सर्वश्रेष्ठ Leftist पॉडकास्टस (2025)

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#1479 Torturing Children and Families in the Name of Protecting Them (Trans Rights Throwback) 1:08:36

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Original Air Date: 3/29/2022 Today we take a look at the current iteration of the cynical culture wars being waged by conservative Republicans against LGBTQ kids for political gain. The current wave of anti-trans and anti-gay legislation sprouting across the country is not about protecting kids and is absolutely nothing new. Be part of the show! Le…

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Ep ⁿ√ - An Interview With Greg Larsen (ft. Greg Larsen of The Greg Larsen Show) BONUS EP 1:07:09

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Get tickets to Geggy HERE! Check out The Greg Larsen Show podcast Comedian Greg Larsen is on the show, chatting about being a lefty comedian, the now impossible redemption arc for Pauline Hanson, Prawn Jesus, and the most sublime of all art forms; nu metal. He's also got a show at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival, called Geggy (f…

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Why We Fall For Misinformation with Matthew Facciani 55:23

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Misinformation is everywhere, but why do we keep falling for it? Social scientist Matthew Facciani joins me to explain how our beliefs are shaped by identity, bias, and the media we consume. We discuss the psychology of misinformation, why both the left and right fall into their own traps, and how bad actors exploit these weaknesses. We also discus…

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MOVIE SPECIAL: ‘Moxie’ 1:34:54

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TW: discussion of rape and rape culture Welcome back to our series of special episodes covering political moments in teen movies! Maria is joined by childhood friends Rosalie Murray and Dondré Taylor-Stewart to break down the teen feminist film MOXIE (2021). We have a soft spot for this group of outcasts who form a feminist movement at their high s…

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SOLVED! #3 - Common Sense Is Not So Common 22:18

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Air Date: 3–24-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Our new game Satire Showdown - The authoritarian takeover of the term common sense - How Americans actually feel about DEI initiatives - The right’s turn on Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett - A deep dive on the theory of a multiracial Right and how Democrats should respond FOLLO…

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#1699 A Government Of the People, By the People, and Weaponized Against the People 3:04:48

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Air Date 3/21/2025 If you've been paying attention, the weaponization of the government against Trump's political and ideological enemies is exactly what you would have seen coming and now it's here. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes | Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support …

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Ep 13 - It's Not Weird You're Weird Just Listen To It 25:46

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Welcome back! To a totally not weird episode of the Radical Online Leftist Pipeline Podcast! It's a totally normal podcast, where "we" discuss the Labor party's disgusting new proposal - interest-free loans, but only for those people who can least afford to go into debt! Hooray! Then "we" discuss Tanuki's decision to agree with Mitch. ...and leave …

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Bonus Edition #341 - SOLVED! Like a Flame in the Night 25:33

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Air Date: 3–19-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - A special little ditty Jay put together - The legitimate problems that helped birth the damaging MAHA movement - Sherrod Brown’s OpEd on how the Democrats lost their way - What Jay learned from India’s railway engineers - An interview with Ro Khanna that sparked some hope FOLLOW US ON:…

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#1698 Resistance is Not Futile: Support the collective revolt against Trumpism (Special Podcasthon!) 3:04:54

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Air Date 3/18/2025 In this special Podcasthon episode, we're joining thousands of podcasts around the world in taking the opportunity this week to support a cause or organization that we believe in. In this time of fighting fascism, Best of the Left has chosen to support Indivisible, the grassroots organizing team that's working to resist Trumpism …

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A Nation For Sale - One Church at a Time 1:20:03

11d ago1:20:03

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Christian nationalism isn’t just a movement—it’s a well-funded machine. In this episode, we dig into The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart and break down how billionaires, think tanks, and right-wing operatives have spent decades quietly reshaping American politics through the church. From dark money networks to school vouchers and Supreme Cou…

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#1697 The Trump World Order: Are we the Baddies? 3:33:24

