Left Reckoning

By Left Reckoning

Fmr. The Michael Brooks Show crew Matt Lech & David Griscom work to cover & build a strong, popular, working-class rooted, no BS Socialist Left. With a special focus on the international strug... more

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How many episodes does Left Reckoning have?

The podcast currently has 317 episodes available.

Left Reckoning episodes:

May 17, 2023 118 - The Post-Bernie Left & Understanding Imperialism w/ Vivek Chibber
Support the show and get the postgame (this week with Matt Huber) and Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning

We are joined by Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at New York University. He is the editor of Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, to talk about his book The Class Matrix, the post-bernie left, and what the left gets wrong about imperialism.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674245136
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1h 8min
May 10, 2023 117 - Did Tesla Cover Up A Worker's Death? + FDR Scholar Assesses Biden & Marianne Williamson
Get the Sunday show and postgame, as well as support the show, at patreon.com/leftreckoning

David & Matt break down Texas Governor Greg Abbott's border militarization.
Gus Bova (@gusbova) of the Texas Observer joins us to talk about how a Texas worker died at Tesla's Gigafactory:
HE DIED HELPING BUILD TESLA’S GIGAFACTORY. TESLA DIDN’T TELL LOCAL OFFICIALS
https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-t...
And our friend FDR Scholar and advisor to Marianne Williamson Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) joins us to assess Biden's first term in office and break down why he has decided to support Marianne Willamson in 2024.

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1h 21min
May 03, 2023 116 - Climate Change & Class War + Clowning On The Right w/ Chris James
Support the show and get the postgame and sunday bonus shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning
We talk about how climate change has a clear class war angle.
Chris James (@theCJS) the mind behind Not Even A Show joins us to talk about clowning on the Right.
https://t.co/SjhCDIUpMb
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1h 16min
April 26, 2023 115 - The Right's 'Manosphere' Grifters & Tucker Was No Anti-imperialist ft. Elias Cepeda
Support David and Matt and get the members-only Postgame and Sunday show at patreon.com/leftreckoning
Matt & Dave are joined by Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to talk about Andrew Tate & the right wing manosphere influencers. Then Matt & Dave break down why Tucker Carlson was no anti-imperialist.

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1h 50min
April 19, 2023 114 - Work From Cradle To Grave w/ Cole Stangler
Get the postgame and Sunday shows by supporting us at Patreon.com/leftreckoning
Matt & Dave respond to the recent push from the right to roll back child labor law.
Journalist Cole Stangler (@ColeStangler) joins us to talk about the protests in France, why Macron is targeting workers' retirements, and how successful the resistance has been. https://colestangler.com/
Bernie is right, the Democratic Party has turned their backs on workers.
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1h 22min
April 12, 2023 113 - Squad Comes Through With Assange Letter & Union Power In the Suburbs ft. Chip Gibbons & Paul Prescod
We are joined by Paul Prescod (@paul_prescod) Jacobin contributor, Teamsters For A Democratic Union organizer, and fmr. candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate joins us to talk about the legendary labor leader Tony Mazzocchi.
Chip Gibbons (@ChipGibbons89) policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent joins us to talk about this historic letter calling for the Biden admin to drop charges against Julian Assange.
Support Defending Rights & Dissent https://www.rightsanddissent.org/
Other coverage of Assange w/ Chip EXPOSED How the CIA Spied on Assange ft. Chip Gibbons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAPrKUW27RA
LR 72 - UK Railway Strike, Free Assange, & TX GOP Off The Rails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeVzDFbWkEw
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1h 32min
April 05, 2023 112 - Reforming The Labor Movement & TN In Crisis ft. Keith Brower Brown
To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content.
David and Matt talk about the real threat to democracy in Tennessee.

Then we are joined by Keith Brower Brown to talk about recent changes in the United Auto Workers and the fight to reform the labor movement.

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Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday afternoon.

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1h 13min
March 29, 2023 111 - Biden's New Left-Puncher & It's Not 'Wokeism,' It's Capitalism ft. Alex Sammon & Sean of The Antifada
patreon.com/leftreckoning to get the postgame and sunday shows and to pay Matt and David's rent!
Matt & David are joined by Slate writer Alex Sammon (@alex_sammon) to talk about Biden's approval of a major pipeline in Alaska & his recent cabinet reshuffle.
Then we are joined by Sean KB (@as_a_worker) of the Antifada, to talk about 'woke capitalism,' dark WSJ punditry, and whether or not we are heading for recession, and much more.

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1h 52min
March 22, 2023 110 - Is It Fascism After All? ft. Daniel Bessner
Support the show and get the Postgames and Sunday Show at Patreon.com/Leftreckoning
We are joined by Danny Bessner (@dbessner) professor of International Studies at the University of Washington, a fellow at the Quincy Institute, and co-host of the American Prestige Pod (@AmPrestigePod) joins us to talk about their recent piece in The New Republic "Does American Fascism Exist?"
Does American Fascism Exist?
https://newrepublic.com/article/170890/does-american-fascism-exist
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1h 11min
March 15, 2023 109 - The AI Mirage + Banks & The Parasite Class w/ Dwayne Monroe
Matt & David breakdown what happened at SVB (Silicon Valley Bank), the political theater around it, and why the government always has the back of the parasite class.
Then Dwayne Monroe (@cloudquistador) joins us to debunk the AI hype.
Read Dwayne's work here: https://monroelab.net/
MORE BACKGROUND ON THE FED - THE FED WANTS WORKERS WEAK? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayFn2jdsFP4
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1h 41min

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