Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
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#1571 Understanding what we lost with the repeal of affirmative action
July 12, 2023 03:23 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBAir Date 7/11/2023 Today, we take a look at the history and unceremonious end of affirmative action for college admissions that were an attempt to correct the compounded impact of hundreds of years of systemic racism. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Affirmative Reactions Part 1 - Straight White Americ...
#1570 The overpopulation debate is more philosophical than empirical
July 09, 2023 02:37 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBBestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Become a member in July for 20% off!) Air Date 7/8/2023 Today, we take a look at the dubious, ideologically-driven debate between overpopulation being a danger to the future of humanity and it being a dangerous myth obscuring the real issue of over-consumption Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Is Overpopulation Killing the Planet? - Id...
#TBT #1155 Leisure, Desperation or a Reorientation (The Future of Work) (Throwback)
July 07, 2023 03:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBBestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Original Air Date: 1/2/2018 Today we take a look at a few different visions of what the future holds for our labor market and some policies we should be putting in place to set the scene for the coming evolution of work Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Show Notes Act 1: The future of work in a world of artificial intelligence - Ideas - Air Date 9-12-17 Act 2: ...
#1569 Winning Progressive Policies with Better Messaging
July 04, 2023 21:33 - 53 minutes - 37.2 MBBestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Air Date 7/4/2023 Today, we take a look at the difference between the kind of political messaging that feels like the right thing to say and the reframed messages that actually get political results that allow for progressive policies to get passed. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Why Behind The What ...
Bonus Sample #273 Marriage Proposals
July 02, 2023 02:10 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBBestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Become a member in July for 20% off!) Air Date: 7-1-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Marriage and christianity collapsing - Free lunches for kids - Neo-nazis doing pushups at Pride - The assault on no-fault divorce - Hannah Gadsby's wedding cake REFERENCES: Marriage collapse, absent fathers 'unraveling' Christianity in growing US crisis: study Nevada Legislature Advances Bill to Extend Free School Meals Into 2025 Neo-Nazis tr...
#1495 No One Supports the Economic Interests of Rural America (Repost)
June 28, 2023 06:06 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBOriginal Air Date 6/11/2022 Today we take a look at the reasons why Democrats lost rural America and why it's important to make gains outside urban centers through working-class coalitions and a focus on the policy failures of unchecked Republicanism. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: How can Democ...
#1568 The Shifting Landscape of the Religion-Conservative-Political Complex
June 25, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MBAir Date 6/25/2023 Today, we take a look at the state of the religious right as declining religiosity and the looming 2024 election put a strain on the movement. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Trump Indicted, Robertson Dead, + Catholic Public Schools? - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 6-...
#TBT #1247 The Fight for the Four Freedoms (FDR vs. Libertarianism) (Throwback)
June 23, 2023 05:24 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBOriginal Air Date 2-5-2019 Today we take a look at the history of FDR's "Four Freedoms" and "Economic Bill of Rights" that laid the groundwork for the fight for economic freedom for all that continues to this day. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Harvey Kaye, "The Fight for the Four Freedoms" - Book TV - Air Dat...
#1567 How to Sell an Immoral Economic System to the Masses
June 21, 2023 05:11 - 53 minutes - 37.2 MBAir Date 6/20/2023 Today, we take a look at the story of how neoliberalism was born, how corporations were organized to help push it into the mainstream, and how the courts were reshaped to permanently tilt the rules in favor of corporate power. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Chile, Neoliberalism ...
Bonus Sample #272 Billionaires Selling the System
June 19, 2023 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBAir Date: 6-17-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon discuss: - Hoopy Froods - Other people with diarrhea - The lack of civil engineers to manage the waste water - Neoliberal pay scales of business professors - How billionaires became our gurus REFERENCES: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The billionaire’s guide to self-help Join our Discord Community Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Fo...