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Air Date 3/15/2025 It always bears repeating that the progressive perspective on the state of the world is not that everything was going just fine before Trump showed up but there's a world of difference between the leftist desire to improve things and Trump's bull-in-a-china-shop foreign and economic policies. Allow us to list the ways. Be part of…

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Ep 12 - That's Not Fair To The Monkey 1:06:51

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We're back! Time is an illusion and we're sorry. We chat about the ICC doing something, Kneecap, extropicalcycloneaflred, with the bulk of the episode then exploring some examples of local, state and federal governments all doing their bit to ensure Australia becomes just a little bit more fascist. And what you can do about it! Alex McKinnon's blog…

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#1696 Monthly Mix: Ethnic Cleansing Gaza, Mass Deportations, Deconstructing the State, Trump's Corruption 3:27:43

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Air Date 3/12/2025 The (Approximately) Monthly Mix is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we look at the future for Gaza, Trump's plans for mass deportations, the decline of the US on the international stage, the wrecking crew dismantling the federal government, RFK Jr. and the threat to public health, an…

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Media Criticism, Class Struggle, and the Death of Journalism with Marino Greco 58:09

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Journalism is dying—so what comes next? I sat down withBig Shiny Takes co-host Marino Greco to talk about the collapse of mainstream media, the rise of independent journalism, and why the Canadian political landscape is stuck in neutral. We get into media critique, class struggle, and why corporate control over the press is killing real reporting. …

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Bonus Edition #340 - SOLVED! Prophetic Voices from the Past and Hope for the Future 32:51

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Air Date: 3–9-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The Founding Fathers’ prophetic concerns that we don’t ever talk about - FDR VP Harry Wallace’s op-ed on American fascism from 1944 - Philosopher Richard Rorty’s chilling predictions from 1998 - A few reasons - with caveats - why U.S. Democracy might make it through Trump 2.0 - Some hop…

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#1695 Trump's Corruption As A Matter Of Course and a Strategy to Hold Power 3:25:50

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Air Date 3/7/2025 Corruption, for those who indulge, isn't just a perk of power, it can also be a method of maintaining it. Trump is not bothering to hide the corruption he's working to facilitate or how it's geared toward supporting his desire for unchecked power. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfT…

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#1694 Unhealthy Discourse: RFK Jr. and the Anti-Science Movement Endangering Global Health 2:23:48

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Air Date 3/4/2025 An old proverb says that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and we're all about to see how dangerous as know-nothings and science skeptics take over the government agencies staffed by doctors and scientists with the goal of keeping the population healthy. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or emai…

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Bonus Edition #339 - SOLVED! The Power of Entrepreneurial Spirit Compels You! 19:19

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Air Date: 3-2-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How “entrepreneurialism” has gained unearned adoration and disempowered labor organizing - The 100-year-old “New Thought” era and how it shaped our current culture of work - The social critic Theodore Roszak’s accurate predictions about the dark turn of tech and work - What Democrats sh…

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Castro's Dangerous Ideas 1:30:53

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The US has spent decades trying to crush Cuba, but why does this small island nation still stand? In this episode, we dive intoThe Declarations of Havana, exploring Fidel Castro’s most radical ideas, how his speeches shaped the Cuban Revolution, and why the empire still fears them. From anti-imperialism to mass mobilization, we break down how Castr…

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Ep 11 - Turns Out It's Everyone's Job To Educate Each Other 52:51

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With fully half the crew off being rockstars, or worse, Celeste and Pingers hold down the fort with an in-depth look at voting, elections, why people can happily tune out the stuff that affects them, and how to best get them to re-engage. Oh and Germany and their recent elections. The podintern lives! Reclaim Our Recovery - the Lismore-based crew d…

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EMERGENCY SPECIAL EP: RIP Michelle Trachtenberg 34:00

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Welcome to an emergency special episode of Leftist Teen Drama in which Maria pays tribute to millennial teen drama icon Michelle Trachtenberg, who sadly passed away at the age of 39 on February 26, 2025. Thanks to Erin Rittweger, Colette Shade, Charlotte Morrill, strideofpride, and Kelly Diaz for contributing such powerful reflections on Michelle’s…

