The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

By Driftglass and Blue Gal

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Award winning bloggers Driftglass and Blue Gal talk about politics from The Left. This podcast is not safe for work. More at http://ProLeftPod.com.

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The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal episodes:

04.19.2024
Ep 796: The Great Republican Sell-Out
Trump has a longstanding history of grifting down-ballot Republicans. Instead of supporting his so-called party, Trump is forever leveraging his status for personal profit. But the intrigue doesn't end there. We also unpack the un-surprising transformations of "Never Trump" Republicans like...
04.17.2024
Ep 795 There Is No More 'Debating' Trump
'No Fair Remembering Stuff' Remembers the 2016 and 2020 General Election "debates" and says No More. And Driftglass's 19 year old blog post gets a reprise as a Harvard professor comes to the same conclusions. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal...
04.11.2024
Ep 794 MSNBC Wins and Loses
Big props to Lawrence O'Donnell for going full "No Fair Remembering Stuff" on his Wednesday A-Block. But then again his network cohorts interviewed Michael Avenatti and John Bolton this week, which just EXHAUSTS us. The O'Donnell Monologue. More at proleftpod.com....
04.10.2024
Ep 793: Trump's Abortion Fail
It's like Trump became JEB! Bush this week: a pleading Republican politician instead of the manifestation of the Republican Base's ID. We discuss. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show
04.04.2024
Ep 792: What's Rove Got To Do With It?
MSNBC interviews (and we are not making this up) Karl Rove and Reince Priebus. We have thoughts. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show
04.02.2024
Ep 791 Science Fiction University: 3 Body Problem
We talk about the new Apple TV series "3 Body Problem," which we highly recommend. We also relate it to lots of other science fiction works. Looking for political content? We were on The Brad Cast on Monday https://bradblog.com/?p=14989 More at...
03.29.2024
Ep 790 The NBC News Meltdown and Trump's Bible
What a week! We begin by connecting what we've been saying for fourteen years on The Professional Left Podcast to the latest disaster meltdown at NBC, which purportedly is about the McDaniel hiring/firing but is really about who gets to...
03.25.2024
Ep 789: One Weird Reason NBC's New Hire Went Wrong
Why did NBC hire Ronna Romney McDaniel? And the obvious reason it was the wrong choice? Isn't the real reason. And deep down Chuck Todd knows it. Links for this episode. Chuck Todd scolds his bosses over the McDaniel hire:...
03.22.2024
Ep 788: Impeachment Is Over (If You Want It)
The so-called impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden is o.v.e.r. Join us on The Professional Left Podcast as we dive deep into the face plant that is the House impeachment inquiry.
03.20.2024
Ep 787: No Fair Remembering What Trump Said Yesterday
Fascism, language, and forgettery. Will the media remember "bloodbath" next week? More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free...
03.14.2024
Ep 786 Britt Mace Noem and Stefanik Enter The Veep Pageant
A bunch of Republican women face plant in an attempt to win the favor of a convicted sex offender. Republican states are pro lead poisoning and conservative pundits come out against ...retirement? More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: ...
03.09.2024
Ep 785 By Popular Demand, Biden's State of the Union
You asked us to discuss and celebrate Biden's State of the Union, so we did! (Next podcast will be Thursday March 14.) More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show
03.07.2024
Ep 784: WHAT 'Quiet Part Out Loud'?
Republicans no longer have a quiet part. Cutting Social Security, stopping 'feminazis' from voting, supporting a rapist and porn star bribe payer. There is no more "quiet part" that they're hiding behind. (Recorded before the State of the Union Address.) ...
03.05.2024
Ep 783 Dropping Everything To Talk About Dune 2
Alt Title: No Fair Remembering who won the very first Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966. We revisit our "Dune" Science Fiction University podcasts and also talk about the best epic movie ever (not kidding), Dune 2. There will be spoilers,...
02.29.2024
Ep 782: Confront the Problem, Go, Fight, Win!
It's up to us, Democrats. It’s just us now. The courts will not save us. The Republican House is a lunatic asylum. The Senate can barely function. And the media is broken beyond repair. So let's win this thing!!! More...
02.27.2024
Science Fiction University - The Maltese Falcon
We take a break from Science Fiction to dive into Film Noir and The Maltese Falcon, not only the 1941 classic starring Humphrey Bogart, but also the 1931 version of the same name, and the 1936 comedy (?) version, a...
