Thu, 31 October 2024
Air Date: 10-31-24 BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) REFERENCES: This $23 Stanley Cup Accessory Fixes Your Biggest Complaint About the Tumbler How the ex-marketing whiz behind Crocs helped turn Stanley into the "it" cup How the Stanley Cup Went Viral School Surveillance Earns Tech Companies Billions. Students Pay the Price. Here’s How the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates and Influences Higher Education
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Tue, 29 October 2024
Air Date 10/29/2024 Trump has only come close to perfecting the grift of the American conservative, he certainly didn't invent the strategy. Today we look at some current and past grifts and explore why they work. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) KEY POINTS KP 2: The "Dirtbag of the Internet" and Trump's Crypto Project - Bloomberg Technology - Air Date 9-13-24 KP 4: Down the Rabbit Hole w/ Naomi Klein - The Dig - Air Date 10-8-24 KP 5: Media Literacy Can't Save Us Part 1 - Dummy - Air Date 10-7-24 KP 6: How did grifters like Trump take over the GOP? - The Bunker - Air Date 9-25-24 (48:03) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On the scam of political fundraising DEEPER DIVES (56:06) SECTION A - GRIFT A1: Russell Brand Has A New Grift - Novara Media - Air Date 10-16-24 A2: GRIFTER-CON Morons Did Not Disappoint - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 10-1-24 A3: Russell Brand And The Conspiracy Grift - Media Matters - Air Date 1-2-24 A4: Some Grifters Who Finally Faced Consequences – SOME MORE NEWS -Air Date 9-25-24 (1:28:27) SECTION B - SCAMS (1:50:18) SECTION C - CONSPIRACY (2:19:48) SECTION D - MISINFORMATION SHOW IMAGE Description: Graphic showing a large pile of triangular warning signs with the word “SCAM” inside. Credit: “traffic-signs-attention-notice” by Gerald, Pixabay | License: Pixabay
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Fri, 25 October 2024
Original Air Date: 2/14/20223 Today, we take a look at some origins, alternatives and misunderstandings of capitalism from the Dutch East India Company, to Adam Smith and up through the planned obsolescence and marketing that have tricked us all into working far harder than necessary while failing to make us happy. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Indigenous Economics with Tyson Yunkaporta (In Conversation) - Upstream - Air Date 11-10-21 Ch. 3: We don't understand Capitalism. Part One - UNFTR - Air Date 1-27-23 Ch. 4: Your Work Is Not Your Worth - OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas - Air Date 10-21-22 Ch. 5: We don't understand Capitalism. Part Two. - UNFTR - Air Date 1-27-23 Ch. 6: Economics for a New Year - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - Air Date 1-19-23 Ch. 7: Indigenous Economics with Tyson Yunkaporta (In Conversation) Part 2 - Upstream - Air Date 11-10-21
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Tue, 22 October 2024
![]() Air Date 10/22/2024 This is your one-stop reference guide to every issue that is being wrongly blamed on immigrants as the Trump campaign rhetoric turns evermore fascist and xenophobic. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) KEY POINTS KP 3: The Real Reason Trump Is Demonizing Immigrants - The Lever - Air Date 10-11-24 KP 4: 'Villains nor victims' Why immigration is good for our economy - Velshi - Air Date 6-2-24 KP 6: Prof Richard Wolff A FUTURE WITHOUT FEAR OF IMMIGRANTS - The Zero Hour - Air Date 10-12-24 (38:04) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Giving a quick list of immigration lies DEEPER DIVES (42:07) SECTION A - MIS/DISINFORMATION A1: How is Trump winning the US immigration debate - Anywhere but Washington - Air Date 10-10-24 (50:26) SECTION B - REALITY CHECK (1:08:30) SECTION C - OTHERING (1:26:35) SECTION D - SOLUTIONS SHOW IMAGE CREDIT Description: Trump, with a serious expression, stands at a lectern and points out into the crowd. Credit: “Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Sun, 20 October 2024
BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-20-24 REFERENCES: MTG Implies Dems Created Hurricane Helene: ‘They Can Control the Weather’ The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe Extreme Weather Has Had a Surprising Impact on Voters’ Attitudes About Climate Change Kamala Harris Framed Climate Action as a Patriotic Duty. New Research Shows Why That’s Effective.