#1482 The New Hotness in Scam Culture (Crypto Currency and NFTs)(Repost)
June 18, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBOriginal Air Date 4/13/2022 Today we take a look at the mainstreaming of crypto and NFTs by celebrity endorsements, why they're terrible by nearly any metric and why they are emblematic of our broken culture. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs - Folding Ideas - Ai...
#TBT #1333 An Examination of Fear, Anger, Forgiveness and Grace (Also, Mr. Rogers) (Throwback)
June 15, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBOriginal Air Date 2-2-2020 Today we take a look at the relationship between fear, anger and how to deal with the structural forces of harm in our society. To help us, we examine two of the greatest thinkers of the past 65 years, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mister Rogers, and go beyond the nonviolence of King and interrogate Mr. Roger's insistence on liking everyone just the way they are. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] BestO...
#1566 Wrestling with Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism
June 14, 2023 04:16 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBAir Date 6/13/2023 Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own measure if there's not a universally-agreed standard to compare with, relating to the purchase of both the necessities of life we all need as well as the more luxury items that get added on top. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community...
#1565 Co-Housing Builds Community and Fights Loneliness
June 10, 2023 21:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBAir Date 6/10/2023 Today, we take a look at the emerging trend of various community housing styles people are using to build community, fight loneliness and lighten the load of everyday chores and tasks. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Cohousing The Future of Community and Human Connection Part 1 |...
#TBT #1243 The story of Socialism in America (Throwback)
June 09, 2023 00:31 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBOriginal Air Date 1-22-2019 Today we take a look at socialism in America from our often violent response to the concept in the wake of the Russian Revolution through the recent revival in interest, driven primarily by the younger generation today Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Red Dawn Americans and the Bolshe...
#1564 How Marketing Has Shaped Our World for the Worse
June 07, 2023 04:13 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBAir Date 6/6/2023 Today, we take a look at the widespread impact of marketing on culture, consumerism, transportation, food, gender roles, and gun ownership in the United States. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Our Consumer Society - Then & Now - Air Date 6-9-22 I explore our consumer society, lo...
Bonus Sample #271 Infantile Engineers
June 05, 2023 23:37 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBOriginal Air Date: 5-31-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Towel Day - Adults liking things made for kids - What it means for something to be suitable for kids or adults - Bronson Pinchot - The decline in students studying the humanities REFERENCES: The Real Reason Young Adults Seem Slow to ‘Grow Up’ This writer brilliantly explains to Bill Maher why millennials refuse to grow up We're All Babies Now Everyone needs to grow up The End of the English Major ...
#1563 Putting Our Kids to Work for Corporate Profits
June 04, 2023 04:27 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBAir Date 6/3/2023 Today, we take a look at the dynamics at play between our immigration and labor policies that lead to the exploitation of children in dangerous and deadly jobs. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Why Child Labor in America is Skyrocketing Part 1 - Robert Reich - Air Date 5-16-23 Co...
#TBT #1080 Corporate media’s fight for legitimacy in the age of Trump (Throwback)
May 18, 2023 23:06 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBOriginal Air Date 2/17/2017 Today we look at the state of the corporate-controlled media in the age of Trump, how you can navigate those murky waters, and what we can do to make it better. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Show Notes Ch. 1: Diversify your news - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 11-24-16 Ch. 2: Spicer vs. the Interns - On the Media - Air Date 1-27-17 Ch. 3: Is Donald Trump good for journalism? - The ...
#1560 Immigration Crisis: Biden vs. Trump, Undocumented Workers, Anti-Immigrant Hate, Migrant Abuse, and the Economic Fallout of Florida's New Law
May 17, 2023 03:32 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBAir Date 5/16/2023 Today, we take a look at the current state and deep context for why our immigration and asylum system broken, and why our policies have made it worse rather than better, all while stoking anti-immigrant hatred. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: The law that broke US immigration - V...
#1559 Company Towns are a Bad Solution to a Real Problem
May 14, 2023 05:29 - 58 minutes - 40.7 MBAir Date 5/13/2023 Today, we take a look at the history and resurgent idea of the company town, sometimes described by other names to obscure the reality, and the problem of affordable housing they are trying to solve. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRI...
