Ep 975: The 'C' Word

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

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Episode 975 takes a trip back to Chicago to explore how big cities weather economic shocks that would destroy smaller towns—a lesson that matters as Trump's oil crisis, job losses, and ACA cuts hit rural Trump voters hardest. Driftglass and Blue Gal examine the fragile interconnectedness of small-town economies and why cascade failures are coming to red America, where MAGA voters are about to learn the hard way that Obamacare and the ACA are the same thing. The episode explores how scale matt...

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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.
0:09.5	There's a PayPal button at our website, or you can mail us a letter and or contribution at PO Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:19.5	This is the podcast for March 10th, 2006.
0:23.0	It's not safe for work.
0:24.8	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:27.1	where we just finished our whirlwind tour of My Old Stomping Ground.
0:30.9	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:41.1	That's right, Drift Class.
0:44.3	We're back from just a couple days in Chicago.
0:45.0	Yes, we are.
0:48.8	And all's well, the cats survived.
0:54.0	Although we had Middle Child here taking care of them.
0:59.3	And middle child left, I think around 9.30 on Sunday morning. And we arrived at 11.30 on Sunday morning.
1:02.9	And the cats were starving to death.
1:05.3	Wordston. Look at cow my ribs.
1:07.2	I'm starving.
1:08.1	Abandonment.
1:09.2	Abused, abandoned.
1:11.1	Feed me, Herman.
1:12.5	Two whole hours without a human in the house.
1:15.9	It's unacceptable.
1:16.5	And it was not good.
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