Air Date: 1-20-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: - Our new show name! - Getting over hurdles to... more

Introducing Episode 9: Framing the Gambler from Against the Rules with Michael Lewis.Follow the show: Against the Rules with Michael... more

Air Date 1/18/2025 We are looking back on Jimmy Carter's life and legacy as a lens through which to more... more

Air Date 1/15/2025 Elon Musk is leading the way for his class of tech broligarchs anxious to take over the... more

Air Date: 1/11/2025 Today, we look back to the warnings we gave ourselves at the beginning of the first Trump... more

Air Date 1/8/2025 Trump's first term was marked by all of the friendships he built with some of the world's... more

Air Date: 1-6-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: - Why people love villains - How plutocracy kills -... more

Air Date 1/4/2025 The murder of a health insurance CEO being met with widespread approval and the risk of going... more

Original Air Date: 4/19/2023 Today, we take a look at the history and present of the interconnected movements to privatize... more

Air Date 12/28/2024 Decades of dictatorial rule in Syria have come to an end, leading to something else to be... more

Original Air Date: 6/13/2023 Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own... more

LOOKING FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS? bestoftheleft.com/holiday Air Date: 12-23-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin was again missed) discuss: - The... more

Air Date 12/20/2024 There's no denying that things are about to get bad, Trump and company have had years to... more

Air Date 12/17/2024 Changing the direction of a political party doesn't happen overnight and it usually takes a major disrupting... more

Give the gift of membership! (Standard or Patreon) Air Date: 12-15-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin was missed) discuss:... more

Air Date 12/13/2024 The most important thing to understand about authoritarian and dictatorial governance is that it is neither efficient... more

Air Date: 12-12-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - What the orcas are up to  - Confronting the... more

Air Date 12/10/2024 In a moment of darkness, it's important to not only look for light but also understand how... more

Original Air Date: 11/29/2023 The movement for universal health care is still underway, though it rarely gets recognized in mainstream... more

Sign Up or Manage Your Membership Air Date: 12-6-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The political origins... more

Air Date 12/3/2024 At a time when there are very legitimate concerns about men's place in society, the Manosphere has... more

Air Date 11/29/2024 Today’s episode is a remix of a 5-part series of episodes we did several years ago about... more

Air Date 11/26/2024 In a world of infinite information but a finite amount of time to check your facts, we're... more

Air Date: 11-24-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Erin discuss: - A few sort of fun-ish news things because it's very... more

Air Date 11/20/2024 We're in the phase where prejudice still exists but it has become socially unacceptable to openly express... more

Air Date 11/15/2024 Today’s episode is a remix of multiple past episodes but was inspired by one in particular from... more

Air Date 11/12/2024 It's easy enough to look into one industry at a time to see what's going wrong, but... more

Air Date 11/8/2024 The Best of the Left team holds a special post-election discussion available to all listeners to present... more

Air Date 11/5/2024 There's big money in politics, and then there's 2024. The role and influence of billionaires have taken... more

Air Date 11/2/2024 The cult of Trump isn't just about Trump, it's religion and patriarchy reacting to a moment of... more

Air Date: 10-31-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How neoliberalism is fucking up renewable energy transitions -... more

Air Date 10/29/2024 Trump has only come close to perfecting the grift of the American conservative, he certainly didn't invent... more

Original Air Date: 2/14/20223 Today, we take a look at some origins, alternatives and misunderstandings of capitalism from the Dutch... more

Air Date 10/22/2024 This is your one-stop reference guide to every issue that is being wrongly blamed on immigrants as... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-20-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Original Air Date: 5/27/2022 Today we take a look at the disruptions to society that can unfold in times of... more

Air Date 10/15/2024 Just as COVID tended to expose the preexisting fractures and inequalities in our society causing undue harm,... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-14-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Air Date 10/11/2024 Humans insatiable need for increasing amounts of energy and our tendency to want to at least have... more

Presenting an episode of 'To See Each Other,' a show that complicates the narrative about small town Americans in our... more

Air Date 10/8/2024 Immigration dominates our politics in the worst way because one side benefits from lying about it and... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-7-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Air Date 10/4/2024 When women's value is seen only in relation to their ability to bear and raise children, you... more

Air Date 10/1/2024 There's still no end in sight to Israel's war on its neighbors and the US continues its... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 9-29-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Air Date 9/27/2024 Let's just say that it's not a coincidence that right-wing authoritarians are on the rise at the... more

Air Date 9/24/2024 The positive dad vibes of Tim Walz came onto the national scene in the middle of an... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 9-23-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Original Air Date: 3/21/2023 Today, we take a look at how GOP-controlled states are subverting democracy with a form of... more

Air Date: 9-19-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - the fallout from the debate, Trump's lies, and how... more

Air Date 9/17/2024 It's not just the threat of the electoral college handing the presidency to the loser of the... more

Air Date 9/13/2024 We've been living through the modern equivalent of the oil boom, back when poking a hole in... more

Air Date 9/10/2024 It's said that we live in a melting pot here in the United States. Perhaps it's more... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!)   Air Date: 9-8-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon... more

Air Date 9/6/2024 We're living in the world that dark money in politics and Citizen's United built. But since that... more

Original Air Date: 10/16/2018 Today we take a look at the distant and recent history of conservatism in America and... more