#TBT #1133 Understanding Authoritarianism (Throwback)
May 11, 2023 21:01 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBOriginal Air Date 9/15/2017 Today we look at the history and structures of authoritarianism and explore how they relate to the Trump campaign and administration Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Show Notes Act 1: It can't happen here Part 1 - Ideas from the CBC - Air Date 1-17-17 Act 2: Evan McMullin on spotting the dangers of authoritarianism - Primary Concerns from @NewRepublic - Air Date 1-4-17 Act 3: Opposing conser...
Bonus Edition #270 I'd Like to Phone a Friend
May 11, 2023 05:14 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MBAir Date: 5-10-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Self-Love and Loneliness - Friends - Commercialized Coitus - Why men are perfectly fine REFERENCES: Self-Love Is Making Us Lonely - Time ‘When people can talk about sex, they flourish’: the rise of sexual wellness - The Guardian Straight Male Friend - SNL What’s the Matter with Men? Chad Daniels | Twelfth Night | Daddy Issues Join our Discord Server Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! T...
#1558 States of Hate, Right-Wing Legislatures Go Full-Tilt While the Courageous Fight Back
May 10, 2023 04:05 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBAir Date 5/9/2023 Today, we take a look at the hyper-polarization of our era and the anti-democratic instincts of the right taking hold in state legislatures. Building on a decade of gerrymandering and voter suppression within a structurally undemocratic American system that has helped Republicans create minority rule in many places and unearned super-majorities in others, they have now turned to simply ejecting their elected political opponents from fully representing their constituents. ...
#1557 Tactics and Counter-Tactics of the Struggle for Labor Rights
May 06, 2023 05:12 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBAir Date 5/5/2023 Today, we take a look at the history and present of the labor movement to demonstrate how times may change but the fundamental struggle, including many of the exact tactics, remains the same. Plus, get ready to get excited about salts, the secret ingredient in labor movement. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord comm...
#1556 Oil Wealth and Oligarchy, Over 100 Years of Polishing Unredeemable Reputations
May 02, 2023 18:32 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBAir Date 5/2/2023 Today, we take a look at the intertwining of oil wealth, philanthropy, and culture washing from John Rockefeller to the sheiks of the Middle East. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY WITH EXPRESS VPN! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Who Were t...
#1555 The Kids Are Not Alright (Boys, Girls, Culture and Social Media)
April 27, 2023 04:27 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBAir Date 4/26/2023 Today, we take a look at the trials and tribulations facing the youth today as men and boys are being surpassed academically by women and girls and girls are suffering disproportionately under the weight of the toxic forces of social media. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: Expr...
Bonus Sample #269 Tell Good Stories and Jokes
April 22, 2023 02:48 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBAir Date: 4-21-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - How you’re seen by others is important - Jokes are learning - Injecting money into morality breaks people’s brains - Remembering the labor movement - Another frustrating Atlantic article, this time about France REFERENCES: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (Affiliate: Book, Audio) The French are in a Panic over Le Wokisme - The Atlantic Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! Tomlin...
#1554 Destroying Education and Democracy for Fun and Profit
April 20, 2023 04:58 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBAir Date 4/19/2023 Today, we take a look at the history and present of the interconnected movements to privatize education and dismantle democracy. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY WITH EXPRESS VPN! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Segrenomics: The Long Histo...
#1553 The Nuremberg Trials of J.K. Rowling: Misogyny and Authoritarianism in the Bizarro World
April 17, 2023 00:35 - 1 hour - 54 MBAir Date 4/16/2023 Today, we take a look at some of the arguments of the anti-trans feminist movement, known by its most prominent proponent, J.K. Rowling, all in the shadow of the anti-trans fervor of the right wing which is checking off the stages of genocide like a to-do list. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW N...
