Best of the Left
@bestoftheleft.com
🎙️ Expertly curated podcast of progressive politics, news & culture produced by leftist humans, not algorithms or A.I. (Est. 2006): https://www.bestoftheleft.com/listen
▶️ And now presenting SOLVED! on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft
▶️ And now presenting SOLVED! on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft
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Best of the Left
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· Nov 19
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January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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NEW SOLVED! Check out #32 - “How Progressives Are Always Right Too Soon (With Receipts),” in which the team discusses (you got it) how the progressive Left always gets it right too soon, why that isn't "fun" for us, The Cassandras's Trump warnings, The Anti-Alarmists, & more.
▶️ youtu.be/vY7TkBNM71o
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How Progressives Are Always Right Too Soon (With Receipts) (SOLVED! #32 - 1-30-26)
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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January 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
NEW SOLVED! Check out #32 - “How Progressives Are Always Right Too Soon (With Receipts),” in which the team discusses (you got it) how the progressive Left always gets it right too soon, why that isn't "fun" for us, The Cassandras's Trump warnings, The Anti-Alarmists, & more.
▶️ youtu.be/vY7TkBNM71o
▶️ youtu.be/vY7TkBNM71o
FINAL DAYS OF OUR ✨20th✨ BIRTHDAY SALE! Get 20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP! Sign up at bestoftheleft.com/support Members get ad-free shows, an early and extended audio version of SOLVED!, convenient chapter markers, and the warm and fuzzy feeling of supporting indie media!
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
FINAL DAYS OF OUR ✨20th✨ BIRTHDAY SALE! Get 20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP! Sign up at bestoftheleft.com/support Members get ad-free shows, an early and extended audio version of SOLVED!, convenient chapter markers, and the warm and fuzzy feeling of supporting indie media!
#BestoftheLeft #1767: "Wars Are Won By Teachers and Trump is Attacking Them Like a Foreign Adversary"
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the American and Chinese Cassandras of authoritarianism
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the American and Chinese Cassandras of authoritarianism
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January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1767: "Wars Are Won By Teachers and Trump is Attacking Them Like a Foreign Adversary"
🎧 Your fav pod app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1767
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the American and Chinese Cassandras of authoritarianism
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the American and Chinese Cassandras of authoritarianism
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Best of the Left is on @upscrolled.bsky.social! If that's your thing, follow us there, too.
You can learn more about the app here: www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
You can learn more about the app here: www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Best of the Left is on @upscrolled.bsky.social! If that's your thing, follow us there, too.
You can learn more about the app here: www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
You can learn more about the app here: www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Note from the Editor: "From the Boston Massacre to Renee Good (& now Alex Pretti): How the State Demonizes Its Victims" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJw2...
From #BestoftheLeft #1766: "The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, & the Minneapolis Uprising" www.bestoftheleft.com/1766
From #BestoftheLeft #1766: "The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, & the Minneapolis Uprising" www.bestoftheleft.com/1766
From the Boston Massacre to Renee Good: How the State Demonizes Its Victims (Best of the Left #1766)
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Note from the Editor: "From the Boston Massacre to Renee Good (& now Alex Pretti): How the State Demonizes Its Victims" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJw2...