Air Date: 9-1-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The ever-stranger headlines about RFK Jr. ...and dead animals... more

Air Date 8/30/2024 Israel's assault on Gaza is fueled by pain, rage, trauma... a desire for safety, a desire for... more

Air Date 8/27/2024 People feel lots of ways about immigration. Sometimes it's fear of the other, other times it's not... more

Air Date 8/23/2024 The vibes of this election are nothing anyone could have predicted a month ago. And yet, some... more

Original Air Date: 8/23/2023 For decades, we have rightly been focused on dialing back endemic misogyny and poking holes in... more

Air Date: 8-19-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How we likely all have COVID and can't believe... more

Air Date 8/17/2024 James Baldwin's 100th birthday passed by recently and we're using the occasion to draw on his moral... more

Air Date 8/13/2024 Spirits among Kamala Harris supporters, Democrats, and anyone opposing Trumpism are at an all-time high right now.... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 8-11-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and... more

Original Air Date: 2/8/2019 Amid the ongoing fallout of a contested presidential election, we take a look back, briefly, at... more

Air Date 8/6/2024 After the recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed governments to constitutionally purge unhoused people from public spaces,... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 8-4-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Air Date 8/2/2024 The Kamala Harris presidential campaign has been on a wild ride since it unexpectedly began less than... more

Air Date 7/30/2024 The Republican Party is making it sound like they're trying to transform themselves into the party of... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 7-29-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Air Date 7/26/2024 It's clear where the vast majority of violent rhetoric is coming from in the country and it's... more

Original Air Date: 11/15/2022 Today, we take a look at our extremely steady history of political violence from the Revolution,... more

Air Date: 7-21-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin couldn't join us) discuss: - Deon's hatred of old people -... more

Air Date 7/20/2024 Extremism comes in many forms and we live in an era in which way too many of... more

Air Date 7/17/2024 Recent elections in the UK, France and Mexico spanned the spectrum from confirming inevitabilities to completely upending... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 7-14-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon... more

Air Date 7/12/2024 From solar scams to controversial congestion pricing and the smart grid that's needed to connect it all,... more

Original Air Date: 2/5/2019 Today we take a look at the history of FDR's "Four Freedoms" and "Economic Bill of... more

Air Date: 7-7-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Some stuff that we planned and A LOT more... more

Air Date 7/5/2024 China is an undeniable force in the world relating to several major political issues and to address... more

Air Date 7/2/2024 Border security around the world continues to take turns for the dark and dystopian as right-wing sentiment... more

Air Date: 6-30-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - the baffling trend of tech companies using cautionary tales... more

Air Date 6/28/2024 AI, like all new technologies, won't be all good or all bad. In fact, my favorite understanding... more

Original Air Date: 10/23/2023 The people who want to pull the country in directions that are only supported by a... more

Air Date: 6-23-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The Kidult trend in depth (since we had to... more

Air Date 6/21/2024 The European elections could have been worse but they weren't great. Shifting politics among mainstream parties is... more

Original Air Date: 12/11/2021 Today we take a look at the many structures of American government that tilt to favor... more

Air Date: 6-16-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The importance of unsupervised playtime for children and why... more

Air Date 6/14/2024 We're in the middle of Supreme Court opinion season, which is not going well for non-extreme conservatives... more

Air Date 6/11/2024 Democracies don't break all of a sudden in a moment of crisis, they fail slowly over time... more

Air Date: 06-09-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - how focusing on the "politics" of an event trivializes... more

Air Date 6/7/2024 Banning abortion is wildly unpopular and also one of the primary motivators for the group most strongly... more

Air Date 6/4/2024 The problems that arise within the systems of sports are the same problems we all face everywhere... more

Air Date: 6-2-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How one MIT study used AI to reduce belief... more

Original Air Date: 9/19/2017 Today we look not so much at hurricanes and the climate science behind them (though we... more

Air Date 5/28/2024 Today we look at the most disappointing yet most idolized false heroes of our day, the titans... more

Air Date: 5-26-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - the con of supply and demand economics being about... more

Air Date 5/24/2024 Assessing the impacts of new diet drugs on physical and mental health in the context of our... more

Air Date 5/21/2024 Whether by the US government playing matchmaker for the domestic weapons industry or through the illegal trade... more

Original Air Date: 5/9/2015 Today we take a look at the continuing failure that is the War on Drugs™ as... more

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 5-16-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and... more

Air Date 5/15/2024 In an age of cultish in-group/out-group politics and media, we seek to find messaging for progressive partisans... more

Air Date 5/11/2024 The effort to turn theory into practice that will open up new ways of thinking about antitrust... more

Air Date 5/7/2024 Civil resistance on campuses across the country against Israeli genocide in Gaza calling for cease fire and... more

Air Date: 5-5-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Jerry Seinfeld blaming the "extreme left" and "PC culture"... more

Air Date 5/3/2024 A look back at previous coverage of criminalizing protests, weaponizing civility, and violent responses to peaceful dissent.... more

Air Date 5/1/2024 The past, present, and future of tackling the uselessness of extreme wealth by exposing and closing tax... more

Get full, weekly bonus shows! Air Date: 4-29-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:  - how the film 'Civil... more

Original Air Date 9/14/2022 Today, we take a look at the history and hysteria behind debt and debt forgiveness while... more