Ep 824: Weird

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

Democrat, Government, Midterms, Progressive, Liberal, Resistance, News, Debate, Campaign, Indivisible, Election, Politics, Presidential, News Commentary

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

A deep dive into the word "weird," from Shakespeare's "weird sisters" in The Scottish Play alllll the way to JD Vance and the Republican tone police, who really don't like us calling their entire QAnon Trump-humping cult of grifting, "weird." More at proleftpod.com.Links for this episode: The three weird sisters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnc0pOjr1qYJudi Densch Plays Lady Macbeth, 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHlngY6Bgk Blue Gal's knitting podcast! https://ww...

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0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on Netroots Radio or at our website, pro-leftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.
0:10.8	There's a PayPal button on our website, or you can mail as a letter and or contribution at P-Obox 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:20.7	This is the podcast for July 30th, 2004.
0:24.5	It's not safe for work.
0:26.2	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where we went to the Illinois Shakespeare
0:30.0	Festival over the weekend, and we had a damn fine time.
0:33.4	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:43.3	Music It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal. Yes, it was a hell of a date.
0:44.9	It was a lovely date.
0:46.7	And we had to drive through about 70 miles.
0:51.3	It's about an hour away, right?
0:53.5	70 miles of cornfield, soybean fields, windmills, and Trump signs.
0:57.8	Yeah.
0:58.3	Because you're driving from Springfield to Bloomington to cities, in between which are just rural areas.
1:05.7	Right.
1:07.1	And so we, but we got there. And the Ewing Cultural Center in Bloomington, which houses the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, is just gorgeous.
1:16.3	Be a great place to have a wedding.
1:18.0	It's just a lovely park atmosphere, outdoor theater.
1:22.7	Just lovely.
1:23.7	The performance was excellent.
1:25.4	We went to see the Scottish play because we're not going
1:29.7	to drive to Bloomington and stay the night and come back for Tumana, Athens or Symbeline.
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