From #BestoftheLeft #1766: "The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, & the Minneapolis Uprising" www.bestoftheleft.com/1766
From #BestoftheLeft #1766: "The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, & the Minneapolis Uprising" www.bestoftheleft.com/1766
#BestoftheLeft #1766: The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, & the Minneapolis Uprising
🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: From the Boston Massacre to Renee Good: How the State Demonizes Its Victims
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🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: From the Boston Massacre to Renee Good: How the State Demonizes Its Victims
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January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1766: The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, & the Minneapolis Uprising
🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: From the Boston Massacre to Renee Good: How the State Demonizes Its Victims
💙🎂 20% OFF MEMBERSHIP: bestoftheleft.com/support
🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: From the Boston Massacre to Renee Good: How the State Demonizes Its Victims
💙🎂 20% OFF MEMBERSHIP: bestoftheleft.com/support
#BestoftheLeft #1765: "AI Capitalism Will Not Deliver an AI Utopia"
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On why capitalism is the biggest problem of AI
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On why capitalism is the biggest problem of AI
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January 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1765: "AI Capitalism Will Not Deliver an AI Utopia"
🎧 Your fav podcast app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1765
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On why capitalism is the biggest problem of AI
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On why capitalism is the biggest problem of AI
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#BestoftheLeft #1764: "Wealth Inequality is Bad for Society and There's No Good Counterargument"
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On all the reasons we need to squash wealth inequality
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On all the reasons we need to squash wealth inequality
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January 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1764: "Wealth Inequality is Bad for Society and There's No Good Counterargument"
🎧 Your fav pod app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1764
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On all the reasons we need to squash wealth inequality
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🎧 Your fav pod app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1764
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On all the reasons we need to squash wealth inequality
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#BestoftheLeft #1753: "It's Not a Health Care System, it's a Wealth Extraction System"
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On how our health system harms everyone except the owners
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On how our health system harms everyone except the owners
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January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1753: "It's Not a Health Care System, it's a Wealth Extraction System"
🎧 Your fav podcast app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1763
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On how our health system harms everyone except the owners
💙🎂 20th Birthday Sale! Get 20% OFF! bestoftheleft.com/support
🎧 Your fav podcast app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1763
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On how our health system harms everyone except the owners
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#BestoftheLeft #1752: Reigniting the Nuclear Arms Race: Fat Man, Little Boy, and Donald Trump
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the morality of facts, we don't question
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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the morality of facts, we don't question
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January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1752: Reigniting the Nuclear Arms Race: Fat Man, Little Boy, and Donald Trump
🎧 Your fav podcast app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1752
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the morality of facts, we don't question
💙🥳🎂 Through Jan, get 20% OFF MEMBERSHIP: bestoftheleft.com/support
🎧 Your fav podcast app, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1752
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the morality of facts, we don't question
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#BestoftheLeft podcast turned ✨20✨ years old this month! 💙🥳🎂💙 To celebrate this milestone, through January, we're giving new Members 20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP! Sign up at bestoftheleft.com/support For more ways to celebrate with us, visit bestoftheleft.com/20
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#BestoftheLeft podcast turned ✨20✨ years old this month! 💙🥳🎂💙 To celebrate this milestone, through January, we're giving new Members 20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP! Sign up at bestoftheleft.com/support For more ways to celebrate with us, visit bestoftheleft.com/20
Premiering now! SOLVED! #31 - “There is no 'Male Loneliness Epidemic™': Why Patriarchy & Capitalism Are Hurting Us ALL”
▶️ WATCH & SUBSCRIBE: youtu.be/rFr--0LK0Ig
▶️ WATCH & SUBSCRIBE: youtu.be/rFr--0LK0Ig
There is no “Male Loneliness Epidemic™”: Why Patriarchy & Capitalism Are Hurting Us ALL -SOLVED! #31
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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January 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Premiering now! SOLVED! #31 - “There is no 'Male Loneliness Epidemic™': Why Patriarchy & Capitalism Are Hurting Us ALL”
▶️ WATCH & SUBSCRIBE: youtu.be/rFr--0LK0Ig
▶️ WATCH & SUBSCRIBE: youtu.be/rFr--0LK0Ig
#BestoftheLeft #1762: "Trump's Imperialistic Shakedown of Venezuela"
🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1762
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the structure of imperialism
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🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1762
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the structure of imperialism
💙🎂💙 We're turning 20! Get 20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP: bestoftheleft.com/20
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1762: "Trump's Imperialistic Shakedown of Venezuela"
🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1762
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the structure of imperialism
💙🎂💙 We're turning 20! Get 20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP: bestoftheleft.com/20
🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts, or https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1762
🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the structure of imperialism
💙🎂💙 We're turning 20! Get 20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP: bestoftheleft.com/20
#BestoftheLeft #1761: "The Machine Cracks—Empire, Exploitation, and the Crumbling Facade"
The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming!
