#1644 State of Play: The RNC Cultish Clown Show, Continued Calls for Violence, and Biden Bows Out
Fri 2:30am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 7/26/2024 It's clear where the vast majority of violent rhetoric is coming from in the country and it's clear which party is a cult of personality and which puts country before personal power. This is the state of play in our politics. Be part of the…#1526 A History of Political Violence in the US (Throwback)
Tue 2:30am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal Air Date: 11/15/2022 Today, we take a look at our extremely steady history of political violence from the Revolution, through the Civil War, Reconstruction and Jim Crow, into the Civil Rights era, the Militia Movement and domestic terrorism, and now…Bonus Sample #313 Consistency When it Matters
Sun 7:28pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 7-21-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin couldn't join us) discuss: - Deon's hatred of old people - How the media industry's failing state led to ineffective coverage of the Biden age story - Amanda's excellent sports analogy - The factors that…#1643 Extremism Comes in Many Forms: SCOTUS goes hard-right, Project 2025 in the spotlight, and…
Jul 20, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 7/20/2024 Extremism comes in many forms and we live in an era in which way too many of them are on display simultaneously, but it's not coincidence. The far right has been working toward an extremist Supreme Court for decades. Christian Nationalists…#1642 Tumultuous Year of Democracy: Left-Wing victories in the UK, France and Mexico with lessons…
Jul 17, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 7/17/2024 Recent elections in the UK, France and Mexico spanned the spectrum from confirming inevitabilities to completely upending expectations but they each have lessons for politics in the US Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at…Bonus Sample #312 In a Dinghy of Hope
Jul 14, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comBestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 7-14-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin couldn't join us) discuss: - How we're feeling - The philosophy of liberal patriotism - The positive policies Democrats…#1641 Green Energy and Public Transport: Feeling blue and seeing red about the inevitable messiness…
Jul 12, 2024, 11:23 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 7/12/2024 From solar scams to controversial congestion pricing and the smart grid that's needed to connect it all, we look at the messy and difficult path to a low-carbon future. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email…#1247 The Fight for the Four Freedoms (FDR vs. Libertarianism) (Throwback)
Jul 9, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal 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…Bonus Sample #311 Primal Scream of Catharsis
Jul 7, 2024, 2:29 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 7-7-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Some stuff that we planned and A LOT more that we did not. REFERENCES: The Cause That Turned Idealists Into Authoritarian Zealots 'Extreme wealth as power must be regulated’: 31-year-old heiress…#1640 China Explained: From Cars to Computer Chips, Communism to Carbon Emissions, the South China…
Jul 5, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 7/5/2024 China is an undeniable force in the world relating to several major political issues and to address their influence without a deep understanding of the history, context, and current dynamics would be to invite 100 years of humiliation. Be…#1639 Migrants and Refugees on Fortress Earth: Our politicized, fortified, industrialized borders in…
Jul 2, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 7/2/2024 Border security around the world continues to take turns for the dark and dystopian as right-wing sentiment against migrants and refugees continues to escalate to the extreme. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or…Bonus Sample #310 - The Torment Nexus
Jun 30, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 6-30-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - the baffling trend of tech companies using cautionary tales from dystopian fiction as a blueprint for what to create next - how the people who build or champion tools of oppression never think…#1638 AI: From Killer Apps to Killer Robots, the Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence Spans…
Jun 28, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 6/28/2024 AI, like all new technologies, won't be all good or all bad. In fact, my favorite understanding of emerging technologies is that they often bring simultaneous utopia and dystopia, though many tend to focus on the benefits while only…#1590 Red Caesar and Project 2025: A fascist fever dream by the Claremont Institute and the Heritage…
Jun 25, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal Air Date: 10/23/2023 The people who want to pull the country in directions that are only supported by a small minority of the population have to develop very intricate plans to have any hope of succeeding. This is the story of the latest plan to…Bonus Sample #309 Of Kidults and Puppets
Jun 23, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 6-23-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The Kidult trend in depth (since we had to cut it short last time) - A right-wing attempt at a puppet-based kids show to draw in young viewers early - How Nanalan' - a kids puppet show from the…#1637 Shifting Populations, Shifting Politics: The European elections show a shift toward the hard…
