Bedste Left Politics-podcasts (2024)

1
#1673 Beyond Thanksgiving: Telling Native Stories (Remix) 2:40:44

6h ago2:40:44

2:40:44

Air Date 11/29/2024 Today’s episode is a remix of a 5-part series of episodes we did several years ago about telling native stories beyond what the US tends to share about its history. The series stretched all the way from Columbus to modern day and today we’re sharing the highlights reel of what stuck out to us looking back. Be part of the show! L…

1
#1672 Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out 2:55:28

4d ago2:55:28

2:55:28

Air Date 11/26/2024 In a world of infinite information but a finite amount of time to check your facts, we're living the logical conclusion of an online environment that favors false information over truth and the most popular online media reflects that reality perfectly. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@…

1
Bonus Sample #327 You Say You Want a Revolution 17:19

6d ago17:19

17:19

Air Date: 11-24-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Erin discuss: - A few sort of fun-ish news things because it's very necessary right now - A clear-eyed but concise take on why people voted the way they did - Why the hard right political philosophy and their lies are catching on, and what the left can do to stop the appeal FOLLOW US ON: Bluesky Mastadon …

1
#1671 The Non-Exclusive Impact of White Supremacy and Misogyny on the Election 2:22:33

9d ago2:22:33

2:22:33

Air Date 11/20/2024 We're in the phase where prejudice still exists but it has become socially unacceptable to openly express it - but to deny the impact on our politics just because people don't admit to their prejudice would be to completely misunderstand the nature of the issue. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or …

1
#1670 A Refresher on the Sham of Conservative Economic Populism and the Left Alternatives (Remix) 1:19:12

12d ago1:19:12

1:19:12

Air Date 11/15/2024 Today’s episode is a remix of multiple past episodes but was inspired by one in particular from just back in July of this year, #1645, when we were making a point of demonstrating what a sham the idea of conservative economic populism is. Well, now that Trump has been reelected - seemingly because regular folks were hoping he’d …

1
#1669 Private Equity: The worst of capitalism, amplified 2:32:17

18d ago2:32:17

2:32:17

Air Date 11/12/2024 It's easy enough to look into one industry at a time to see what's going wrong, but today we're looking at what is so often lurking in the background of higher prices, lower quality goods and services, and, ultimately, many failing businesses: Private Equity. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or ema…

1
#1668 We Are Going Back: Team post-election analysis 1:25:14

22d ago1:25:14

1:25:14

Air Date 11/8/2024 The Best of the Left team holds a special post-election discussion available to all listeners to present the initial takes on the election as well as our own reactions and suggestions for how to move forward. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com To hear all of our team dis…

1
#1667 Billionaires and Ballots: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy 2:38:26

24d ago2:38:26

2:38:26

Air Date 11/5/2024 There's big money in politics, and then there's 2024. The role and influence of billionaires have taken on new shapes and patterns as the threat of fascism has made itself undeniably known. From the candidate and campaigners to those acquiescing to the mere threat of power, billionaires are everywhere you look at this election se…

1
#1666 The Holy War Against America: The New Apostolic Reformation, Opus Dei, Evangelicals, Christian Nationalists, and the Worship of Donald Trump 2:14:11

28d ago2:14:11

2:14:11

Air Date 11/2/2024 The cult of Trump isn't just about Trump, it's religion and patriarchy reacting to a moment of global economic and climactic instability. But those organizing the religious right aren't just reacting to their environment, they've also been planning for a very long time. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3…

1
Bonus Edition #326 Marketing: The Dirty Public Restroom of the Internet 20:07

30d ago20:07

20:07

Air Date: 10-31-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How neoliberalism is fucking up renewable energy transitions - Marketing and why the viral Stanley Cup never should have gone viral - How big tech is heavily surveilling school kids without any oversight - How the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated higher education BestOfTheLeft.com…