02.23.2024
Ep 781: Three Hundred Fifty-Five Million Dollars
Trump is fined, Republicans and Fox are complicit with Russian interference in our elections AGAIN. Driftglass talks about the Republican's "Empty Refrigerator." And more of the week's news. More at proleftpod.com. Link for this episode: The Smirnov Indictment https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24429120-240214-smirnov-indictment Our podcast...
02.20.2024
Ep 780: No Fair Remembering The Clinton Surplus
Republicans cut taxes for their rich donors when they're in the White House, and flip out about "the deficit" when a Democrat takes the presidency. Join us in the latest episode of No Fair Remembering Stuff as we dive...
02.16.2024
Ep 779 The Jon Stewart Blowback
Sorry Jon Stewart, both siderist nonsense when it Mango Mussolini versus Grandpa Joe just doesn't cut it in 2024. We also celebrate an anniversary and a milestone. This week marks when Driftglass and Blue Gal met face-to-face for the first...
02.14.2024
Ep 778 No Fair Remembering The 1965 Watts Uprising
In this thought-provoking episode, join us as we, two admittedly white midwesterners who were Pre-K at the time of the event, nevertheless take a look back at a significant event in American history – the 1965 Watts Uprising. This leads...
02.09.2024
Ep 777 Lawyers In Love
It's all lawyers all the time on the cable news networks. So Driftglass dreams of...breath mints and Batman? How are never Trumpers like the Whig Party? And The GOP House is in a State of Fail. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast...
02.06.2024
Ep 776: No Fair Remembering Hillary's 'Basket of Deplorables'
Everything old is new again, as we ask, why did Hillary sugarcoat it in 2016? And why does the truth make pundits flip out? More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie...
02.01.2024
Ep 775 Nikki Haley's Three-Body Problem
Nikki Haley has to run against Trump, against Biden, and somehow be just as racist as the Trump cult without turning off the donor base? And we have a long talk about literature and the stories we tell ourselves and...
01.30.2024
Science Fiction University: Falling in Love with SF
Driftglass and Blue Gal share their stories of falling in love with science fiction. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show
01.24.2024
Ep 774 | Hybrid Show: Iowa, New Hampshire, and No Fair Remembering 2012
We talk about the campaign ahead, including a quote from Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock's "Notorious": "Don't be silly, the important drinking hasn't started yet." AND we remember what Rachel Maddow said post-election 2012. Sweet summer child! More at proleftpod.com. Link for...
01.18.2024
Ep 773 | The Caucasian Caucus
The White Party in Iowa chooses the guy found liable for sexual assault. Special! Driftglass whips the NYT editorial board, and Blue Gal reads a letter from a looong time listener. More at proleftpod.com. Link for this episode: Rick Perlstein, "Metaphors...
01.16.2024
Ep 772 No Fair Remembering MLK Jr. Day
In this episode of "No Fair Remembering Stuff," we embark on a fascinating journey into the complex and evolving history of acceptance and resistance towards Martin Luther King Day as a state and national holiday. We remember the declaration of Martin...
01.12.2024
Ep 771 | Our 14th Podcast Anniversary and Dems Go On Offense
Our podcast is fourteen years old this week! And Dems are organized and motivated to take Republicans to task for their lying. Some of those takings are hilarious. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon...
01.10.2024
Ep 770 No Fair Remembering The Obama Beer Summit
What does the witchhunt against Harvard President Claudine Gay have to do with the Obama Beer Summit? Quite a lot. More at proleftpod.com Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative...
01.04.2024
Ep 769: No, Right Wing Media, Michelle Obama Won't Be President
Right wing media is masturbating (we said what we said) over their brain fantasy that Michelle Obama will run for President. They also prefer "vibes" to "facts" whether talking about the Constitution or the economy. How to talk to neighbors...
01.03.2024
Ep 768: No Fair Remembering The Pundit Panic of 2012
A time when pundits freaked out that Barack Obama had "thrown away" the election of 2012 against Mitt Romney. Recommended. Mitt Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Mitt Romney Documentary Blast from the Past: Episode 149, Biden'd! from October 11, 2012. More...
12.29.2023
Ep 767: The Big Theme for 2023 And What We Watched
We talk about our individual "big themes" for 2023 and then dive into a review of nearly everything we watched in 2023. So it's a long podcast! You can read the full list at our blogs -- just Google "Blue...
12.22.2023
Ep 766 Pay Up Rudy and Thank You Colorado