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Fri, 18 October 2024
Original Air Date: 5/27/2022 Today we take a look at the disruptions to society that can unfold in times of economic distress such as high inflation, price gouging, wage stagnation and income inequality as well as some policy ideas for turning things around. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) SHOW NOTES Ch. 2: You Are Being Lied to About Inflation - Robert Reich - Air Date 2-28-22 Ch. 9: Elon Musk’s Billionaire Games - The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - Air Date 5-7-22 MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions) Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com
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Tue, 15 October 2024
![]() Air Date 10/15/2024 Just as COVID tended to expose the preexisting fractures and inequalities in our society causing undue harm, supercharged by disinformation, so do natural disasters. And the impact of disinformation and conspiracy has only grown in recent years. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) KEY POINTS KP 1: Election Denials, Asheville, Israel & Inequality. - Unf*cking The Republic - Air Date 10-25-24 KP 2: Meteorologist Guy Walton on Hurricane Milton's threat to Florida - The Bradcast - Air Date 10-8-24 (54:00) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On how to work with distrust in government DEEPER DIVES (58:58) SECTION A - NATURAL DISASTERS (1:09:28) SECTION B - INTERSECTIONAL ISSUES (1:31:26) SECTION C - POLITICS (1:45:45) SECTION D: TRUMP AND DISINFORMATION SHOW IMAGE CREDITS Description: Watercolor-style illustration of people of all abilities on a Main St. with houses and trees, and smaller groups of people sitting together. Credit: “ai generated inclusion community” by Franz26, Pixabay | License: Pixabay
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Mon, 14 October 2024
BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-14-24 REFERENCES: An Entirely Necessary Investigation Into JD Vance's Relationship With His Dog, Atlas Professional Dog Walkers Aren’t Sure JD Vance Has Ever Walked—or Even Met—His Dog Before Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe Joe Biden Chose This Catastrophic Path Every Step of the Way Netanyahu Doesn't Care About His Friendship With Biden Biden Gives Shocking Answer on Potential Israeli Election Interference Biden May Be the President Who Kills the Two-State Solution Biden’s Gaza policy is a liability for Kamala Harris. She must break with Biden now
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Sat, 12 October 2024
Air Date 10/11/2024 Humans insatiable need for increasing amounts of energy and our tendency to want to at least have the option to wipe entire populations off the map has led to a renewed age of risks related to nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and nuclear fallout. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) KEY POINTS KP 1: Can clean energy handle the AI boom? - Vox - Air Date 10-1-24 KP 2: Why Nuclear Energy Is On The Verge Of A Renaissance - CNBC - Air Date 6-7-22 KP 3: Is Nuclear Energy the solution? - Our Changing Climate - Air Date 5-10-19 KP 6: Are we facing a new nuclear arms race? - This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler - Air Date 9-17-24 (47:23) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On the nature of humans and energy use DEEPER DIVES (54:59) SECTION A - ENERGY (1:31:22) SECTION B - CLIMATE (1:56:40) SECTION C - RISK SHOW IMAGE CREDITS Description: A photo of two, active nuclear power plant towers on the bank of a river at sunset. Credit: “nuclear power plant, Rhine, flow” by distelAPPArath, Pixabay | License: Pixabay
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Thu, 10 October 2024
Presenting an episode of 'To See Each Other,' a show that complicates the narrative about small town Americans in our most misunderstood, and often abandoned, communities. This season, host George Goehl travels to Lincoln County, Wisconsin to follow a small town battle for the last remaining public nursing home in the community. It’s a heart-pounding roller coaster of a fight - in a swing state that could determine the election. Over the course of the show, a universal truth emerges: That in every complicated set of politics, when we refuse to give up on each other, we can build a better future. You can listen to more episodes of To See Each Other at https://link.chtbl.com/toseeeachother?sid=bestoftheleft |
Tue, 8 October 2024
Air Date 10/8/2024 Immigration dominates our politics in the worst way because one side benefits from lying about it and the other can't get their messaging together to create an effective rebuttal. Opposing immigration and stoking blatantly racist arguments doesn't just make the right bad or unsavory, it also makes them wrong on literally all of the facts. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) KEY POINTS KP 4: Did Donald TRUMP Make Germany RACIST Again - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 9-27-24 KP 6: Trump's rhetoric on immigrants gets even darker - The ReidOut - Air Date 9-27-24 (55:21) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On what Democrats need to do on immigration messaging Articles: The Democrats’ Shameful, Foolish Surrender on Immigration Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate DEEPER DIVES (1:01:12) SECTION A - DISINFORMATION (1:14:11) SECTION B - WHITE SUPREMACY (1:37:38) SECTION C - LATINO ANTI-IMMIGRATION VIEWS SHOW IMAGE CREDIT Description: A stenciled image on a metal trailer structure shows the words “I stand with immigrants” in the shape of a rectangle. Credit: “Stand with immigrants” by Quinn Dombrowski, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Added lower metal space and increased contrast.