Jun 21, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 6/21/2024 The European elections could have been worse but they weren't great. Shifting politics among mainstream parties is legitimizing far-right policies at the same time as people's concerns over immigration is being reflected in a willingness to…#1460 The Growing Threat of Minority Rule (Throwback)
Jun 18, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal Air Date: 12/11/2021 Today we take a look at the many structures of American government that tilt to favor minority rule and conservatism which, in our case, is one and the same. Some structures like the Senate and the filibuster were intentionally…Bonus Sample #308 Let the Kids (and Adults) Play
Jun 16, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 6-16-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The importance of unsupervised playtime for children and why it's disappearing - The roots and consequences of over-scheduling kids and why it's so hard to cut back - The rise of the "Kidult"…#1636 The Supreme Court Is In Bad Shape. Like, Really Bad. And SCOTUS Is Going To Take Us All Down…
Jun 14, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 6/14/2024 We're in the middle of Supreme Court opinion season, which is not going well for non-extreme conservatives in the country, at the same time as scandal, corruption, and justices Thomas and Alito's refusal to recuse in the face of clear bias…#1635 Democracy on the Decline: The US is not alone in facing threats to democracy, others countries…
Jun 11, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 6/11/2024 Democracies don't break all of a sudden in a moment of crisis, they fail slowly over time and only by knowing the warning signs and responding effectively to the threat before it's too late can the worst be averted. Call or text at…Bonus Sample #307 Uncertain and Powerless
Jun 9, 2024, 12:49 pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 06-09-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - how focusing on the "politics" of an event trivializes the impact that event has on real people - the detrimental effects combining the daily news grind and the prioritization of profits forces…#1634 Abortion as the Tip of the Iceberg: the fight for privacy, bodily autonomy, and functional…
Jun 7, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 6/7/2024 Banning abortion is wildly unpopular and also one of the primary motivators for the group most strongly supporting the Republican Party and Donald Trump, the Christian Right, which has transformed both the party and politicians into…#1633 Fights for Fair Pay, Journalism vs Sensationalism, Billionaire Bailouts, and Addiction…
Jun 4, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 6/4/2024 The problems that arise within the systems of sports are the same problems we all face everywhere which makes them a good lens through which to understand the mechanisms of broader society. Fair pay, both journalism and addictive games…Bonus Edition #305 Solved It! Conspiracy Theorists, Comment Sections, and Trump
Jun 2, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 6-2-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How one MIT study used AI to reduce belief in conspiracy theories - How a new AI tool is attempting to make comments sections less awful - Some advice from Korea's litigious political environment…#1134 Unnatural Disasters (Hurricanes and Humans) (Throwback)
May 31, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal Air Date: 9/19/2017 Today we look not so much at hurricanes and the climate science behind them (though we touch on that as well) but focus more on what we can see more clearly when it’s illuminated by so-called “natural” disasters, the…#1632 SiliCON Valley: The False Promises, Enshittification Economics, and Misguided Adventures of…
May 28, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 5/28/2024 Today we look at the most disappointing yet most idolized false heroes of our day, the titans of tech and the zany hijinks they've been getting up to recently. Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com…Bonus Sample #304 Not everything that counts can be counted
Sun 2:56pm By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date: 5-26-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - the con of supply and demand economics being about distributing goods with the greatest efficiency, and is instead nothing more than predatory greed - what we value as humans goes far beyond the…#1631 Body Neutrality in the World of Ozempic: Reassessing Weight, Body Positivity, Physical and…
May 24, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 5/24/2024 Assessing the impacts of new diet drugs on physical and mental health in the context of our unhealthy food system and societal fat phobia Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com…#1630 Unrivaled Global Arms Dealer: Officially and Illegally Exporting the US Gun Culture Around the…
May 21, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comAir Date 5/21/2024 Whether by the US government playing matchmaker for the domestic weapons industry or through the illegal trade of the 'iron river,' the US is the leading seller of weapons around the world, fueling violence and conflict, oppression and…#929 Looking to avert further tragedy (War on Drugs™) (Throwback)
May 19, 2024, 2:30 am By BestOfTheLeft.comOriginal Air Date: 5/9/2015 Today we take a look at the continuing failure that is the War on Drugs™ as well as some of the signs of hope that we may be making progress toward shutting it down Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991…
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