Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast.

This is a sample of our recent bonus episode, usually only available to members.

These episodes are comprised of our crew of researchers, Amanda, and myself all getting together for a roundtable discussion on topics that we find interesting.

So here's a few minutes for free so you can know what all the fuss is about.

And if you think I'm angry about the failure of markets to produce renewable energy

without fostering a fascist backlash.

Just wait until you hear about the Stanley mother-fucking cup.

So this started in my field of awareness with this article,

this $23 Stanley Cup accessory fixes your biggest complaint

about the tumbler.

And I read that and I was like I've heard of the Stanley

Cup I have seen a 10 year old child feel strongly about owning a Stanley Cup, but this headline leaves me with a lot of questions.

Like, why do people have complaints? Why do you need a $23 accessory?

It's, you know, the cup is already like $45.

Why is it not perfect as is?

So this article from parents.com says shortly after Stanley Cups went viral earlier this year

my own Stanley touting daughters stopped using theirs. My daughters explained that frequent

spills made it increasingly difficult to take their water bottles to school

and practice. They love their Stanley's but it was an instant mess every time they tipped over.

And so this whole article is a commercial for lids that replace the original lids and so they're actually waterproof and the

16 year old girls were so excited about them that they're like demonstrating

how waterproof they are by tipping

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