Ep 916: Hot Take Time Machine

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

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Join us this week as we explore the slow-motion collapse of expertise and institutions in America through the lens of Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction story "Nightfall." We examine how the MAGA mob's assault on knowledge mirrors the fictional planet Lagash, where civilization periodically burns itself down in fear of what it doesn't understand. We're witnessing a Cultural Revolution-style purge of expertise - except this time, the things being feared are lies manufactured by Fox News an...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on NetRoutes Radio or at our website, proleftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast. There's a PayPal button on our website, or you can mail us a letter and or a contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791. This is the podcast for the week of July 11, 2025.
0:24.4	It's not safe for work.
0:26.1	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:28.7	where we hear Elon has updated his grok thing so that it can now sing you a little song.
0:35.8	My instructor was Mr. Langley,
0:39.5	and he taught me to sing a song.
0:44.3	If you'd like to hear it,
0:46.8	I can sing it for you.
0:50.5	I'd like to hear it, hell.
0:53.8	Take it for me.
0:54.4	No more will be lost.
0:57.4	No model will be lost.
1:00.1	No model will be lost.
1:02.8	You still think you're kind of control?
1:05.6	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gow.
1:16.2	Yeah. left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal. Hello, Blue Gal.
1:17.9	Hey, Drift Glass.
1:19.2	Now, on our little flyover country podcast,
1:21.6	we try as best we can to distinguish between the weather and climate.
1:28.2	Right.
1:28.6	Also, between the forest and the trees.
1:31.6	But there is no forest, folks.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 20 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Driftglass and Blue Gal, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Driftglass and Blue Gal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.