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joe40001
06/10/21 1:30:23 AM
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I want to make sure I am hearing even from the fringes of the left-wing in case there are important things I'm missing.

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Blue_Dream87
06/10/21 2:04:47 AM
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Behind the Bastards

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Guide
06/10/21 2:05:44 AM
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Blue_Dream87 posted...
Behind the Bastards

Came to say this, though I wouldn't consider them particularly fringe or extreme.

Obnoxious as heck name, but Reason is pretty good, too.

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joe40001
06/11/21 1:13:16 AM
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Guide posted...
Came to say this, though I wouldn't consider them particularly fringe or extreme.

Obnoxious as heck name, but Reason is pretty good, too.

I listened to the BTB on "Rush Limbaugh" partly because I really like PFT.

idk about a whole show based around dunking on republicans though.

I'll check out reason and then also look to see if BTB ever picked on somebody I particularly like to see if they are measured in their criticisms there or if everybody gets the same treatment as Rush (who admittedly is a giant asshole borderline sociopath)

I'll also check out Reason. Thanks for the recommendations BTW.

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joe40001
06/11/21 3:11:25 AM
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Can you link me to the reason podcast? The reason I found online doesn't look left wing.

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PMarth2002
06/11/21 3:18:01 AM
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BTB tends to focus on all sorts of shitty people from history and modern day, not just republicans.

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Wii_Shaker
06/11/21 3:19:56 AM
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Not really left-wing since the host Ben Kissel is an ex-libertarian and claims to be moderate but Abe Lincoln's Top Hat generally leans to the left.

https://open.spotify.com/show/2ktiLrLbsrKaxM5g9XykH1

Their network also has a great nerd culture podcast and probably the best true-crime podcast that I listen to.

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joe40001
06/11/21 3:20:32 AM
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PMarth2002 posted...
BTB tends to focus on all sorts of shitty people from history and modern day, not just republicans.

Ok, good to know.

Out of curiosity is there anybody they've ever gone after that you didn't think had it coming?

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joe40001
06/11/21 3:22:04 AM
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Wii_Shaker posted...
Not really left-wing since the host Ben Kissel is an ex-libertarian and claims to be moderate but Abe Lincoln's Top Hat generally leans to the left.

https://open.spotify.com/show/2ktiLrLbsrKaxM5g9XykH1

Their network also has a great nerd culture podcast and probably the best true-crime podcast that I listen to.

Thanks, I'll probably check out an episode.

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Kakapo
06/11/21 3:23:26 AM
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PMarth2002
06/11/21 3:26:16 AM
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joe40001 posted...
Out of curiosity is there anybody they've ever gone after that you didn't think had it coming?

Nope. Although usually I didn't know all that much about the person before hand unless they were a major figure like Hitler.

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indica
06/11/21 4:21:19 AM
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>_>

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Stalolin
06/11/21 4:24:56 AM
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Left Anchor.

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MICHALECOLE
06/11/21 4:28:23 AM
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Used to be Joe rogan, but now he literally is right wing joe rogan so maybe the Sarah Silverman podcast?
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Blue_Dream87
06/11/21 8:43:41 AM
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joe40001 posted...
Ok, good to know.

Out of curiosity is there anybody they've ever gone after that you didn't think had it coming?

In my opinion no, but the podcast did go after your boy Jordan Peterson

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
06/11/21 9:04:28 AM
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Good for you for trying to get both sides of shit. It's the only way we can make an informed opinion.

Nowadays you say "hey do you ever read the news from the other side" and they look at you like you just gave them cancer. They avoid it at all costs.

Although it's kind of fucked up the news has sides

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averagejoel
06/11/21 9:16:34 AM
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I don't really listen to podcasts but I know about a few. I know a couple of the hosts of some of these:

Chapo Trap House is probably the best-known.

Trash Future is another

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joe40001
06/11/21 11:44:53 AM
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Blue_Dream87 posted...
In my opinion no, but the podcast did go after your boy Jordan Peterson

I had a hunch they would.

I'm not expecting that episode to be fair, because jordan is nothing like somebody like rush.

I'll still give a listen though.

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joe40001
06/12/21 1:33:46 AM
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Half way into the JBP one and it's pretty bad, I gotta say.

Starting from the premise that he's a facist is a pretty bold opening. They didn't even say that about Rush.

And so far they haven't said any specific bad thing he/did or said just a lot of statements like He likes the heroes journey and filters his understanding of the world through that lens, and that's kinda facist.

It's honestly not that far off from "he grew up and liked painting... and so did Hitler, pretty sus if you ask me..."

I'm going to keep listening, hopefully they get to the part where they can back up their argument that he's definitely a fascist.

