The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass took Blue Gal to see Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 for her birthday. During the movie, Driftglass noticed many plot points that connect this blockbuster to William Gibson's 1984 novel, "Neuromancer." So we did a podcast about it.  (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) More at proleftpod.com. Support the show

It's Blue Gal's Birthday this weekend!  We discuss the House Oversight Committee's latest fail (a Chinese spy on the lam, really?), No Labels and their Magic Pixie Dream Party, and Driftglass can't guess the author of a national newspaper editorial that actually mentioned "the heartland."  More at proleftpod.com. Support the show:https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show

Multiversal success and failure.  Success?   Star Trek TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror," and the 2017 Starz series, "Counterpart."  Failure?  It pains Driftglass to say it, but Robert Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast" is well-known as a massive fail in the multiverse and just plain science fiction novel genre.  (The Heinlein novel has some sexual situations that are discussed in this episode.)  And you can hear Patton Oswalt's magnificent Parks and Rec filibuster concerning "multiverses" here. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. Support the show at  paypal.me/proleftpodcast or patreon.com/proleftpod, and thank you! Support the show

We're back!  After a huge storm and subsequent six-day power outage.  We discuss the ordeal and then cuss out the so-called Supreme Court.   And Driftglass likens the motivations of Hulu's "The Bear" to... the New York Times editorial page?  More at proleftpod.com.Link for this episode:  Blue Gal writes about WinRed.Listen on YouTube (Chromecast) Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

We remember our childhoods, which are not the weaponized nostalgia Nikki Haley would have us remember.  More at proleftpod.com. Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOur YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comSupport the showSupport the show

What a week for Republicans! Durham can't provide content for Hannity AND be under oath, Trump poops his own bed with Bret Baier (on Fox, no less), and the GOP House considers censuring Adam Schiff as a "win"? Nancy Pelosi said it best:  they look miserable. More at proleftpod.com.Listen on YouTube (Chromecast)  Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show

06-20-2023 | Justice "DeLay'd"!  Think Trump's crimes are "unprecedented"?  Think again! More at https://proleftpod.com. Link for this episode:  CREW's Report 'The FBI's Case Against Tom DeLay'.Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodOur YouTube Channel  Opening and Closing Music:Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/|Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogieMusic promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0UswCreative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.comSupport the show

06-16-2023 | We are sick of Donald Trump. But indicted Donald Trump? We'll manage. This, and we're proud of our Illinois Governor and our state's ban on book bans. Take that, Pudding Fingers! More at http://proleftpod.com. Patreon Ep 723: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84694424/ YouTube Ep 723: https://youtu.be/0rmimyPWnv8 Support the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodKeywords: No Labels, Trump indictment, he did it, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White HouseSupport the show

06-07-2023 | We're having a visit with family this week, so this is a Professional Left Podcast saying BUH BYE to Chuck Todd and Chris Licht, and a No Fair Remembering Stuff about us! ----  sharing the first time we appeared on another media outlet in 2011. More at http://proleftpod.com. Patreon Ep 722: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84262895YouTube Ep 722: https://youtu.be/JOspwe4ODFkSupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodKeywords: Chuck Todd, Chris Licht, No Fair Remembering Stuff, Heartland Cafe Chicago, politics, comedy, Republican House, Joe Biden, gas pricesSupport the show

06-02-2023 | How much of what happened this week will be down the memory hole by next week? Do not despair! Memory is the LIBERAL SUPERPOWER! And a very special addition to the Freshly Poured Pet Food experience! More at http://proleftpod.com.  Additional music is provided by the Bayfield (Colorado) High School Choir and Music Theory Class.Patreon Ep 721: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83933237YouTube Ep 721: https://youtu.be/NBvp3mP1gvISupport the show:PayPal |  https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodKeywords: Debt Limit, Kevin McCarthy, Axios, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White HouseSupport the show