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.
This website is far more tankie and anti electoralism the old sub. What made the old sub unique from /r/wayofthebern though was that chapo hated non leftists far more and was better at bullying them.
I think this is mostly a matter of timing since the Bernie ship has sailed. The change is fine with me though.
This place is materially more pro China in uncritical ways than the old sub was. That could also just be timing, but I was one of the more pro China people in some threads there for just giving critical support.