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

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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!

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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#200

#1765 AI Capitalism Will Not Deliver an AI Utopia

Air Date: 1/17/2026 There's a lot to be concerned about with AI but the biggest concern is... more

17 Jan 2026

2 HR 58 MINS

2:58:10

17 Jan 2026

#199

#1764 Wealth Inequality is Bad for Society and There's No Good Counterargument

Air Date: 1/14/2026 Being a bad person who doesn't care about others is helpful in one's p... more

15 Jan 2026

2 HR 39 MINS

2:39:40

15 Jan 2026

#198

#1763 It's Not a Health Care System, it's a Wealth Extraction System

Air Date: 1/9/2026 The Republican Party has been angry about every government service and ... more

10 Jan 2026

2 HR 47 MINS

2:47:27

10 Jan 2026

#197

#1248 There you go again. Venezuela and America's addiction to imperialism (Remix)

Original Air Date: 2/8/2019 Amid the ongoing fallout of a contested presidential election,... more

07 Jan 2026

2 HR 24 MINS

2:24:01

07 Jan 2026

#196

#1762 Trump's Imperialistic Shakedown of Venezuela

Air Date: 1/3/2026 Imperialism is best thought of as a "Wealth Pump," extracting wealth fr... more

03 Jan 2026

3 HR 16 MINS

3:16:47

03 Jan 2026

#195

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #30 - Everything is Ugly: How Convenience Killed Beauty—And How We Can Bring It Back

Air Date: 12-23-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: --- Ch. 1 - Why everythin... more

30 Dec 2025

26 MINS

26:07

30 Dec 2025

#194

#1761 Monthly-ish Mix: The Machine Cracks—Empire, Exploitation, and the Crumbling Facade

Air Date 12/30/2025 The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news witho... more

30 Dec 2025

3 HR 14 MINS

3:14:17

30 Dec 2025

#193

#1760 Hot Mess: Conservative Chaos Below the Surface of Trump's Authoritarian Regime

Air Date 12/26/2025 Authoritarian governments are always very focused on making it look li... more

26 Dec 2025

3 HR 26 MINS

3:26:46

26 Dec 2025

#192

#1500 America, A Beginner's Guide (Throwback)

Original Air Date: 7/4/2022 Today, for this milestone episode, I attempted to squeeze in a... more

24 Dec 2025

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:08

24 Dec 2025

#191

#1759 Why Dictators Are Lunatics and Their Followers are Fools

Air Date 12/22/2025 It's said that mockery is one of the most effective weapons against di... more

22 Dec 2025

3 HR 31 MINS

3:31:18

22 Dec 2025

#190

SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - "This is Really Happening" (Original Air Date: 12-12-24)

Re-Air Date: 12–18-25 Unless you were a member in December of 2024, this episode of SOLVED... more

21 Dec 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:04

21 Dec 2025

#189

#1758 Why you think the Sudanese civil war doesn't involve you

Air Date 12/14/2025 The sad ease with which we manage to ignore some atrocities, even whil... more

17 Dec 2025

2 HR 47 MINS

2:47:07

17 Dec 2025

#188

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #29 - "Don't Be Cringe": Is Gen Z's Humor a Political Warning Sign?

Air Date: 12-10-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin was out this week) discuss: --- Ch... more

15 Dec 2025

22 MINS

22:05

15 Dec 2025

#187

#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

14 Dec 2025

3 HR 13 MINS

3:13:48

14 Dec 2025

#186

#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

#185

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

#184

#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

#183

#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

#182

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

21 MINS

21:03

01 Dec 2025

#181

#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