Blue Gal Podcastleri

An unscripted and unrehearsed conversation, recorded at our dining room table on an iPhone. Driftglass: "Tuesday night I was feeling a little doomed, and my wife asked me what was wrong and I told her that at that moment I was doing some serious thinking about what to do in 2024 if Trump won. And that thinking about the unthinkable was depressing t…

A bad week for testosterone in the halls of Congress - Why are men so emotional? Candace Owens rediscovers her Bible, and Ben Shapiro says she should quit over it? Yes, Trump is Hitler after all. And the Sulzberger family newspaper continues to normalize that. What is bothering Brit Hume these days? The answer won't surprise you. This and other new…

We remember the two Mayor Daley's of Chicago, and the younger Daley's selling off of public facilities like the parking meters to keep "his" city going. It's great urban history. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Clip of "Lovely Rita" by T…

Driftglass watches the whole Republican debate and lives to tell the tale. And we celebrate big wins for Democrats in this year's elections. Remember how this feels next year and VOTE! More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | …

A somewhat deep dive into the Book of Revelation? Don't worry; we also include connections to John Wick/Keanu Reeves as Jesus. But seriously, folks, these end times Republicans are deeply committed to the end of the world and think war in Israel is just the ticket to them going to Heaven and the rest of us going ...elsewhere. And don't get us start…

We celebrate with the UAW and explore some related stories you may have missed. And we love the ACA but have a sticker shock for 2024. Driftglass and Blue Gal also appeared this week on The Bill Show from Australia. Listen Here. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/prole…

The Netflix series "Bodies" brings up all kinds of connections to time travel in science fiction. We watched the 8 part series in three days -- it's good! More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTu…

The new (and definitely temporary) House Speaker, Maga Mike, Blast Hardcheese, Slab Squatthrust, insert your favorite MST3K nickname here, implies some pretty important theological arguments about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRIFTGLASS (Oct 30)!!! Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Profess…

How a right-wing takeover of "military intelligence" in 1976 leads directly to kew-anan nonsense today. More at proleftpod.com. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woo…

A special Wednesday episode - we'll be back next week to our regularly scheduled Tuesday/Thursday shows. Driftglass has an interesting analogy going. We're so glad Joe Biden is president. And we skewer John Kasich, David Gregory, Newt Gingrich, and Sean Hannity for being awful on television THIS WEEK! More at proleftpod.com. LINK FOR THIS EPISODE: …

Hi it’s Fran AKA Blue Gal, just letting you know that this week, due to lots of things going on here at Casa DGBG, we will be doing ONE podcast only, on Wednesday October 18. The episode should be posted by 7pm Central time. I’ve got lots of doctor appointments this week for some reason and today Tuesday, our cat, Barack Hussein the Kenyan Usurper,…

It's our 750th episode! We talk about the horror going on in Israel, and respond to WaPo's very silly article about Illinois Gerrymandering. This plus the news of the week! Thanks for listening! Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreo…

Because Joan Walsh asked on the Tim Miller podcast, we're here to explain what happened to the blogosphere. Some of us are still here. More at proleftpod.com. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and C…

Democrats learned much from the Obama years: we are DONE cleaning up Republican messes and then getting blamed when we do. You got elected, GOP, learn to govern, or go home. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://pat…

No Fair Remembering Stuff is One Year Old and boy, are our arms tired! We talk about the future of No Fair Remembering Stuff and how we plan to keep doing this show and keep what's left of our sanity. And we follow with an encore presentation of our first show, one year ago today. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the…

The Republican Party can't get their act together, and it's a feature, not a bug. The mainstream media can’t help making “walking the UAW picket line” and “meeting with scabs at a non-union shop” equal. Keith Olbermann dances on Drifty’s corner (again), and a Missouri congressman doesn’t understand timelines. And Republicans won’t call out a REAL c…

We discuss when there's "too much of a good thing" in a science fiction world, including when the hero is a tragic hero. Then we discuss the future of Dune movies. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod …

This episode is not work-safe. Driftglass visits Iowa. Republicans threaten a government shutdown, but worry they'll be blamed for doing it. Some columnists catch up to where we were seven years ago. David Brooks buys a hamburger. And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro shows how to deal with both siderist questions. More at proleftpod.com. Link for…

No Fair Remembering Stuff brings you the sex scandal of 1974. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3…

