internet Fail. |
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Palin, Rove, and the Tyranny of "Centrism" |
March 19, 2010 |
| Driftglass absolves Blue Gal of the "sin" of gaining blog traffic from a Sarah Palin post. Then, discussion of Karl Rove's evil, yet sadly effective, interview jujitsu. We wrap it up with why centrism only benefits conservatives. Plus, furries and a pizza delivery I NEVER thought would happen to ME. |
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The End Times for the GOP; Jesus, Buddha, and Susie Bright |
March 12, 2010 |
| In this not safe for work episode, Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss whether the rapid increase of GOP crazy indicates that we are living in the end times after all. We move on to ponder political responsibility, religion, and to cleanse our verbal palettes we end with a chat about sex writer Susie Bright's spring podcast project. |
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Patriot Act, Blog against Theocracy, The Bible and Sci Fi. |
March 5, 2010 |
| Blue Gal and Driftglass invite right wingers to join them in working to repeal the Patriot Act. They discuss The Ten Commandments, which DG calls the best movie of all time, Easter, Bible weddings, and the best sci fi review ever. |
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GOP Words Have (No) Meaning - Deep South Politics - Fake Outrage |
March 1, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss why GOP word salad works, why Newt Gingrich might lose the South, and why fake outrage is the GOP method of choice. Plus a very special "guest" closes us out. |
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The Podcast that almost didn't pod, or cast! |
February 26, 2010 |
| This is the podcast we recorded right before Blue Gal received that fundraising letter from Michael Steele that made Driftglass so mad. We cover the jobless future of America, the dearth of Republican intellectuals and how we miss 'em, and how the 50's nuclear family was only possible under a rare and unusual economic boom-time anomaly. Plus we laugh. (originally scheduled for broadcast 2/17) |
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Blue Gal gets a letter: Driftglass loses his equilibrium. |
February 19, 2010 |
| Actually, we started laughing over a letter sent to Blue Gal by Michael Steele and the Republican National Committee, but then Driftglass just about walks out on the podcast because the letter's insanity makes him so mad. Our most dramatic podcast ever. |
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Sarah Palin and the Davids (Brooks and Broder) |
February 12, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss how Sarah Palin and the GOP are actually engaging in a long tradition of the obscene and profane. Plus David Brooks and David Broder, GOP obscenity apologists. |
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Illinois Politics, the Media, and LOST. |
February 6, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss the Illinois primary result soap opera, the problems with new media and Obama's leadership style, and end with a discussion of LOST, Twin Peaks and Petticoat Junction. |
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Obama at the GOP Summit - Bonus podcast |
February 1, 2010 |
| After our podcast last week, President Obama met with Congressional Republicans at their Baltimore retreat. We couldn't let the week go by without talking about this amazing political event. |
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How (and if) to keep the political "faith" |
January 29, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal respond to reader letters on how to keep the faith as a progressive given the current political environment. 1/29/2010 |
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Driftglass and Blue Gal Podcast |
January 21, 2010 |
| Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss Blogroll Amnesty Day, why right wing hate radio succeeds while Air America went bankrupt, the coming divisive war with the Right, and our wish list for the State of the Union. |
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