Ep 942: What Is Effective Protest (No Kings Edition)

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

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

4.8 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Find your No Kings Protest March/Rally at https://www.nokings.org/ This week, we're asking the only question that matters: Will what we do actually help? What does it mean to be "effective" in the fight to save democracy? Did throwing pies at Bill Kristol, Rupert Murdoch, or Newt Gingrich ever change anything? And why should we always ask ourselves the Bridge of Spies question: "Would it help?" We'll explore how the Irish Grapefruit Ladies fought apartheid and won, and why the Civil Rig...

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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, proleftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.
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0:16.4	And I'll be checking it today, so be quick about it. Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:22.6	This is the podcast for the week of October 17th, 2025. It's not safe for work.
0:29.3	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where last week we wished my brother Larry the happiest of birthdays.
0:34.9	And this week, we wish Junior Dude, the happiest of birthdays. Happy birthday,, we wish Junior Dude the happiest of birthdays.
0:39.0	Happy birthday, Jr. Dude. Big, big birthday month in October. So many birthdays. It's the
0:45.6	professional left, drip glass and bluegoy. Can't forget to say that. Blue gal, can't forget to say that.
0:49.3	Can't forget. Can't forget. The word of the day-to-day is effective.
1:01.5	Read it, learn it, use it in a sentence.
1:04.6	Effective.
1:05.9	Effective.
1:07.0	So let's talk about what it means to be effective.
1:11.3	Yeah.
1:12.2	Now, first, you've got to figure out your goal or goals.
1:14.8	What it is you want to accomplish.
1:17.0	So let's start there.
1:18.2	And we warn you, the place we will end up will not be as satisfying as you would like, but we have some laughs along the way.
1:28.3	Right.
1:29.4	And it's a journey.
1:31.2	It's a journey together.
1:32.5	We're going to go on a journey together.
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