#1484 Elon Musk is Not Your Savior and He Is Actually Awful (Repost)
April 12, 2023 22:58 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBOriginal Air Date 4/20/2022 Today we take a look at the bizarre halo effect that seems to surround Elon Musk and then thoroughly puncture it by just explaining a few things about him and his companies. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: The Myth Of The "Self-Made" Billionaire - Second Thought - Air Da...
Bonus Sample #268 Making Corrections
April 08, 2023 04:32 - 14 minutes - 10 MBOriginal Air Date: 4-6-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Reactions to the Half Hour News Hour - A layered conservative joke? - Romance bots for all - Tech bros are 8-year-olds - How to teach American history REFERENCES: Half Hour News Hour Snipits Time to take biden to the train station What Happens When Sexting Chatbots Dump Their Human Lovers Super League: The War for Football Elon Musk Sets Poop Emoji as an Autoreply to Twitter’s Press Email A view of Ame...
#1480 The Cyberwar Did Not Begin with Cyber Pearl Harbor (Repost)
April 05, 2023 17:20 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBOriginal Air Date 4/2/2022 Today we take a look at the modern reality of cyber war. It's not the mass destruction of attacks that were imagined to look like a "Cyber Pearl Harbor" but the much more subtle cyber attacks that often fly under the radar and live in the grey area in attempts to inflict harm without provoking counterattack. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows...
#1552 Invasion of Iraq, 20 years later
April 01, 2023 01:35 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBAir Date 3/31/2023 Today, we take a look at the history and legacy of the invasion of Iraq by the United States under George W. Bush and his administration with the support of the vast majority of Americans who had been systematically mislead by falsified evidence used to make the case for war. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord com...
#1476 The Disinformation War We Are Not Fighting (Repost)
March 29, 2023 20:39 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBOriginal Air Date 3/16/2022 Today we take a look at the dynamics of mis- and disinformation as well as the history of those, primarily Russia, who are actively using it as a weapon of information warfare against the US, The West, and democracies around the world. Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Are you Disinformed or Misinformed? - Harvard Data Sci...
#1551 Making sense of the senseless war in Ukraine
March 27, 2023 00:43 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBAir Date 3/26/2023 Today, we take a look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the debate over continuing to support Ukraine heats up, an arrest warrant is issued for Putin and China makes a state visit to Moscow. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY ...
Bonus Edition: Absurdity on top of absurdity
March 24, 2023 20:03 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBOriginal Air Date: 3-23-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - giving credit where due - the mysteries of right-wing comedy through the ages - the dream of freedom from cars and trapping people in cities REFERENCES: The 1/2 Hour News Hour Is the right winning the comedy wars? - Vox Fifteen Minutes of Blame - Slate Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Follow at Twitt...
#1550 Red States, Where Democracy Goes to Die and Terrible Legislation is Born
March 22, 2023 01:49 - 1 hour - 42 MBAir Date 3/21/2023 Today, we take a look at how GOP-controlled states are subverting democracy with a form of "competitive autocracy" and some of the horrifying legislation these states then pass after they are no longer subject to the opinions of the general public. Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support Join our Discord community! Watch/Listen: The Laura Flanders Show SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: The Autocratic Ni...
#1549 Fox News is worse than we imagined or: they all knew they were lying
March 18, 2023 21:55 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBAir Date 3/18/2023 Today, we take a look at how Fox News is being exposed as the alleged liars-for-pay we always suspected they were by the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY WITH EXPRESS VPN! ...
Bonus Sample #266 AI may destroy society and capitalism will help
March 16, 2023 14:37 - 17 minutes - 12.6 MBOriginal Air Date: 3-10-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Nick being a liar - The competing values behind editing and banning books - Why tech leaders are like 8-year-olds REFERENCES: The BFG Isn’t a BFD Equating the Roald Dahl edits to book banning is living in a Willy Wonka fantasy world Biden talks to Anthony Fontana about 90s rap Connect your Discord to Patreon Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for lis...
