Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
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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#1659 Conflagration Through Escalation: Israel expands the war to Lebanon to defend their ongoing genocide in Gaza
Bonus Sample #322 Things That Go Vroom
#1658 Pileup on the Information Superhighway: Information Dispensation in the Age of Deep Doubt
#1657 Modeling Positive Masculinity: Between Tim Walz and the Manosphere, boys are looking for guidance
Bonus Sample #321 Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty
#1550 Red States, Where Democracy Goes to Die and Terrible Legislation is Born (Throwback)
Bonus Sample #320 Calculated Misery
#1656 How Far He Will Go: Election lies, intimidation, interference, insurrection
#1655 A Pivotal Moment for Big Tech, Both Old and New: Google Search, the A.I. Boom, Antitrust, and Regulation