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

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Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics

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!

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#1757 Life is But a Game (that you can now bet on)

Air Date 12/14/2025 Albert Einstein said, "Life is just like a game, first you have to lea... more

Yesterday

3 HR 13 MINS

3:13:48

Yesterday

#199

#1756 War Criminal Dick Cheney's Guide to Ethical Governance and Saving Democracy

Air Date 12/10/2025 Dick Cheney used to be thought of as Darth Vader but did he have an en... more

10 Dec 2025

2 HR 59 MINS

2:59:02

10 Dec 2025

#198

SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES! - "Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted" (Original Air Date: 5-26-24...

Re-Air Date: 12–2-25 Unless you were a member in May of 2024, this episode of SOLVED! will... more

07 Dec 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:23

07 Dec 2025

#197

#1605 Our Prison System is a Demonstrable Failure (Throwback)

Original Air Date: 1-23-2024 The recent discovery of hundreds of bodies buried behind a ja... more

06 Dec 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:42

06 Dec 2025

#196

#1755 Affordability: Actual Economic Populism is the Kryptonite to Fake Populism

Air Date 12/2/2025 If you need more evidence for just how far from rationality our politic... more

02 Dec 2025

2 HR 53 MINS

2:53:44

02 Dec 2025

#195

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #28 - Big White Lies: The Impossible Promises of Supremacy

Air Date: 11-25-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: ---Ch. 1 - The extremists ... more

01 Dec 2025

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21:03

01 Dec 2025

#194

#1354 Police violence and racism are a product of our past (Uprising, Crackdown, Authoritarianism) (...

Original Air Date: 6–22-2020 Today we take a look at the history of racist policing which ... more

28 Nov 2025

2 HR 30 MINS

2:30:03

28 Nov 2025

#193

#1754 The Epstein Files and Donald Trump, Our Predator-in-Chief

Air Date 11/25/2025 We live in a world awash with baseless conspiracy theories but that do... more

25 Nov 2025

2 HR 38 MINS

2:38:24

25 Nov 2025

#192

SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - "The Truth Shall Set Us Free" (Original Air Date: 12-6-24)

Re-Air Date: 11–18-25 Unless you were a member in December of 2024, this episode of SOLVED... more

23 Nov 2025

1 HR 25 MINS

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23 Nov 2025

#191

#1753 What the Shutdown and Weaponized Hunger Exposed About Our Asymmetric Morality

Air Date 11/21/2025 In an ethical political system, being willing to break the law in orde... more

21 Nov 2025

3 HR 59 MINS

3:59:13

21 Nov 2025

#190

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #27 - Watch what you say! How weaponized language changes our reality

Air Date: 11-10-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: --- Ch. 1 - "Pull yoursel... more

16 Nov 2025

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16 Nov 2025

#189

#1752 Reigniting the Nuclear Arms Race: Fat Man, Little Boy, and Donald Trump

Air Date 11/7/2025 The most dangerous part of nuclear weapons has always been the people i... more

14 Nov 2025

3 HR 24 MINS

3:24:04

14 Nov 2025

#188

#1751 Monthly-ish Mix: Institutions Fall, Reality Breaks, Empire Rises

Air Date: 11/11/25 The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news withou... more

11 Nov 2025

3 HR 47 MINS

3:47:06

11 Nov 2025

#187

#1750 "America's Backyard" - The War on Terror Meets the War on Drugs

Air Date 11/7/2025 The United States claiming a divine (and imperialist) right to tamper i... more

07 Nov 2025

3 HR 05 MINS

3:05:57

07 Nov 2025

#186

SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - "Transgressive Thoughts in a Villain Era" (Original Air Date: 1-6-25)

Re-Air Date: 11–6-25 Unless you were a member in January of 2025, this episode of SOLVED! ... more

06 Nov 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:06

06 Nov 2025

#185

#1749 Democracy: In Theory, In Practice, and Under Threat

Air Date 11/4/2025 Elections are always coming up, some sooner than others, so we thought ... more

04 Nov 2025

3 HR 02 MINS

3:02:14

04 Nov 2025

#184

#1748 Patriotism in Peril: Democracy, the Military, and the Fight Over What America Means

Air Date 11/02/2025 A lot of people on the left aren't feeling the love for their country ... more

02 Nov 2025

3 HR 41 MINS

3:41:05

02 Nov 2025

#183

#1747 Racism in the United States, it turns out, is a problem

Air Date 10/28/2025 As we were looking for episode topics, I came across an article making... more

28 Oct 2025

3 HR 10 MINS

3:10:15

28 Oct 2025

#182

#1746 What an actual attack on free speech looks like

Air Date 10/25/2025 Trump's attacks on free speech, particularly with the use of the Feder... more

25 Oct 2025

3 HR 12 MINS

3:12:46