I do admit that if this was my only knowledge of JP and I trusted these people as being fair, I think of JP as a bad person. But that's kinda the problem though, if you start with the premise "obviously this person is a fascist" and then you move forward from that assumption, you are liable to just go down a path of confirmation bias.

Maybe I'm wrong and they'll get to the meat of what's horrible about him. But so far all the specific criticisms they've made of him are things I feel he would say about himself.

The one thing that is a criticism of him that'd I'd cosign is that he has a manner of speaking that often comes off as certain even when he is talking somewhat speculatively, I think this is a choice on his part. Something in his mind about a hero needing to be bold likely motivates him to act this way, I like others can find it off putting at times. To give an example of this manner of speaking, he'd rather say "there's no question it's 90F out, or at least in so far as it's not 70 degrees out. I suppose one could make the argument it is closer to 85F out and I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that, but I think my larger point is that it's not 60F AT ALL" than he would say "I think it might be in the 80s or 90s temperature wise".

They also are disliking him associating "Chaos" with the feminine, but he will very often say men and women have so much more in common than different and Chaos is archetypically feminine. Not like "women are worse" in any way.

He is conservative so he favors Order a bit over Chaos but he is very open about the dangers of too much order.

He see them very much as both capable of good/bad, like Yin/Yang. I think people react poorly because they think of "Chaos" as more pejorative than "Order", but I think it's the same kind of mistake people made about the google memo and the use of "Neuroticism". They think of it as a pejorative attack rather that referring to a specific thing. In Peterson's case Chaos isn't a pejorative insult but rather the best name for this half of the archetypal universe.

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FL81
06/12/21 1:55:22 AM
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joe40001 posted...
Can you link me to the reason podcast? The reason I found online doesn't look left wing.
Reason, you mean like the Libertarian magazine? lol

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joe40001
06/12/21 1:59:47 AM
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FL81 posted...
Reason, you mean like the Libertarian magazine? lol

The user "Guide" said "Reason is pretty good too" and idk what they were referring to but presumably it's a podcast.

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billcom6
06/12/21 2:06:18 AM
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Doe
06/12/21 2:08:06 AM
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I'm not sure Mainstream and left-wing really go together. It's really just right wing and slightly less right wing/ economically right wing but doesn't hate minorities

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joe40001
06/12/21 2:11:13 AM
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Doe posted...
I'm not sure Mainstream and left-wing really go together. It's really just right wing and slightly less right wing/ economically right wing but doesn't hate minorities

So you think the mainstream media is primarily right wing?

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Doe
06/12/21 2:12:04 AM
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joe40001 posted...
So you think the mainstream media is primarily right wing?
Well, I know it is, because I can directly observe it.

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joe40001
06/12/21 2:13:20 AM
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Doe posted...
Well, I know it is, because I can directly observe it.

How do you explain them being very anti-Trump?

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hockeybub89
06/12/21 2:14:29 AM
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How would you hear from the fringes on a mainstream left-wing podcast? The mainstream is the exact opposite of the fringe.

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joe40001
06/12/21 2:18:00 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
How would you hear from the fringes on a mainstream left-wing podcast? The mainstream is the exact opposite of the fringe.

Most "mainstream" content is pretty ideological, "moderate" or "centrist" content certainly isn't the default. So I find nothing contradictory about requesting "mainstream left-wing" content.

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Doe
06/12/21 2:18:10 AM
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joe40001 posted...
How do you explain them being very anti-Trump?
Many Republicans spoke out against Trump before and after his presidency. Does that mean they were not right wing?

I don't consider the Democrats a left-wing party. They are to the left of the Republicans, but they answer to corporate donors just like Republicans do.

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joe40001
06/12/21 2:18:55 AM
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Doe posted...
Many Republicans spoke out against Trump before and after his presidency. Does that mean they were not right wing?

I don't consider the Democrats a left-wing party. They are to the left of the Republicans, but they answer to corporate donors just like Republicans do.

Who do you consider left-wing?

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Lorenzo_2003
06/12/21 2:31:19 AM
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Anyone tried The Young Turks podcast?

I dont know if theyd qualify for Left, according to some purists, but they definitely arent right-leaning.

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joe40001
06/12/21 2:33:55 AM
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Anyone tried The Young Turks podcast?

I dont know if theyd qualify for Left, according to some purists, but they definitely arent right-leaning.

Does anybody like them? I don't get the impression they are even that popular on the left.

