The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal reflect on what they call an "annus horribilis"—a genuinely awful ... more

Trump's "affordability" tour crashes into reality, with the president telling struggling A... more

We examine the difference between political "weather" and "climate" this week, starting wi... more

The dangerous convergence of Trumpian immunity and media complicity creates for Trump an i... more

No show today; we've had quite a weekend.   We'll be back to our regularly scheduled podca... more

In this week's episode, we experience the whipsaw—that aggressive, back-and-forth sawing m... more

In this week's episode, we dive deep into the infrastructure project nobody wants to talk ... more

GOP rats are slowly but surely abandoning the sinking Trump ship, and we have to ask: Will... more

This week, we're talking about the Epstein Files, the shutdown that wasn't really about th... more

This week, we're celebrating our first post-Blue Tsunami show! Democrats won across the bo... more

This week, we're recording on election day while awaiting results to find out which versio... more

This week, we're recording on Driftglass's birthday while he's still battling a cold and s... more

Does Driftglass with laryngitis sound like Brenda Vaccaro?  The podcasters disagree, YOU b... more

This week, we're examining the legacy media's desperate attempt to plug a 20-foot hole in ... more

Find your No Kings Protest March/Rally at https://www.nokings.org/  This week, we're askin... more

This week, we're watching the media scramble for survival as tectonic forces fracture the ... more

In this week's episode, we tackle the concept of "ethos"—what people actually stand for ve... more

Welcome to Book Club Day at the Professional Left, where we're spoiling a 141-year-old nov... more

This week, we're unpacking a tale of two shutdowns—and spoiler alert: they're both Trump's... more

This week, we're delving deep into a question that's been making the rounds on those very ... more

What does it mean when the government exists primarily to entertain the MAGA base rather t... more

We missed the rapture! This week we're diving deep into the political machine playbook - b... more

A wide-ranging conversation with the incomparable Charlie Pierce of Esquire Magazine.  Wha... more

We look at how the crazy stuff happening in national politics is playing out right here in... more

How did the late Charlie Kirk build his multi-million dollar empire, and what role did bil... more

Alt Title:  What 'Road House' Can Teach Democrats What is the hidden wisdom in Patrick Swa... more

Why do we keep lurching violently between Democrats and fascists if every election is supp... more

Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jeanine Pirro are in positions of power to fin... more

Trump's approval ratings have crashed to 37% - that magical Sarah Palin floor where only t... more

What happens when Democratic governors fight like they mean it? We dive into J.B. Pritzker... more