Kevin McCarthy's very illegal impeachment (not really) inquiry (also not really) thingie is not going well. And because this is our only episode this week (Driftglass is traveling) we do a little No Fair Remembering Stuff about the 1968 Democratic National Convention that you will not have heard before. More at proleftpod.com Our podcast YouTube Ch…

The New York Times has a headline problem. We discuss using the 14th Amendment to remove you-know-who from the 2024 ballots. Also, Illinois has become a haven for political refugees from red states, particularly educators and women. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayP…

A certain podcaster is calling for consequences for right-wing extremists and agitators, including Trump. You'll never guess who (or maybe you will). More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audi…

We start off this episode with good news about Joe Biden and JB Pritzker. And SOMEBODY at another podcast decided to wave a big red cape in front of Driftglass. Uh oh. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.c…

Alternate title: 'Mother Nature, USMC'. A subgenre of science fiction in which humans try to bend nature to their will, sometimes with disastrous results. Also, an ocean creature theme. Movies discussed include 1973's 'The Day of the Dolphin' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Yes, The Incredible Mr. Limpet). More at scien…

Reporters dine out with Jason Miller and other team Trump monsters, nothing to see here! We review the first GOP debate and how media fail is once again a feature, not a bug. More at proleftpod.com Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://pat…

We remember the Brooks Brothers Riot of November 22, 2000. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 …

One indictment, two indictments, three indictments, four! And more on the week's news. Fran is a little surprised that no one in Trump World is proclaiming "But he's innocent!" More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://…

We were going to do a No Fair Remembering Stuff today but Fani Willis took all the minutes out of our clocks. Full podcast next week and for now a mini rant from Driftglass. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jump…

Put him in JAIL already. Proof positive we do not use artificial intelligence to produce our shows. DG remembers Bari Weiss University and Fran talks about her own health care and everyone else's improved by the work of Jan Schakowsky. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: P…

Driftglass hesitated to do this one until the subject appeared on another podcast. Ahem. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Creative Commons — Attribu…

Hoo Boy, it's indictment/arraignment week. But we haven't forgotten that Ron DeSantis and Rudy Guiliani are garbage. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show…

We remember the "autopsy" that Republican leadership fed to the donor class in 2013. A full text (pdf) of the report is here. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Creative Comm…

We have no Trump indictment today, but there's other news and thoughts to share. Fran saw the Barbie movie, and Driftglass stayed home and did laundry (really). Driftglass remembers attending Netroots Nation 2011 and some uninvited guests also were there. More at proleftpod.com. Listen on YouTube (Chromecast) Support the show: PayPal | https://payp…

Welp, there goes Driftglass's last chance to work for Fox! We remember LOTS of things about Fox so-called News. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Cre…

In the trenches opposite the "Hunter Biden Laptop Freakout Army." Why does Marjorie Taylor Greene keep recording ads for Joe Biden? More at proleftpod.com. PLEASE NOTE: The clips of Trump are missing from this episode. They are available here: Trump on CO2 Traps in Iowa, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMM3Hk8DwqY Trump on "easy" Obamacare re…

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/p…

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 situatio…

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) Suppo…

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/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Creative Com…

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://pa…

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/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boo…

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 |…

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/84262895 YouTube…

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 …

05-30-2023 | The last Tuesday of every month The Professional Left Podcast presents Science Fiction University -- enjoy! Ep 15: When Genres Collide Science Fiction "versus" Fantasy... Robert Heinlein’s “Glory Road” Babylon 5: The Technomages Star Wars John Varley’s Wizard/Demon Trilogy The Dragonriders of Pern Arthur Clarke’s Third Law YouTube SciF…

05-26-2023 | Matt Walsh, Matt Gaetz, Matt Dornic, and Matt Schlapp. And a "debate" over what Biden "should" do about the Debt Ceiling hostage-taking by Republicans. More at: https:// proleftpod.com YouTube Ep 720: https://youtu.be/PKbmmhoGZ34 Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Suppor…

05-23-2023 | We remember the relentless Republican war against the Clintons, and how that set the stage for the Bush years and beyond to Trump. More at http://proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Ep 719 YouTube: https://youtu.be/BNc04o1okTw Opening and Closing Music: Ju…

05-19-2023 | Jim Jordan tries to make up his own rules about whistleblowers. Sean Hannity interprets the Durham Nothingburger Report for the reprogrammable meatbags: "In other words..." And Christiane Amanpour has advice for the graduates of the Columbia School of Journalism that sounds... familiar. More at: http://proleftpod.com YouTube Ep 718: ht…

We remember "No Labels" from the day it was born to the present. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/| Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download …