1
#1665 The GOP Is A Grift And Was Long Before Trump 2:58:09

1M ago2:58:09

2:58:09

Air Date 10/29/2024 Trump has only come close to perfecting the grift of the American conservative, he certainly didn't invent the strategy. Today we look at some current and past grifts and explore why they work. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes | Transcript BestOfTheLef…

1
#1543 Capitalism doesn't live up to the hype (Throwback) 59:58

1M ago59:58

59:58

Original Air Date: 2/14/20223 Today, we take a look at some origins, alternatives and misunderstandings of capitalism from the Dutch East India Company, to Adam Smith and up through the planned obsolescence and marketing that have tricked us all into working far harder than necessary while failing to make us happy. Be part of the show! Leave us a m…

1
#1664 All That Gets Wrongly Blamed on Immigrants: Lies about the economy, crime, election integrity, Social Security, and more! 1:40:50

1M ago1:40:50

1:40:50

Air Date 10/22/2024 This is your one-stop reference guide to every issue that is being wrongly blamed on immigrants as the Trump campaign rhetoric turns evermore fascist and xenophobic. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes | Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get B…

1
Bonus Edition #325 A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing 21:10

1M ago21:10

21:10

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-20-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Yet another GOP animal abuse horror - Why weather machine conspiracy theories took off so easily - The questionable UAE organization trying to control rain with cloud seeding - Why more extreme weather i…

1
#1491 Mismanaging Capitalism Can Lead to Fascism (Inflation and the Working Class)(Throwback) 1:13:22

1M ago1:13:22

1:13:22

Original Air Date: 5/27/2022 Today we take a look at the disruptions to society that can unfold in times of economic distress such as high inflation, price gouging, wage stagnation and income inequality as well as some policy ideas for turning things around. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.…

1
#1663 Recovering from Disaster(ous) Policy Amid Disinformation: Hurricanes and Wild Fires at the forefront of our climate emergency 2:21:45

1M ago2:21:45

2:21:45

Air Date 10/15/2024 Just as COVID tended to expose the preexisting fractures and inequalities in our society causing undue harm, supercharged by disinformation, so do natural disasters. And the impact of disinformation and conspiracy has only grown in recent years. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfT…

1
Bonus Edition #324 The Mess Joe Made 19:27

2M ago19:27

19:27

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-14-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - A member voicemail about autopilot cars - Some call backs, including JD Vance being unsurprisingly weird with his dog - The frustrating shift in the Kamala Harris campaign - Biden's continuous blundering…

1
#1662 Renewing the Nuclear Age: Weapons, Energy, Climate Mitigation, and Risk 2:32:45

2M ago2:32:45

2:32:45

Air Date 10/11/2024 Humans insatiable need for increasing amounts of energy and our tendency to want to at least have the option to wipe entire populations off the map has led to a renewed age of risks related to nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and nuclear fallout. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or em…

1
To See Each Other: A Beloved Nursing Home 31:26

2M ago31:26

31:26

Presenting an episode of 'To See Each Other,' a show that complicates the narrative about small town Americans in our most misunderstood, and often abandoned, communities. This season, host George Goehl travels to Lincoln County, Wisconsin to follow a small town battle for the last remaining public nursing home in the community. It’s a heart-poundi…

1
#1661 Immigration is Actively Good for the Country Unless You're Racist 2:00:45

2M ago2:00:45

2:00:45

Air Date 10/8/2024 Immigration dominates our politics in the worst way because one side benefits from lying about it and the other can't get their messaging together to create an effective rebuttal. Opposing immigration and stoking blatantly racist arguments doesn't just make the right bad or unsavory, it also makes them wrong on literally all of t…

1
Bonus Sample #323 Solving Antisemitism 21:24

2M ago21:24

21:24

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-7-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The Today Show's take on viral phenom Moo Deng - The GOP's obsession with killing animals - How the media made a mess of Rashida Tlaib's comments and missed the key point - How some Nazi language is infil…

1
#1660 Criminalizing Pregnancy: The high cost in health, freedom, and even lives of the campaign to keep people pregnant. 3:20:43

