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The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

By: Driftglass and Blue Gal
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"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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  • Ep 944: What Democrats Should REALLY Do, and Happy Birthday Driftglass…
    Oct 31 2025

    This week, we're recording on Driftglass's birthday while he's still battling a cold and sounding disturbingly like RFK Jr. meets Broderick Crawford—so we're keeping it simple and direct.

    Why should Democrats stop accommodating Republican sociopaths who inflict pain on their own base as leverage? And what happens when Democrats finally say "let them burn" instead of rushing to pay the ransom?

    Why are there focus groups with Trump voters but never with the Democratic base? Why is it always the Democrats' job to accommodate the ego, bigotry, stupidity, and paranoia of fragile white men?

    Why are on-air consultants auditioning for paydays by insisting Democrats move to the "reasonable center"?

    And what polls amazingly well that none of these hired guns want to talk about? (Hint: getting money out of politics.)

    Happy Birthday, Driftglass. Get well soon. (And Happy Halloween, everyone!)

    Link for this episode: The Editorial Board (John Stohr), "Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage." https://www.editorialboard.com/the-republicans-are-used-to-burning-their-own-people-as-leverage/

    Not safe for work. Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance.

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    • Mail: The Professional Left, PO Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Professional Left Podcast Is Taking A Sick Day
    Oct 28 2025

    Does Driftglass with laryngitis sound like Brenda Vaccaro? The podcasters disagree, YOU be the judge!

    (See you on Thursday, which is also Driftglass's 65th birthday! Woot!)

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    • Email: proleftpodcast@gmail.com
    • Website: proleftpod.com
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    • or Donate in the Venmo App @proleftpod
    • Mail: The Professional Left, PO Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791


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    2 mins
  • Ep 943: But Democrats Must Move To The Center!
    Oct 24 2025

    This week, we're examining the legacy media's desperate attempt to plug a 20-foot hole in their Both Sides narrative—and why their favorite solution won't work.

    The New York Times Editorial Board insists that "moving to the center is the way to win," but the data show that this strategy is already exhausted. Talking of compromise with an enemy who wants no reconciliation is absolutely ridiculous.

    Links for this episode:

    On Data And Democracy Substack: "The New York Times Argues 'Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.' But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out." https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-argues-moving

    Ryan Wilkins at McSweeney's: "The Partisans Are Wrong: Holding No Sincere Beliefs Is The Way to Win" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-partisans-are-wrong-holding-no-sincere-beliefs-is-the-way-to-win

    Robert Reich: "The Failures of Centrism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzG_TrhyrY

    Not safe for work. Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance.

    Stay in Touch!

    • Email: proleftpodcast@gmail.com
    • Website: proleftpod.com
    • Support via Patreon: patreon.com/proleftpod
    • or Donate in the Venmo App @proleftpod
    • Mail: The Professional Left, PO Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791

    Support the show

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    51 mins
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