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or at www.bestoftheleft.com/1761
The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming!
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or at www.bestoftheleft.com/1761
#1761 Monthly-ish Mix: The Machine Cracks—Empire, Exploitation, and the Crumbling Facade
The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we start with the infrastructure of imperial violence—from Dick Cheney's legacy to the arms race...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#BestoftheLeft #1761: "The Machine Cracks—Empire, Exploitation, and the Crumbling Facade"
The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming!
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or at www.bestoftheleft.com/1761
The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming!
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or at www.bestoftheleft.com/1761
NEW SOLVED! #30 - “Everything is Ugly: How Convenience Killed Beauty & How We Can Bring It Back,” in which the team discusses why everything is so ugly these days, the story of “Millennial Gray," how govt regulation impacts our surroundings, and much more.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d4K...
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d4K...
Everything is Ugly: How Convenience Killed Beauty & How We Can Bring It Back (SOLVED! #30-12-29-25)
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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December 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW SOLVED! #30 - “Everything is Ugly: How Convenience Killed Beauty & How We Can Bring It Back,” in which the team discusses why everything is so ugly these days, the story of “Millennial Gray," how govt regulation impacts our surroundings, and much more.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d4K...
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d4K...
#BestoftheLeft podcast will mark its *20TH BIRTHDAY* in January! 💙🥳🎂💙 It's a big deal, so we are starting the celebration early. From now through January, we're giving new Members *20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP*…Gift Memberships, too! Celebrate with us: www.bestoftheleft.com/20
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#BestoftheLeft podcast will mark its *20TH BIRTHDAY* in January! 💙🥳🎂💙 It's a big deal, so we are starting the celebration early. From now through January, we're giving new Members *20% OFF FOR THE LIFETIME OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP*…Gift Memberships, too! Celebrate with us: www.bestoftheleft.com/20
📚🎁 Holiday shopping? Check out our list of gifts that keep on giving, and support our independent show and do-gooder orgs at the same time! BTW, right now, we're giving *20% OFF MEMBERSHIPS & GIFT MEMBERSHIPS* for LIFE in honor of our upcoming 20TH BIRTHDAY! Details at www.bestoftheleft.com/holiday
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Holiday shopping? Support Best of the Left Podcast at the same time with gift memberships, merch, books and audiobooks!
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December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📚🎁 Holiday shopping? Check out our list of gifts that keep on giving, and support our independent show and do-gooder orgs at the same time! BTW, right now, we're giving *20% OFF MEMBERSHIPS & GIFT MEMBERSHIPS* for LIFE in honor of our upcoming 20TH BIRTHDAY! Details at www.bestoftheleft.com/holiday
Holiday shopping? Check out the #BestoftheLeft @bookshop.org "shelf" of curated books for the curious and politically minded people in your life! Links for this & more holiday gift ideas that keep on giving and support our independent show at the same time at www.bestoftheleft.com/holiday
Shop last minute gifts before 12/17 and you're automatically entered to win a $250 gift card!! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. US only, 18+. Ends 12/17. See full rules: bit.ly/check2x
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Holiday shopping? Check out the #BestoftheLeft @bookshop.org "shelf" of curated books for the curious and politically minded people in your life! Links for this & more holiday gift ideas that keep on giving and support our independent show at the same time at www.bestoftheleft.com/holiday
You should check out @unftr.com's On the Record every week for an excellent summary of the news, but we especially appreciate the kind shout-out from Max this week, mentioning our latest #BestoftheLeft episode #1757: "Life is But a Game (that you can now bet on)" www.bestoftheleft.com/1757
ICYMI Our weekly news primer. It was a horrific weekend of murder and mass shootings. Housing might correct for all the wrong reasons. Yen carry trade unwinding. Kevin Hassett is a moron. Shouts to @bestoftheleft.com @owenjones.bsky.social @profstevekeen.bsky.social.
