Alabama Liberal

In this episode, Alabama Liberal explores how the primary ended before it began, the “Groundhog’s Day” vibe of a Biden vs. Trump rematch, his surprisingly mixed feelings about the exit of Lord Farquaad (Ron DeSantis), how the Iowa caucus never fails to fail, the paradoxical embrace of fascism by American white men who actually hate...

The Alabama Liberal podcast explodes back to life with a third season premiere that throws in some jokes as it asks the tough questions such as: is Ron DeSantis gay? Why do always-wrong, has-been pundits keep insisting Biden isn’t the best choice for 2024? How much lower can the Putin Caucus go? How ridiculous is...

Alabama Liberal looks at History, and how fluid it truly is in this wide-ranging episode that discusses the roots of conservative backlash towards homosexuality, why “Free Speech” conservatives aren’t radically different from Chinese censors, why so much energy (and political capital) is devoted to the past instead of the future, Trump finally going where he...

In this darkly thrilling episode Alabama Liberal explores loads of new topics like the links between fascism and fame, the lack of any meaningful difference between communism and fascism, why he thinks Ron DeSantis is the first conservative communist, the ridiculous hypocrisy of Will Smith’s celebrated Oscars slap during the “Time’s Up” era, showbiz nepotism...

It’s Church 1, State 0 as Alabama Liberal takes a look at the Supreme Inquisition’s latest erosion of the separation between church and state. Along the way, he makes a case that “state’s rights” arguments are usually wrong, the term “Uncle Tom” should be replaced with “Clarence Thomas,” most anti-abortion people don’t really give a...

A jam-packed episode exploding with ideas and covering the buffet of horrific news the last few months have brought like the worst elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook, the media’s myopic obsession with gas prices or Biden’s poll numbers, and–worst of all–the possible loss of another one of American’s rights with the overturning of Roe...

Alabama Liberal looks at the ongoing “War on Reality” from Moscow to Florida, and a world swimming in propaganda and fantasy. This thoughtful exploration of a culture drowning in malarky also comes up with a way out of the war, a new direction for Russia, a solution for Marjorie Taylor-Green and Lauren Boebert, and refutes...

What does the year ahead hold for Biden’s Presidency and the upcoming senate races? Alabama Liberal offers a guess, and then takes a deep dive into why Biden’s poll numbers have been dropping (often for contradictory reasons), the illusion that Democrats are “blowing it,” the madman on the loose that is Donald Trump, why the...

In his long-awaited 89th episode (and the end of the quintet of episodes around large, often-ignored issues), Alabama Liberal looks at the enormous difference between how CoVid is treated and how toxic industrial chemicals polluting humanity are treated. Many questions are asked like: Why don’t people care more about “Forever Chemicals” in their bloodstream? Do...

The subtitle for this episode is “America Has the World’s Most Rightwing Healthcare System,” and is about where America’s singular(ly bad) healthcare system comes from, why it hasn’t changed, the unexplored role doctors play in that change, and why people are so skeptical of the American medical establishment. Also, Afghanistan, the Olympics, CoVid’s resurgence, and...