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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 dgbgpodcast.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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In this extended podcast, birthday girl Blue Gal and Driftglass run down the following list of conservatives, GOP politicians, and a few pundits, and discuss whether they are Evil, Stupid, or Crazy: Sharron Angle, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Haley Barbour, Scott Brown, Jeb Bush, Eric Cantor, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Dick Armey, Jon Kyl, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Blanche Lincoln, Chris Matthews, Chris Wallace, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, Fox and Friends, Tom Friedman, Michael Steele, Bill O'Reilly, Rudy Giuliani, Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Virginia Foxx, George Will and David Effing Brooks. The game gets really interesting when it's a trifecta! This podcast is not safe for work. [We need a small contribution from you to keep podcasting. More info and free past episodes at dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com.] |
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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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