Mass Shootings, Rob Reiner Dead at 78 and Housing Crisis
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December 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You should check out @unftr.com's On the Record every week for an excellent summary of the news, but we especially appreciate the kind shout-out from Max this week, mentioning our latest #BestoftheLeft episode #1757: "Life is But a Game (that you can now bet on)" www.bestoftheleft.com/1757
NEW SOLVED! Ep. #29 - “'Don’t Be Cringe': Is Gen Z’s Humor a Political Warning Sign?,” in which the team discusses generational humor, why Gen Z might need a little #cringe, the social side effects of Mamdani's campaign, #appstinence, what comes after social media, & more! youtu.be/Pz7XTLVpNxc
“Don’t Be Cringe”: Is Gen Z’s Humor a Political Warning Sign? (SOLVED! #29 - 12-12-25)
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW SOLVED! Ep. #29 - “'Don’t Be Cringe': Is Gen Z’s Humor a Political Warning Sign?,” in which the team discusses generational humor, why Gen Z might need a little #cringe, the social side effects of Mamdani's campaign, #appstinence, what comes after social media, & more! youtu.be/Pz7XTLVpNxc
NEW SOLVED! BEFORE YOUTUBE: Check out "Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted" (May '24) for an enraging discussion about "personalized" pricing, our deeply flawed economic system, companies increasingly demanding access and control after we buy their products, & more. youtu.be/LxUuDGWy0yk
SOLVED! BEFORE YOUTUBE: "Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted" (Originally Aired: May 26, 2024)
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW SOLVED! BEFORE YOUTUBE: Check out "Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted" (May '24) for an enraging discussion about "personalized" pricing, our deeply flawed economic system, companies increasingly demanding access and control after we buy their products, & more. youtu.be/LxUuDGWy0yk
Maybe ditch the #BlackFriday shopping and learn about the BIG WHITE LIE of supremacy instead? Our brand new episode of SOLVED! premieres today at 4:30pm ET! youtu.be/6vZsZPI6OdQ (And for gifts that keep on giving, check out our #BestoftheLeft gift memberships & more: www.bestoftheleft.com/support)
Big White Lies: The Impossible Promises of Supremacy (SOLVED! #28 - 11-28-25)
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Maybe ditch the #BlackFriday shopping and learn about the BIG WHITE LIE of supremacy instead? Our brand new episode of SOLVED! premieres today at 4:30pm ET! youtu.be/6vZsZPI6OdQ (And for gifts that keep on giving, check out our #BestoftheLeft gift memberships & more: www.bestoftheleft.com/support)
Did you know that the phrase "ethnic cleansing" was, from the very beginning, the language of propaganda? YOU DIDN'T???? Better watch this NEW ep. of SOLVED! 😀 (And if you did know, cool! Enjoy feeling better than everyone else today!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSHd...
Watch what you say! How Weaponized Language Changes Our Reality (SOLVED! #27 - 11-14-25)
YouTube video by Best Of The Left Presents SOLVED!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Did you know that the phrase "ethnic cleansing" was, from the very beginning, the language of propaganda? YOU DIDN'T???? Better watch this NEW ep. of SOLVED! 😀 (And if you did know, cool! Enjoy feeling better than everyone else today!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSHd...
NEW SOLVED! Ep. #27: "Watch what you say! How Weaponized Language Changes Our Reality" in which the team discusses how language impacts both personal and society-wide perspectives, while supporting the systems that helped bring us to the brink of fascism.
▶️ https://youtu.be/gSHdOVCsMOY
▶️ https://youtu.be/gSHdOVCsMOY
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NEW SOLVED! Ep. #27: "Watch what you say! How Weaponized Language Changes Our Reality" in which the team discusses how language impacts both personal and society-wide perspectives, while supporting the systems that helped bring us to the brink of fascism.
▶️ https://youtu.be/gSHdOVCsMOY
▶️ https://youtu.be/gSHdOVCsMOY