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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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#1399 Myths are written by the victors, history by the scholars

Feb 17, 2021
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#1398 The Road to Justice Runs Through Accountability

Feb 13, 2021
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#1397 Vaccine Rollout Once Again Exposes the Divide in Our Global Medical Apartheid

Feb 10, 2021
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#1396 The Platforms of Our Discontent (Social Media, Social Destruction)

Feb 6, 2021
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#1318 Why We Cannot Have Nice Things (How Racism Hurts Everyone, Including White People) (Repost)

Feb 4, 2021
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#1395 The Arab Spring, Bin Laden Killed, Giffords Shot, Occupy Wall St. and Birtherism (A Look Back at 2011)

Jan 31, 2021
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#1394 White Terrorism and Willful Ignorance

Jan 27, 2021
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#1261 Profitable Extremism (How Social Media Propagates Hate) (Repost)

Jan 23, 2021
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#1393 Opportunists, Enablers and Seditionists, the Rot at the Heart of the GOP

Jan 20, 2021
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#1392 The Coup Klux Klan and the January 6 Insurrection

Jan 17, 2021