Ep 886: The Idiot Plot

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

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, we dive deep into the world of narrative storytelling and spectacular political incompetence. What happens when an entire administration accidentally texts its top-secret military plans to a reporter? Welcome to the "Idiot Plot," a storytelling concept in which the entire plot is driven by everyone involved being profoundly stupid. We'll break down the Trump administration's Signal app security disaster, take a deep dive into Glenn Greenwald's media metamorphosis, and ...

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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,
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0:12.3	or you can mail us a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:19.4	This is the podcast for March 25th, 2025.
0:23.2	It's not safe for work.
0:24.7	And we are recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:27.2	where the news this week is just all the usual boring stuff.
0:29.8	You know, crop reports and local weather and kids on spring break, stuff like that.
0:33.7	It's the professional laugh with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:43.6	Music It's a professional laugh with Drift Glass and Blue Gal. Hello, Drift Glass.
0:45.1	That's not true at all.
0:46.5	That's a little bullshit.
0:47.4	But you know what?
0:48.5	There's so much bullshit being loaded onto the Transom, I guess, just lying about what a calm week it's been.
0:56.5	It's fine with me.
0:58.0	We're outlying all the liars.
0:59.6	We're outliers.
1:00.7	Oh, my God.
1:02.2	Anyway, last week, we wished you all a great St. Patrick's Day.
1:06.4	But it appears that some people might have been having too good a time pre-gaming St. Patrick's Day all weekend,
1:13.9	or they were celebrating the 2069th anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar
1:21.2	by getting sloppy with their own secret plots.
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