SOLVED! #32 - How the Left is Always Right Too Soon (With Receipts)

SOLVED! #32 - How the Left is Always Right Too Soon (With Receipts)

Author: Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics February 5, 2026 Duration: 24:47

Air Date: 01-28-26

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

 

  • Ch 1 - Why it's not actually "fun" to be right too early (despite being called 'insufferable')
  • Ch 2 - The political elites and neoliberals who are frantically changing their tune now that a left-wing populist movement is here
  • Ch 3 - The Cassandras of the Left who knew and tried to warn that Trump would be a fascist
  • Ch 4 - The Anti-Alarmists who stifled the Cassandras warnings
  • Ch 5 - What if we actually listened to the Left next time?
  • SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): That one time progressives were very wrong

 

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REFERENCES

The Left is Always Right Too Early - Current Affairs

Well, It's Time for Populism, They Guess - Slate

The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer's Remorse - The Atlantic

The Vibe Shifts Against the Right - NY Times

The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned - The New Republic

The Resistance Libs Were Right - NY Times

 

BACKSTAGE

Eugenics: the skeleton that rattles loudest in the left's closet - The Guardian

EXTRAS:

Hot Dog Car Sketch - I Think You Should Leave

CLIP: Leigh McGowan (Politics Girl) responds to Scott Jennings on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

"One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" by Omar El Akkad (If you buy this book, or another, through this link, you support indie book stores and we get a small commission! Check out other great books on our Bookshop shelf)

"A Time to Be Cringe: Why Gen Z Needs Millennial Humor" (SOLVED! #29)

 

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