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 10, 2012 • 43min
Ep 114: "The Tolerance Dollar is a Good Dollar"
Komen, JCPenney, and the Catholic Church are learning lessons about capitalism and how tolerance, equality, and social justice sells. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show
Feb 3, 2012 • 49min
Ep 113 Parenting, Schools, and an Open Letter to Kathleen Sibelius
Blue Gal has a helluva week being an involved, educated parent, and responds by writing a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Driftglass speaks to bureaucracies from the perspective of service providers, new ideas, and grant preservation. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Jan 27, 2012 • 53min
Ep 112 The Pro Left Response to SOTU - and 'To the moon, Newt"!
We present our response to the State of the Union and discuss why we are not impressed by the 'conservative establishment' freak out over a Newt Gingrich surge. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.comSupport the show
Jan 20, 2012 • 42min
Ep 111 Hey Fox News, If You've Got a Blacklist, We Wanna Be On It.
Andrew Sullivan claims he's been blacklisted by Fox, and Newt is now a socialist? Also, why Republicans will always be aggrieved even when they win elections. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.Support the show
Jan 13, 2012 • 1h 24min
Ep 110 The Long Podcast; Should we just crash the system?
We read three letters regarding protesting versus crashing the system. Abolishing the Senate? Occupying the DNC? Seceeding from Fox America? Commenting anonymously at a blog? [Careful there, buddy!] More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com Support the show
Jan 6, 2012 • 39min
Ep 109 In GOP Analysis, Are You Following the Money or the Lies?
Newt, two Ricks, and the real consequences of Republican Lies on real people. Plus a listener innoculates himself against David Brooks and catches Bobo Plague anyway. More at Professional Left.blogspot.com.Support the show
Dec 30, 2011 • 32min
Ep 108 The Ron Paul Luv Affair and the End of "Traitor"
We wonder aloud why Andrew Sullivan thinks there can only be one "real" bigot in the GOP. Also, can we all agree to end using the word "traitor" when talking about those with whom we disagree? For America? More at Professional Left.blogspot.com.Support the show
Dec 23, 2011 • 1h 7min
Ep 107 The Top Ten Lies of Today's Politics
Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus! We come up with a list of lies we've debunked all year, and debunk them end of the year list-style. Also, either you can't be a gay conservative Republican, or they ALL are. More at ProfessionalLeft.Blogspot.comSupport the show
Dec 16, 2011 • 48min
Ep 106 The Media's Trench Warfare versus Real People, Real Change
How the mainstream media puts protection from their own "vocational harm" above all else. Also, Star Trek, ObamaCare, and The Holy Roman Empire of Newt Gingrich. More at ProfessionalLeft.Blogspot.com.Support the show
Dec 9, 2011 • 1h 1min
Ep 105: Lit Crit: The Tragedy of Newt and the Unreliable Narrator of the Media
DG and BG go full-court literary theorists. Newt Gingrich is a tragedy for the GOP, and the unreliability of the Beltway Narrators points directly to their own failures and complicities. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Casablanca, and Edgar Allen Poe. Really. Support the show