It's the time of the year when we celebrate Zappadan miracles. Rudy is bankrupt, Trump won't be on the ballot in Colorado, and Fox isn't talking about any of that and also neglects to tell their audience about the missing...
12.20.2023
Ep 765 No Fair Remembering...2023?
We remember stuff that will be down the memory hole before you know it... from THIS year... More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0...
12.14.2023
Ep 764 | Paul Ryan Can Eff Right Off
Republicans vote for a fake impeachment inquiry and run away to Christmas vacay. Paul Ryan and others in 2023 sound like Driftglass 2006. Blue Gal has ideas about what to do about Trump trial fatigue. More at proleftpod.com. Link for this...
12.12.2023
Ep 763 | No Fair Remembering Stuff, Immigration
We review certain facts you'll want to have on hand when talking to MAGA relatives regarding the history of immigration in America. Special props to Maria Bartiromo, a grandchild of open-border immigrants. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon |...
12.08.2023
Ep 762 Is Our Media Learning?
The media goes from comatose to merely semi-comatose about the threat of a second Trump presidency. Blue Gal writes to the HHS Secretary about her healthcare costs. Another interesting analogy from Driftglass, this time about "TV mind." Three people in...
12.06.2023
Ep 761 | No Fair Remembering Stuff Michael Steele
We remember the career of MSNBC's newest weekend host, Michael Steele. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free...
11.30.2023
Ep 760 | Beating Republicans At Their Own Game
Joe Biden goes to Lauren Boebert's district and Hunter Biden offers to testify on camera? BANG! Plus more of the week's news, media, and politics. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support...
11.29.2023
Science Fiction University | Ep 21: Labor Relations
We discuss the very political "The Day The Icicle Works Closed" by Frederick Pohl, and also why science fiction often doesn't age well. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. Support the show
11.22.2023
Ep 759 Thinking the Unthinkable
An unscripted and unrehearsed conversation, recorded at our dining room table on an iPhone. Driftglass: "Tuesday night I was feeling a little doomed, and my wife asked me what was wrong and I told her that at that moment I...
11.16.2023
Ep 758: Congress Gets Punchy
A bad week for testosterone in the halls of Congress - Why are men so emotional? Candace Owens rediscovers her Bible, and Ben Shapiro says she should quit over it? Yes, Trump is Hitler after all. And the Sulzberger family...
11.15.2023
Ep 757: No Fair Remembering Stuff, Chicago, Daley, and Parking Meters.
We remember the two Mayor Daley's of Chicago, and the younger Daley's selling off of public facilities like the parking meters to keep "his" city going. It's great urban history. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our...
11.09.2023
Ep 756 Dems Win and GOP 'Debates'
Driftglass watches the whole Republican debate and lives to tell the tale. And we celebrate big wins for Democrats in this year's elections. Remember how this feels next year and VOTE! More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the...
11.07.2023
Ep 755 No Fair Remembering End Times
A somewhat deep dive into the Book of Revelation? Don't worry; we also include connections to John Wick/Keanu Reeves as Jesus. But seriously, folks, these end times Republicans are deeply committed to the end of the world and think war...
11.03.2023
Ep 754: Go Unions! And Related News
We celebrate with the UAW and explore some related stories you may have missed. And we love the ACA but have a sticker shock for 2024. Driftglass and Blue Gal also appeared this week on The Bill Show from Australia. ...
10.31.2023
Science Fiction University: Time Travel and Netflix's 'Bodies'
The Netflix series "Bodies" brings up all kinds of connections to time travel in science fiction. We watched the 8 part series in three days -- it's good! More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) Support the show: PayPal...
10.26.2023
Ep 753 So God Chose Joe Biden?
The new (and definitely temporary) House Speaker, Maga Mike, Blast Hardcheese, Slab Squatthrust, insert your favorite MST3K nickname here, implies some pretty important theological arguments about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRIFTGLASS (Oct 30)!!! Our...
10.25.2023
Ep 752 No Fair Remembering Stuff: 'Team B'
How a right-wing takeover of "military intelligence" in 1976 leads directly to kew-anan nonsense today. More at proleftpod.com. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin...
10.18.2023
Ep 751 Meet the Press and the Santa Claus Suit
A special Wednesday episode - we'll be back next week to our regularly scheduled Tuesday/Thursday shows. Driftglass has an interesting analogy going. We're so glad Joe Biden is president. And we skewer John Kasich, David Gregory, Newt Gingrich, and Sean...