2M ago3:20:43

3:20:43

Air Date 10/4/2024 When women's value is seen only in relation to their ability to bear and raise children, you get policies that strip them of the right to choose whether that is something they actually want for themselves - the lived consequences are devastating. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfT…

1
#1659 Conflagration Through Escalation: Israel expands the war to Lebanon to defend their ongoing genocide in Gaza 2:34:29

2M ago2:34:29

2:34:29

Air Date 10/1/2024 There's still no end in sight to Israel's war on its neighbors and the US continues its toothless efforts to de-escalate while maintaining seemingly unconditional support in spite of standing laws that should prevent our sale of weapons to any country committing war crimes - which Israel certainly it. Be part of the show! Leave u…

1
Bonus Sample #322 Things That Go Vroom 18:41

2M ago18:41

18:41

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 9-29-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Why Cards Against Humanity is fighting Elon Musk - How car-related deaths have soared in the US - How partial automation tech in cars is making driving more dangerous - Why truck bloat(or C.O.U.S.s, if yo…

1
#1658 Pileup on the Information Superhighway: Information Dispensation in the Age of Deep Doubt 2:30:30

2M ago2:30:30

2:30:30

Air Date 9/27/2024 Let's just say that it's not a coincidence that right-wing authoritarians are on the rise at the same time as people around the world are having a harder time than ever figuring out what's true. That said, society is beginning to fight back. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLef…

Podcasts der er værd at lytte til

Left Politics Podcasts

Podcasts der er værd at lytte til

1
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

BestOfTheLeft.com

1
Left Out Politics

Mark Giannoni

1
#1673 Beyond Thanksgiving: Telling Native Stories (Remix) 2:40:44

1
#1672 Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out 2:55:28

1
Bonus Sample #327 You Say You Want a Revolution 17:19

1
#1671 The Non-Exclusive Impact of White Supremacy and Misogyny on the Election 2:22:33

1
#1670 A Refresher on the Sham of Conservative Economic Populism and the Left Alternatives (Remix) 1:19:12

1
#1669 Private Equity: The worst of capitalism, amplified 2:32:17

1
#1668 We Are Going Back: Team post-election analysis 1:25:14

1
#1667 Billionaires and Ballots: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy 2:38:26

1
#1666 The Holy War Against America: The New Apostolic Reformation, Opus Dei, Evangelicals, Christian Nationalists, and the Worship of Donald Trump 2:14:11

1
Bonus Edition #326 Marketing: The Dirty Public Restroom of the Internet 20:07

1
#1665 The GOP Is A Grift And Was Long Before Trump 2:58:09

1
#1543 Capitalism doesn't live up to the hype (Throwback) 59:58

1
#1664 All That Gets Wrongly Blamed on Immigrants: Lies about the economy, crime, election integrity, Social Security, and more! 1:40:50

1
Bonus Edition #325 A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing 21:10

1
#1491 Mismanaging Capitalism Can Lead to Fascism (Inflation and the Working Class)(Throwback) 1:13:22

1
#1663 Recovering from Disaster(ous) Policy Amid Disinformation: Hurricanes and Wild Fires at the forefront of our climate emergency 2:21:45

1
Bonus Edition #324 The Mess Joe Made 19:27

1
#1662 Renewing the Nuclear Age: Weapons, Energy, Climate Mitigation, and Risk 2:32:45

1
To See Each Other: A Beloved Nursing Home 31:26

1
#1661 Immigration is Actively Good for the Country Unless You're Racist 2:00:45

1
Bonus Sample #323 Solving Antisemitism 21:24

1
#1660 Criminalizing Pregnancy: The high cost in health, freedom, and even lives of the campaign to keep people pregnant. 3:20:43

1
#1659 Conflagration Through Escalation: Israel expands the war to Lebanon to defend their ongoing genocide in Gaza 2:34:29

1
Bonus Sample #322 Things That Go Vroom 18:41

1
#1658 Pileup on the Information Superhighway: Information Dispensation in the Age of Deep Doubt 2:30:30

Hurtig referencevejledning