SOLVED! SAMPLE! #28 - Big White Lies: The Impossible Promises of Supremacy
Release Date: 12/01/2025
#1755 Affordability: Actual Economic Populism is the Kryptonite to Fake Populism
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Air Date 12/2/2025 If you need more evidence for just how far from rationality our politics have slid in recent decades, Zorhan Mamdani is seen by many as a radical for mostly just saying that people should be able to afford to buy the things they need to live. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Check out our new show, SOLVED! on ! (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) ! KEY POINTS KP 1: KP 2: KP 3: KP 4: KP 5: KP 6: (00:49:49) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On the path forward for the Left: Targeted...
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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #28 - Big White Lies: The Impossible Promises of Supremacy
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Air Date: 11-25-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - The extremists trying to create race-based neighborhoods all over the U.S. Ch. 2 - What we can learn from Ireland’s history of sectarian violence Ch. 3 - How the Irish became white Ch. 4 - An inconvenient truth from Frederick Douglas (and some modern, mild misreadings) Ch. 5 - What you can do to fight back against white supremacists where you live BACKSTAGE! Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): Why some marginalized people cozy up to power FOLLOW US ON: (This full episode premieres on YouTube on Friday...
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#1354 Police violence and racism are a product of our past (Uprising, Crackdown, Authoritarianism) (Throwback)
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Original Air Date: 6–22-2020 Today we take a look at the history of racist policing which flows seamlessly into our present racist policing which itself flows into Trump's authoritarian glee at the opportunity to consolidate violent, racist power in response to protests against violent, racist power. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Check out our new show, SOLVED! on ! (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) SHOW NOTES Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at Listen Anywhere! ...
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#1754 The Epstein Files and Donald Trump, Our Predator-in-Chief
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Air Date 11/25/2025 We live in a world awash with baseless conspiracy theories but that doesn't mean there are no true conspiracies, as exemplified by Jeffrey Epstein. But it bears repeating, that we didn't need the exposure of a massive conspiracy to know that Donald Trump was a sexual predator because he said as much on tape before he was elected the first time in 2016. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Check out our new show, SOLVED! on ! (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) ! KEY POINTS KP 1: ...
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SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - “The Truth Shall Set Us Free” (Original Air Date: 12-6-24)
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Re-Air Date: 11–18-25 Unless you were a member in December of 2024, this episode of SOLVED! will be brand new to you! If you were a member back then, THANK YOU and this one is worth a re-listen. We’re slowing down production for a little bit to reorganize our production processes, so enjoy this episode from our archives (and B.Y: before YouTube) where Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - The political origins of SimCity and how capitalism warps our choices Ch. 2 - A new video game offering a very different vision of societal management Ch. 3 - Naomi Klein's insights on the...
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#1753 What the Shutdown and Weaponized Hunger Exposed About Our Asymmetric Morality
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Air Date 11/21/2025 In an ethical political system, being willing to break the law in order to starve people amid a political dispute wouldn't be a source of greater leverage and power but it is in ours and the shutdown put the wildly different senses of ethics between the parties on full display. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Check out our new show, SOLVED! on ! (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) ! KEY POINTS KP 1: KP 2: KP 3: KP 4: KP 5: KP 6: KP 7: (00:55:53) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On...
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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #27 - Watch what you say! How weaponized language changes our reality
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Air Date: 11-10-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” Ch. 2 - “Politically correct” Ch. 3 - “Ethnic cleansing” Ch. 4 - “Meritocracy” Ch. 5 - Our current “wealth pump” crisis and how it has been solved throughout history BACKSTAGE! Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): The best words to articulate the current moment FOLLOW US ON: (This full episode premieres on YouTube on Friday - please share!) REFERENCES - Huffington Post - NPR - Mondo Weiss - Lucid (Substack) - Michael Sandel - Kottke ...
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#1752 Reigniting the Nuclear Arms Race: Fat Man, Little Boy, and Donald Trump
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Air Date 11/7/2025 The most dangerous part of nuclear weapons has always been the people in charge of them. As we potentially enter a new arms race, some of the worst people in the world are in charge of the vast majority of nuclear weapons. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Check out our new show, SOLVED! on ! (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop and for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! ! KEY POINTS KP 1: KP 2: KP 3: KP 4: KP 5: KP 6: (00:44:32)...
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#1751 Monthly-ish Mix: Institutions Fall, Reality Breaks, Empire Rises
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Air Date: 11/11/25 The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we examine how power is being quietly consolidated across institutions, how propaganda and AI are reshaping our sense of reality, and how division and fear are fueling both domestic repression and global aggression. From the Supreme Court to state media manipulation, from dismantled voting rights to foreign influence campaigns, we trace the machinery of authoritarian control—and spotlight the journalists, educators, and activists still pushing back to keep truth and...
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#1750 "America's Backyard" - The War on Terror Meets the War on Drugs
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Air Date 11/7/2025 The United States claiming a divine (and imperialist) right to tamper in the politics of South American countries is nothing new. As is so often the case with Trump, the biggest difference is that he’s doing proudly and in the open what used to be done only shamefully and in secret. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Check out our new show, SOLVED! on ! (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) ! KEY POINTS KP 1: KP 2: KP 3: KP 4: KP 5: (00:53:59) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On the...
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Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- Ch. 1 - The extremists trying to create race-based neighborhoods all over the U.S.
- Ch. 2 - What we can learn from Ireland’s history of sectarian violence
- Ch. 3 - How the Irish became white
- Ch. 4 - An inconvenient truth from Frederick Douglas (and some modern, mild misreadings)
- Ch. 5 - What you can do to fight back against white supremacists where you live
- BACKSTAGE! Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): Why some marginalized people cozy up to power
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YouTube (This full episode premieres on YouTube on Friday - please share!)
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REFERENCES
Inside Return to the Land, a new group attempting to legalize segregation - SPLC
The reality of ethnic and sectarian divisions - Irish Post
Legacy of past hangs over anti-immigrant violence in Northern Ireland - Reuters
The Irish Had to Ask to Be White - Medium
The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery. - Elevate Society
The Destiny of Colored Americans - Teaching American History
“Missouri Is Next”: Neo-Nazi Network Expanding Whites-Only Towns—Here’s Where They’re Looking - Kansas City Defender
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