Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics
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!
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!
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Fight for the Four Freedoms
Harvey Kaye
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
How to Be an Antiracist
Connor Cobley
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
White Fragility
Why It's so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Michael Eric Dyson
Robin DiAngelo
María Enguix Tercero
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Doppelganger
A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The new Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Karen Chilton
Michelle Alexander
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Antifa
The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Mark Bray
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Anatomy of Fascism
Robert O. Paxton
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Democracy in chains
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Nancy MacLean
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Capital Volume 1
Karl Marx
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Confessions of an economic hit man
la cara oculta del imperialismo americano
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John Perkins
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Network vs. The State
Balaji Srinivasan
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Wielding a red sword
Piers Anthony
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Dave Grossman
Lt Grossman
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
When the Stars Begin to Fall
James Lincoln Collier
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Raised to Obey
Agustina Paglayan
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On the Brink
Hank Paulson
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Libidinal Economy
Jean-Francois Lyotard
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
JD Vance