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The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal episodes:

Ep 796: The Great Republican Sell-Out

Ep 795 There Is No More 'Debating' Trump

Ep 794 MSNBC Wins and Loses

Ep 793: Trump's Abortion Fail

Ep 792: What's Rove Got To Do With It?

Ep 791 Science Fiction University: 3 Body Problem

Ep 790 The NBC News Meltdown and Trump's Bible

Ep 789: One Weird Reason NBC's New Hire Went Wrong

Ep 788: Impeachment Is Over (If You Want It)

Ep 787: No Fair Remembering What Trump Said Yesterday

Ep 786 Britt Mace Noem and Stefanik Enter The Veep Pageant

Ep 785 By Popular Demand, Biden's State of the Union

Ep 784: WHAT 'Quiet Part Out Loud'?

Ep 783 Dropping Everything To Talk About Dune 2

Ep 782: Confront the Problem, Go, Fight, Win!

Science Fiction University - The Maltese Falcon

Ep 781: Three Hundred Fifty-Five Million Dollars

Ep 780: No Fair Remembering The Clinton Surplus

Ep 779 The Jon Stewart Blowback

Ep 778 No Fair Remembering The 1965 Watts Uprising

Ep 777 Lawyers In Love

Ep 776: No Fair Remembering Hillary's 'Basket of Deplorables'

Ep 775 Nikki Haley's Three-Body Problem

Science Fiction University: Falling in Love with SF

Ep 774 | Hybrid Show: Iowa, New Hampshire, and No Fair Remembering 2012

Ep 773 | The Caucasian Caucus

Ep 772 No Fair Remembering MLK Jr. Day

Ep 771 | Our 14th Podcast Anniversary and Dems Go On Offense

Ep 770 No Fair Remembering The Obama Beer Summit

Ep 769: No, Right Wing Media, Michelle Obama Won't Be President

Ep 768: No Fair Remembering The Pundit Panic of 2012

Ep 767: The Big Theme for 2023 And What We Watched

Ep 766 Pay Up Rudy and Thank You Colorado

Ep 765 No Fair Remembering...2023?

Ep 764 | Paul Ryan Can Eff Right Off

Ep 763 | No Fair Remembering Stuff, Immigration

Ep 762 Is Our Media Learning?

Ep 761 | No Fair Remembering Stuff Michael Steele

Ep 760 | Beating Republicans At Their Own Game

Science Fiction University | Ep 21: Labor Relations

Ep 759 Thinking the Unthinkable

Ep 758: Congress Gets Punchy

Ep 757: No Fair Remembering Stuff, Chicago, Daley, and Parking Meters.

Ep 756 Dems Win and GOP 'Debates'

Ep 755 No Fair Remembering End Times

Ep 754: Go Unions! And Related News

Science Fiction University: Time Travel and Netflix's 'Bodies'

Ep 753 So God Chose Joe Biden?

Ep 752 No Fair Remembering Stuff: 'Team B'

Ep 751 Meet the Press and the Santa Claus Suit

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