Ep 898 | Why Today's Politics Is A Holy War

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

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In our 898th episode, we examine a puzzling question: why has political persuasion become seemingly impossible in America today? We explore how the landscape has fundamentally shifted beyond mere policy disagreements into something that looks surprisingly like religious conflict. We connect historical patterns of how religious movements evolve and rewrite their narratives to what we're witnessing in contemporary politics. Drawing parallels between ancient religious transformations and today's...

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0:25.8	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:28.2	where, in honor of the elevation of Pope Leo the 14th,
0:31.5	who I understand is a man of Chicago.
0:34.3	You're scared of Babish.
0:35.3	Oh, like you're not.
0:36.4	No, because we are both men of Chicago. What is it with people from Chicago that they're scared of Babish. Oh, like you're not. No, because we are both men of Chicago.
0:38.9	What is it with people from Chicago that they're so happy to have been born there?
0:43.6	I need so many people who can't wait to tell me they're from Chicago.
0:46.5	And when I meet them, they're living anywhere but Chicago.
0:49.0	You wouldn't understand.
0:50.4	We're going full Bible bitch this time, but don't worry, we will not ask you to read our pamphlets.
0:55.4	It's the professional laugh with drift glass and blue gal.
1:05.9	Yeah, we don't have any pamphlets.
1:08.5	We got some bumper stickers.
1:10.6	They're not exactly, they're not religious in any way, but...
1:14.5	No.
1:15.7	And I guess I want to preface this.
1:17.9	Speaking is Bible bitch.
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