#1548 The War on Woke Pits the GOP Against Their Usual Allies in Big Business
March 15, 2023 01:51 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBAir Date 3/14/2023 Today, we take a look at the rise of "woke capitalism" as the cudgel now being wielded against any corporations who dare to seek profits by appealing to the majority of potential customers who prefer progressive social positions to that of Republicans. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE ...
#1547 Shaping the Future of the Internet
March 09, 2023 01:03 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBAir Date 3/8/2023 Today, we take a look at some of the emerging elements of technology and regulation that will likely shape the next era of the internet and our relationship to it. For today, these will include synthetic relationships with artificial intelligence, fake audio and video virtually indistinguishable from reality that will facilitate disinformation, reinterpreting Section 230 for a new era of internet content and the ongoing struggle to regulate social media platforms. Be pa...
#1546 Exist, Resist, Indigenize, Decolonize: A story of colonialism, cultural renaissance and modernity
March 04, 2023 21:55 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBAir Date 3/4/2023 Today, we tell a story of colonialism, dispossession and cultural renaissance as a lens through which to understand alienation, a primary condition of modernity Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: The annexation of Hawaii The dark history of the overthrow of Hawaii - TED-Ed - Air D...
#1466 The Faustian Bargain of Technological Advancement and Societal Degradation (Repost)
March 02, 2023 02:07 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBOriginal Air Date 1/15/2022 Today we take a look at tradeoffs that are becoming ever more evident between the advancement of mass communication and social media technologies and the ways in which those advancements contribute to the degradation of social cohesion. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Re-musing Ourselves - On the Med...
Bonus Sample #265 The Laughter to Darkness Ratio
February 25, 2023 20:55 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBOriginal Air Date: 2-23-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Briefly celebrating a Super Bowl victory - Extinguishing empathy for profit - Manifesting disaster through film - The Ohio derailment - The value of ownership - Reducing workplace stressors REFERENCES: ‘You unleash hell on your kids’: Central Texas mom warns parents about ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ After East Palestine derailment, a resident reflects on Ohio movie "White Noise" The Ohio derailment is a...
#1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress
February 23, 2023 00:45 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBAir Date 2/22/2023 Today, we take a look at some of the work of the chaotic wrecking crew that is the GOP of the 118th Congress including their plan to hold the world economy hostage and weaponize the government against Democrats all while infighting their way to the 2024 presidential election. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord co...
#1544 Block History Month: The Campaign to Erase Uncomfortable Truths About Black History
February 18, 2023 04:14 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBAir Date 2/17/2023 Today, we take a look at the importance of teaching a full and unflinching version of Black history and why the campaign to block it is reaching a peak at this moment in time. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: BOMBAS.COM/BEST BUY ONE/GIVE ONE TO SOMEONE IN NEED ExpressVPN.com...
#1543 Capitalism doesn't live up to the hype
February 14, 2023 23:45 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBAir Date 2/14/2023 Today, we take a look at some origins, alternatives and misunderstandings of capitalism from the Dutch East India Company, to Adam Smith and up through the planned obsolescence and marketing that have tricked us all into working far harder than necessary while failing to make us happy. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our ...
#1542 Despair and violence in Israel's illiberal and exclusionary "democracy"
February 10, 2023 22:46 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBAir Date 2/10/2023 Today, we take a look at the recent rise in tensions in the wake of Israel electing what may be their most right-wing government to date. Literal fascists are now in the governing coalition, violence is rising and reforms are being considered to effectively remove judicial review from the governing process all while the US continues to give its support. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email [email protected] Transcript BestOf...
Bonus Sample #264 How To Talk About The Super Bowl
February 08, 2023 23:51 - 16 minutes - 11.9 MBAir Date: 2-8-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Using emotional intelligence to talk about sports - Uncomfortable conversations and circular logic - Nouning The French - Political Spam REFERENCES: The French Want to Remain the French - New York Times Words Matter by Sally McConnell-Ginet (Affiliate link) CONNECT ON DISCORD Connect your Discord to Patreon https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-How-do-I-connect-Discord-to-Patreon-Patron- Join our...