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

Bonus Sample #274 The good news is that the end is nigh

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

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Air Date: 7-14-23
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss:
- A bad take on smartphones
- Eating alone
- Lunches of suffering
- The failure of Instant Pot

REFERENCES:
What Did People Do Before Smartphones?

A Brief History of the 'Sad Desk Lunch'

Party Of 1: We Are Eating A Lot Of Meals AloneParty Of 1: We Are Eating A Lot Of Meals Alone

‘Lunch of suffering’: plain ‘white people food’ goes viral in China

The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good Product

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0:00.0

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

0:10.1

We are in the middle of a membership drive for the month of July, so I am sharing some

0:14.1

samples of our most recent and less recent members on the bonus shows in which all of the

0:19.5

minds behind the production of Best of Left get together for a lively and usually

0:24.6

darkly humorous roundtable discussion.

0:27.3

In July, our memberships are on sale for 20% off, so if you've been on the fence about

0:32.3

supporting the show, or maybe you just found us, but you already know you want to hear

0:36.4

more now is the time to sign up and lock in that discounted rate for the lifetime of your

0:41.9

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0:43.4

Sign up through our site or on Patreon.

0:45.8

You can find all the details by clicking through the big banner at the top of Best of

0:49.3

Left.com, and there's also a link in the show notes.

0:52.6

Thanks and enjoy today's sample.

0:58.3

Speaking of getting our work done at nearly any expense, I suppose that brings us to

1:07.4

the sister topic of what exactly are we eating at our sad desk lunch, and China has some

1:16.6

opinions about this.

1:19.2

So for my question, this article comes from the Guardian, and it's titled Lunch of

1:27.3

Suffering.

1:28.3

Sling, White People Food, Goes Viral, and China.

1:32.1

Yeah, I'll just pause for the title because yeah, that's what I had seen actual videos

1:39.5

online.

1:40.5

So when this article came up, it was like perfect because I had quite the giggle.

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