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Mon, 7 October 2024
BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-7-24 REFERENCES: How the GOP Became the Party of Pet Slaughter Anatomy of a Smear Campaign Against Rashida Tlaib Fact-check: Tlaib did not say Nessel charged pro-Palestinian protesters because she’s Jewish Normalizing Nazi Rhetoric Won’t Further the Goal of Palestinian Liberation A Leftist Analysis of Antisemitism
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Fri, 4 October 2024
![]() Air Date 10/4/2024 When women's value is seen only in relation to their ability to bear and raise children, you get policies that strip them of the right to choose whether that is something they actually want for themselves - the lived consequences are devastating. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) KEY POINTS KP 2: Where Did MAGA's 'Post-Birth' Abortion Claim Come From? - NowThis Impact - Air Date 9-12-24 KP 3: Woman Shares 'Trauma' of Abortion Bans During Senate Hearing - NowThis Impact - Air Date 9-24-24 KP 6: Texas Republicans ARE KILLING WOMEN!!! - Brittany Page - Air Date 9-26-24 KP 7: Everyone Loves Someone Who's Had an Abortion - The Defenders - Air Date 12-30-23 (48:52) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On the further demands for reproductive justice Articles: We Need Better Than a Return to the Roe Status Quo National Abortion Rights Groups Have the Wrong Priorities for Our Movement Abortion Access Right Now Fund DEEPER DIVES (56:49) SECTION A: THE CASUALTIES (1:32:58) SECTION B: RELIGION (2:00:00) SECTION C: THE PUNISHMENT IS THE POINT (2:26:03) SECTION D: BLACK WOMEN (2:42:41) SECTION E: THE PUSHBACK SHOW IMAGE CREDITS Description: A protestor holds a hand-painted sign that says “Justices Lie. Women Die!” with a drawing of a coat hanger. Credit: “220503_RoeVWade_Rally_Pittsburgh-100103” by Mark Dixon, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 |
Tue, 1 October 2024
![]() Air Date 10/1/2024 There's still no end in sight to Israel's war on its neighbors and the US continues its toothless efforts to de-escalate while maintaining seemingly unconditional support in spite of standing laws that should prevent our sale of weapons to any country committing war crimes - which Israel certainly it. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) KEY POINTS (55:08) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On the ease of misunderstanding when discussing Israel Article: A Leftist Analysis of Antisemitism - Jacobin DEEPER DIVES (1:01:15) SECTION A: STATE TERRORISM (1:27:44) SECTION B: GLOBAL COMPLICITY (2:00:10) SECTION C: PROTESTS AND INDOCTRINATION (2:14:13) SECTION D: RESISTANCE SHOW IMAGE CREDIT Description: A black and white photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making a speech with the flags of Israel and the United States behind him. Credit: “Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a joint press briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, April 12, 2021” by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders / U.S. Secretary of Defense, Wikimedia Commons | License: Public Domain
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