From the guest list, the show looked like it was created to have a space where left commentators of various sorts would come on and hash out ideological differences as the US left is in the wilderness post-Bernie. It would be interesting, I thought, to have a show where an ultra like Sean KB from The Antifada could explain Marxist theory on a panel with social democrats and have some kind of discussion.
It turns out that its basically just a radlib version of The Five from Fox News, where they just take turns kicking the tires on the days news.
Does anyone actually want a show like this? It seems like its trying to fill a market that doesn't exist - or maybe existed a few years ago and doesn't today. When I look around, I don't think to myself, "You know who has some understanding of the political struggle we face in this moment? This DSA-backed state legislator from NYC."
Listening to it was deeply unsettling. I don't recommend it.
There's a second episode out already? I have only listened to the first and it's... seeming to me like they're still trying to figure out what the show is really supposed to be. Still, there's potential there imo
They made one a few weeks back as a format test [numbered zero] and paywalled that
That explains it. Got a link to get my piracy on?
https://www.reddit.com/r/leftpodcasts/comments/iqj3gy/episode_0_kamala_time_capsule_bad_faith/
thanks <3