Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

By Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics

Expertly-curated progressive politics, news, and culture produced by leftist humans, not algorithms or AI. This is an award-winning podcast that dives deeply into a wide range of national and international issues facing society and governments. We draw from hundreds of sources of progressive news and commentary. Est. 2006. Save time by listening to a range of perspectives on a focused topic in each episode and be introduced to new sources you will not have come across on your own!

Recent Episodes

SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - "Collaborators, Internal Exiles, and Dissidents" (Original Air Date: 01-26-25)

9 Mar 2026

Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition and the Remaking of American Politics

7 Mar 2026

Monthly-ish Mix: Who's in Charge?—The Scramble for Control of Nations, Bodies, and Minds

3 Mar 2026

Envisioning a Leftist Economic Future of Postcapitalism, High-Tech Automation, Universal Basic Income and a World (Mostly) Without Work (Throwback)

28 Feb 2026

The Grift of Life (Scam Culture™ and the Economy it has built) (Throwback)

26 Feb 2026

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #34 - Understanding The Dual State: Life Under Authoritarianism and Your Role in Fighting It

25 Feb 2026

How Big Tech Captured Attention, Kids, and Democracy

24 Feb 2026

From Fragile to Fascist: How Broken Masculinity Feeds Authoritarianism

21 Feb 2026

They Need You in the Dark: Information, Journalism, and the Fight Against Fascism

15 Feb 2026

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #33 - Be a Mosquito in a Swarm: How to Put Cracks in Authoritarian Power

13 Feb 2026

Getting in the Fight Against ICE and Authoritarianism

10 Feb 2026

#1128 Confronting Fascism in the Land of Free Speech (Throwback)

6 Feb 2026

SOLVED! #32 - How the Left is Always Right Too Soon (With Receipts)

5 Feb 2026

Politics Beyond the Ballot Box: Elections and the Movements that Power Them

1 Feb 2026

The End of an Era: The International Rules-Based Order Gives Way to Trump's Might-Makes-Right Plutocracy

30 Jan 2026

SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - "Of Horse Races and Men: The Result of Decades of Media Atrophy (aka: Uncertain and Powerless"

26 Jan 2026

Wars Are Won By Teachers and Trump is Attacking Them Like a Foreign Adversary

25 Jan 2026

#1766 The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, and the Minneapolis Uprising

21 Jan 2026

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #31 - There is no "Male Loneliness Crisis(TM)": Why Patriarchy & Capitalism Are Hurting Us ALL

20 Jan 2026

AI Capitalism Will Not Deliver an AI Utopia

17 Jan 2026

Wealth Inequality is Bad for Society and There's No Good Counterargument

15 Jan 2026

It's Not a Health Care System, it's a Wealth Extraction System

10 Jan 2026

There you go again. Venezuela and America's addiction to imperialism (Remix)

7 Jan 2026

Trump's Imperialistic Shakedown of Venezuela

3 Jan 2026

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #30 - Everything is Ugly: How Convenience Killed Beauty—And How We Can Bring It Back

30 Dec 2025

Monthly-ish Mix: The Machine Cracks—Empire, Exploitation, and the Crumbling Facade