Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Progressive Talk
Expertly-curated progressive politics, news, and culture produced by leftist humans, not algorithms or AI. This is an award-winning podcast that dives deeply into a wide range of national and international issues facing society and governments. We draw from hundreds of sources of progressive news and commentary. Est. 2006. Save time by listening to a range of perspectives on a focused topic in each episode and be introduced to new sources you will not have come across on your own!
Location:
Washington, DC
Description:
Expertly-curated progressive politics, news, and culture produced by leftist humans, not algorithms or AI. This is an award-winning podcast that dives deeply into a wide range of national and international issues facing society and governments. We draw from hundreds of sources of progressive news and commentary. Est. 2006. Save time by listening to a range of perspectives on a focused topic in each episode and be introduced to new sources you will not have come across on your own!
Twitter:
@BestOfTheLeft
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.BestOfTheLeft.com
Email:
Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com
#1630 Unrivaled Global Arms Dealer: Officially and Illegally Exporting the US Gun Culture Around the World
Duration:01:59:07
#929 Looking to avert further tragedy (War on Drugs™) (Throwback)
Duration:00:46:34
Bonus Sample #303 At the Carwash: Living in a World Not Built for Humans
Duration:00:18:43
#1629 Hitting Where it Hurts in Our Era of Negative Partisanship: Messaging left-wing politics amid cultish politics
Duration:02:06:56
#1628 New Era of Antitrust for a New Era of Capitalism, Mega-Corporations and Big Tech
Duration:00:53:42
#1627 Campus Protests and the Crackdown: Civil resistance against Israeli genocide in Gaza, responses from university presidents to Biden
Duration:02:56:35
Bonus Sample #302 Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize.
Duration:00:17:34
#1626 Remix - Protest Crackdown: Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand and the Response is Predictable
Duration:01:14:57
#1625 Society of Extreme Wealth and its Discontents: Tax avoidance, wealth inequality and the detrimental effects felt by us all
Duration:00:58:08
Bonus Sample #301 War Is the Continuation of Policy with Other Means
Duration:00:14:17
#1513 The Morality of Debt and Forgiveness (Throwback)
Duration:01:13:16
#1624 Island Fervor: Cuba and Haiti Struggle for Economic and Political Self-Determination in the Face of Respective Histories of Exploitation and Embargo
Duration:00:59:33
Bonus Sample #300 My People are Humans
Duration:00:14:10
#1623 Burning American Credibility on Support for Israel's Genocidal War in Gaza - Biden, Netanyahu, and the double standards of the rules-based order
Duration:00:57:39
Bonus Sample #299 Selling Bliss
Duration:00:18:28
#1249 Understanding the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians (Throwback)
Duration:01:03:22
#1622 Capitalism Culture Catastrophes On Land, Sea, And In The Sky - Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Boeing Blowout, and the Continuing Threat to Railway Workers
Duration:01:07:54
#1621 How Democrats Lost Their Way On Economics And Are Starting To Find It Again
Duration:01:01:19
Bonus Sample #292 Someone is Wrong on the Internet
Duration:00:14:00
#1379 Tell Stories, Not Myths: Democracy in America (Throwback)
Duration:01:08:13