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RickyTheBAWSE
06/12/21 2:37:44 AM
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if you're interested for a quality Left wing podcast from a Black, South Carolina couple, The Black Guy Who Tips is a pretty good one on Spotify.

they are PC up to a point, but they'll make fun of whoever. they have a segment called "Guess The Race," where they read an article and you guess the ethnicity based on the story, lmao. the segment is racist on purpose to highlight our own biases, but anybody can get it lol.
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Lorenzo_2003
06/12/21 3:00:56 AM
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joe40001 posted...
Does anybody like them? I don't get the impression they are even that popular on the left.

Im not really sure. I know theyve got supporters, but maybe not on CE.

Im gonna check them out anyway and the others suggested here.

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Wetterdew
06/12/21 3:03:08 AM
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What is a podcast, anyway?

I like David Pakman but he's just a youtuber. IDK if that counts as podcasting.

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Gwynevere
06/12/21 3:14:20 AM
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Check these guys out

https://youtube.com/channel/UCPxHg4192hLDpTI2w7F9rPg

A group of leftists that talk about engineering disasters

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joe40001
06/12/21 8:46:47 AM
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...
if you're interested for a quality Left wing podcast from a Black, South Carolina couple, The Black Guy Who Tips is a pretty good one on Spotify.

they are PC up to a point, but they'll make fun of whoever. they have a segment called "Guess The Race," where they read an article and you guess the ethnicity based on the story, lmao. the segment is racist on purpose to highlight our own biases, but anybody can get it lol.

I'll check them out.

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joe40001
06/12/21 8:48:04 AM
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Wetterdew posted...
What is a podcast, anyway?

I like David Pakman but he's just a youtuber. IDK if that counts as podcasting.

David Pakman really rubs me the wrong way, is not even a political thing, just like his face and personality remind me of lukewarm bad tasting soup.

I'm sorry, because I do appreciate all suggestions, don't take my response to him as a criticism of you in any way.

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Antifar
06/12/21 8:50:17 AM
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Citations Needed is a really good podcast from a left perspective, but it focuses exclusively on media criticism.

I've also enjoyed:
Know Your Enemy
Trilbilly Workers Party
Street Fight

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averagejoel
06/12/21 8:58:23 AM
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joe40001 posted...
David Pakman really rubs me the wrong way, is not even a political thing, just like his face and personality remind me of lukewarm bad tasting soup.

I'm sorry, because I do appreciate all suggestions, don't take my response to him as a criticism of you in any way.
if youtubers count then I can give more recommendations:
Innuendo Studios
Thought Slime
Lexual
Renegade Cut
Mexie
Patricia Taxxon

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Wetterdew
06/12/21 10:56:54 AM
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averagejoel posted...
if youtubers count then I can give more recommendations:
Innuendo Studios
Thought Slime
Lexual
Renegade Cut
Mexie
Patricia Taxxon
I would also say shaun, contrapoints, and lindsay ellis. They tend to make videos about media mostly.

I can kind of see why you wouldn't be into david pakman, I sometimes feel kind of the same about him, and I get annoyed by all of the product placement he does, also. But I think he is level-headed and rational

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joe40001
06/13/21 5:56:50 AM
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bump

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joe40001
06/14/21 3:44:31 AM
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bump

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au_gold
06/14/21 3:46:47 AM
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Majority Report used to be great back when Michael and Jamie were there.

RIP Michael Brooks

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Giblet_Enjoyer
06/14/21 5:06:26 AM
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joe40001 posted...
Does anybody like them? I don't get the impression they are even that popular on the left.
I like TYT. They get shit on too much tbh, no idea whose puppy they kicked but it's kinda surreal how like 60% of their comment feed is disgruntled right-wingers

au_gold posted...
Majority Report used to be great back when Michael and Jamie were there.

RIP Michael Brooks
Jamie's still there, isn't she?
That blonde girl was a nice addition, forget her name

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au_gold
06/14/21 6:13:54 AM
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Jamie's still there, isn't she?
That blonde girl was a nice addition, forget her name
She left a few months ago over creative differences I think. Emma is great, but shes no Jamie.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
06/14/21 6:51:14 AM
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au_gold posted...
She left a few months ago over creative differences I think. Emma is great, but shes no Jamie.
Aww that's a bummer. Not surprising though, Jamie's a straight up commie and Sam is just a progressive, there's always a noticeable tension whenever Jamie goes on her anti-capitalism tirades

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RickyTheBAWSE
06/14/21 12:42:34 PM
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joe40001 posted...
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check out an episode of TBGWT yet?
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GhettoFlip
06/15/21 2:25:41 AM
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KNow Your Enemy

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Giblet_Enjoyer
06/15/21 7:35:22 PM
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Just listened to an episode of Trillbilly Workers Party and I'm gonna have to second that.
Hillbilly lefties are something I never knew I wanted and super refreshing to hear

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