#TBT #514 The manufactured debt crisis (Throwback)
Thu 7:50pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal Air Date 8-2-2011 Today we take a hard look at the debt ceiling debate of 2011 because we’re going through the exact same thing right now with only a few of the names changed Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email…#1562 Alternatives and Improvements to our Education System
Mon 11:59pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 5/29/2023 Today, we take a look at some of the fundamental problems with our education system and explore alternatives to spark ideas for improvement. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com…#1556 Oil Wealth and Oligarchy, Over 100 Years of Polishing Unredeemable Reputations
May 20, 2023, 2:32 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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 Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com…#TBT #1080 Corporate media’s fight for legitimacy in the age of Trump (Throwback)
May 18, 2023, 7:06 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…#1560 Why Our Immigration and Asylum System is Broken
May 16, 2023, 11:32 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1559 Company Towns are a Bad Solution to a Real Problem
May 14, 2023, 1:29 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#TBT #1133 Understanding Authoritarianism (Throwback)
May 11, 2023, 5:01 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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 Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Show…Bonus Edition #270 I'd Like to Phone a Friend
May 11, 2023, 1:14 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1558 States of Hate, Right-Wing Legislatures Go Full-Tilt While the Courageous Fight Back
May 10, 2023, 12:05 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1557 Tactics and Counter-Tactics of the Struggle for Labor Rights
May 6, 2023, 1:12 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1555 The Kids Are Not Alright (Boys, Girls, Culture and Social Media)
Apr 27, 2023, 12:27 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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.…Bonus Sample #269 Tell Good Stories and Jokes
Apr 21, 2023, 10:48 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1554 Destroying Education and Democracy for Fun and Profit
Apr 20, 2023, 12:58 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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 Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript…#1553 The Nuremberg Trials of J.K. Rowling: Misogyny and Authoritarianism in the Bizarro World
Apr 16, 2023, 8:35 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1484 Elon Musk is Not Your Savior and He Is Actually Awful (Repost)
Apr 12, 2023, 6:58 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…Bonus Sample #268 Making Corrections
Apr 8, 2023, 12:32 am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…#1480 The Cyberwar Did Not Begin with Cyber Pearl Harbor (Repost)
Apr 5, 2023, 1:20 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…#1552 Invasion of Iraq, 20 years later
Mar 31, 2023, 9:35 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1476 The Disinformation War We Are Not Fighting (Repost)
Mar 29, 2023, 4:39 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…#1551 Making sense of the senseless war in Ukraine
Mar 26, 2023, 8:43 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…Bonus Edition: Absurdity on top of absurdity
Mar 24, 2023, 4:03 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…#1550 Red States, Where Democracy Goes to Die and Terrible Legislation is Born
Mar 21, 2023, 9:49 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1549 Fox News is worse than we imagined or: they all knew they were lying
Mar 18, 2023, 5:55 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…Bonus Sample #266 AI may destroy society and capitalism will help
Mar 16, 2023, 10:37 am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…#1548 The War on Woke Pits the GOP Against Their Usual Allies in Big Business
Mar 14, 2023, 9:51 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1547 Shaping the Future of the Internet
Mar 8, 2023, 8:03 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1546 Exist, Resist, Indigenize, Decolonize: A story of colonialism, cultural renaissance and…
Mar 4, 2023, 4:55 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…#1466 The Faustian Bargain of Technological Advancement and Societal Degradation (Repost)
Mar 1, 2023, 9:07 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…Bonus Sample #265 The Laughter to Darkness Ratio
Feb 25, 2023, 3:55 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…#1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress
Feb 22, 2023, 7:45 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir 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…
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