The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal
Driftglass and Blue Gal
"Fiercely and unapologetically progressive, and definitely NSFW. 'The Professional Left' features award-winning bloggers Driftglass and Blue Gal as they skewer right-wing absurdities and dismantle mainstream media mealy-mouths with razor-sharp wit and zero filter. From mercilessly mocking partisan hacks to elevating stories the media ignores, it's the profane, unflinching political commentary you didn't know you needed. More at http://ProLeftPod.com."
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Feb 6, 2015 • 59min
Ep 270 Prayer Breakfasts, Blasphemy, and Aaron Schock
We discuss religion, secular prescriptions from David Brooks, Blasphemy from Stephen Fry, the Book of Job, and then Driftglass lets it rain down on Glenn Greenwald (briefly). More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Jan 30, 2015 • 56min
Ep 269 Buh Bye Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan quits blogging!?! Is Driftglass the last holdout on the single shingle blogging platform? Also, what YouTubers in the White House says about the mainstream media, and Sheldon Whitehouse hits one out of the park. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Jan 23, 2015 • 1h 3min
Ep 268 The Honesty Episode
We discuss The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and how "keeping it 100" is a great idea for the whole political / media populace. State of the Union response fails, why Obama can keep talking like it's 2009, and more at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Jan 16, 2015 • 55min
Ep 267 The 5th Anniversary Show
Same as it ever was? Driftglass and Blue Gal talk about how little has changed in right wing media since 2010. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com...Support the show
Jan 9, 2015 • 54min
Ep 266 Betrayed Conservatives and Charlie Hebdo
Conservatives feel betrayed by the election of John Boehner? Charlie Hebdo, Bible Bitch, and theocracy. We forgot to fix poverty, and Lindsey Graham should talk. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Jan 2, 2015 • 56min
Ep 265 Social Media is a Baby (New Year)
GOP White Supremacy, Chuck Todd gives away the secret, Social Media is new, Bible Bitch reading the Bible in a Year, Christianists not good Christians or good Americans. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Dec 26, 2014 • 55min
Ep 264 Intro to 'Both Sides Don't'
We discuss both-siderism and give examples. Plus a special science fiction university where YOU get to answer the trivia questions! More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Dec 19, 2014 • 57min
Ep 263 What's in the Pope's Cloak?
The Pope barters the Cuba deal? Jeb Bush on Facebook. Why we want Elizabeth Warren for Senate, for ever. More at professionalleft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Dec 12, 2014 • 1h 3min
Ep 262 Ferguson, Torture, and The Wish of Angels
We discuss the last time the system worked, and what went wrong. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.Support the show
Dec 5, 2014 • 1h 4min
Ep 261 The Marketing Genius of the Civil Rights Movement.
What if there had been a FOX news in 1964? Hating non-Whites is the Fox News Business Model. Bible Bitch doesn't think praying is an answer to being an a-hole. And Science Fiction University is about that movie "Alien." More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
