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

ALMOST SOLVED! SAMPLE! #1 - Liberation Theology & What Redemption Really Looks Like

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

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Air Date: 3–26-26

Welcome to ALMOST SOLVED!, the show that's almost like SOLVED! but one or more things are missing, namely the guarantee of a solution at the end and possibly also one of our cohosts.

 

Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon discuss:

 

  • Ch. 1 - Deon's research for his recent Best of the Left episode #1779: "Community After God: Why the Left Needs What Church Provided"
  • Ch. 2 - Listener voicemail & comments on past episodes
  • Ch. 3 - How to heal from the harm of this mess with the article "Culture of Healing" from The Reframe
  • BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): Some chit chat about expectations and healing.

 

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REFERENCES

Best of the Left #1779: Community After God: Why the Left Needs What Church Provided

Culture of Healing by A.R. Moxon (The Reframe)

 

EXTRAS:

SOLVED! #5: Keep Your Birch Rod Handy: Puritan influence, dictator bosses, & FDR zingers (4-15-25)

SOLVED! #34 The Dual State: Life Under Authoritarianism & Your Role in Fighting It (2-20-26)

SOLVED! #32* How Progressives Are Always Right Too Soon (With Receipts) (1-30-26)

*mentions the Cassandras

Books by Mariame Kaba:

(FYI: Buying books via the Bookshop affiliate links below supports indie bookstores and this show!)

"We Do This 'Til We Free Us" by Mariame Kaba

"Let This Radicalize You" by Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba

 

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Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast. Although today we're sharing a sample of this week's episode of our other show, solved. Best of the Left members get solved early, ad-free, and complete with a members-only backstage segment all via podcast. But we're also putting the show out on the Best of Left YouTube channel

0:38.3

where we're attempting to find a new audience. Consider supporting us directly by signing up

0:42.7

for a membership or help us grow on YouTube by subscribing to the Best of Left YouTube channel

0:47.8

and catching every episode of Solved there. And now here's a few minutes for free to wet your

0:53.0

appetite, but just like best of

0:55.1

the left, the real benefits kick in when you hear the whole show, which is greater than the

0:59.8

sum of its parts. Welcome to Almost Solved, the slight variation on our beloved show

1:06.0

solved, in which one or more things are missing, namely the guarantee of there being a solution at the

1:12.8

end and possibly also one of our co-hosts. Joining me today is Amanda and Dion, who will offer a

1:19.5

greeting now. Hey there. Hello. Which means that Aaron is our missing host for the day. They will be

1:26.4

missed. In this shortened format, we will be

1:28.8

diving into some of the lessons learned and insights gleaned from a research deep dive

1:34.2

for a recent episode of the venerable, indispensable, not to mention award-winning podcast,

1:39.6

Best of the Left. We're also making explicit space for audience feedback, which we have not been doing

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