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#1496 Home Is Where The Hardship Is (Housing Crisis Throwback) 1:07:48

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Original Air Date: 615/2022 The many reasons why we are experiencing a housing crisis in the US and beyond but it mostly comes down to treating housing as a commodity to be profited from rather than a basic human need or, if you're feeling radical, a basic human right. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@Bes…

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#1693 Empowering Ethnostates: Ethnically cleansing Gaza and Trump's South Africa fixation 3:00:42

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Air Date 2/25/2025 Racism is at the core of most of what Trump believes so it should be no surprise when he aligns himself and the country with explicitly supremacist projects like the perceived Jewish superiority over Palestinians and the assumed "reverse racism" against White South Africans Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-9…

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Surviving a World That Wants You Erased with Siobhan O' Connor 1:08:26

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In this episode, I talked to Siobhan O'Connor, who has lived through it all—growing up in a hardcore evangelical environment, serving in the military, coming out as trans later in life, and watching the world turn more hostile toward people like her. We get into her story, the right’s relentless attacks on trans people, and how even so-called allie…

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Bonus Edition #338 - SOLVED! Friends, Enemies, and Blood Chutes 21:29

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Air Date: 2-23-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The heavy influence of a Nazi political theorist (propagandist) on the MAGA movement - How our disagreements on baseline reality lead us to devastatingly different conclusions - What many Trump supporters hoped for vs. what they got - How so-called Timeline apps may help us extricate o…

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#1692 Ethnically Cleansing America: Trump's racist whirlwind of deportation and criminalization of immigration 3:10:36

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Air Date 2/21/2025 There is nothing other than racism at the heart of Trump's immigration policy. He wants to deport as many brown people as possible, stop as many immigrants and refugees as possible unless they're White people from South Africa or the nearly 40 million Canadians he's inviting to enjoy immediate US citizenship. This is not complica…

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#1691 Democracy Emergency, Constitutional Crisis, Democratic Backsliding, Failing Guardrails 2:46:06

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Air Date 2/18/2025 Democracies slide into dictatorship in two ways, first slowly and then all of a sudden. We have been sliding in this direction for at least as long as I have been paying attention to politics and we're finally at the moment where that slow slide shifts into full speed. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-39…

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Ep 10 - Should We Leave The Major Social Media Sites? (Please Don't Bury This Algorithmically) 1:14:15

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The gang discuss the pros and cons, the dos and don'ts, the good the bad and the ugly, of leaving the big social media apps or using them as tools. This episode is a great mix of Do Your Own Research and Debate Me, Bro but will they have us on Sky News? Will they bollocks. Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross Bett…

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Capitalism is a Zombie That Won't Die 1:36:11

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Capitalism is dead… but it just won’t stay buried. This episode, we’re diving into Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism—one of the most influential leftist texts of the last 20 years. Why does it feel like nothing ever changes, even when everything is constantly in crisis? How does capitalism keep itself alive, even as it rots? And most importantly, ho…

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Bonus Edition #337 - SOLVED! Bullying the Biggest Losers 20:32

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Air Date: 2-16-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Why we may be forced to bring back bullying - The impact of algorithms and what we can do about it - Democrats and the meaning of 'the medium is the message' - The unbelievable stupidity of techbro dweebs and their followers - The sociopathic reasons why Musk is doing this Not a member…

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#943 No human being is illegal (Throwback) 47:37

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Original Air Date: 8/4/2015 The dysfunctional state of the US immigration system and the political fight brewing over what to do about it Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop Bookshop.org and …

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Ep 9 - This Title Wasn't Generated By AI ;) 40:49

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Here's a refined version of your podcast episode description with the disdain for your listeners toned down: __________________________________________________________________ Hello friends! Thank you again for downloading, and hopefully listening to, this Australian comedy and politics podcast! On this week's episode of the podcast, The Radical On…

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