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Left Reckoning
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Fmr. The Michael Brooks Show crew Matt Lech & David Griscom work to cover & build a strong, popular, working-class rooted, no BS Socialist Left. With a special focus on the international struggle and Texas, the South, & the West. The weekly show is live on Youtube @ 2:30 ET/1:30 CT!https://www.youtube.com/@LeftReckoning
Episodes
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Full Episode: Ilhan Omar Raided, Talarico Lie Blows Up in GOP's Faces
Support the show and get the members’ only Sunday Show at http://patreon.com/leftreckoning. Matt and David discuss the terminally conspiracy-brained Republicans as a lie about Talarico blows up in their faces. Also, will Tucker apologize for smearing Ilhan Omar now that ICE investigators have...
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The Blueprint for Socialism & Far-Right Advances in Brazil ft. Mike Beggs
support the show and get the weekly Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David discuss the recent elections in Brazil, which saw the country turn to the right, and the upcoming runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro's son. Then, Mike Beggs joins us to discuss his new book with Bhaskar...
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Arrested for Protesting: DSA Candidate Misael Ramos Joins Us & Council Member Mike Seigel
support the show and get our Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning.ATX City Council Candidate Misael Ramos joins us to talk about his campaign as well as his recent arrested for protesting ICE.Then, current DSA City Council member joins David to discuss socialism at the city level.
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The Reality of Trump's McCarthyism & Fernando Cerimedo and the Global Right Exposed
Support Left Reckoning and get our members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Read and share Connor's on the investigation: "How to Steal a Hemisphere: Fernando Cerimedo and the Heist of Latin American Democracy"...
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Elon Musk is Colonizing Texas & Ken Paxton Looks BAD
Support Left Reckoning and get our weekly Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningEtienne Rosas joins LR once again to talk about Elon Musk's SpaceX takeover down in Brownsville, Texas and how it plays into the rising anger against tech elites.Also, Doug Burgum and the brainlessness of a country...
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Mike Rogers' Big Fat Mistake & Talarico's Good Billionaire
Support the show and get the members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMike Rogers history of supporting Israel's Iran War make-a-wish, James Talarico sits down with Mark Cuban and Sam Russek (@SamRussek) joins us to talk about his piece on Houston mayor John Whitmire in the Texas...
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Beto O'Rourke Talks to Us About AIPAC, Zohran, and Winning Texas
support LR and get the weekly Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningBeto O'Rourke joins Left Reckoning for a broad discussion on Texas politics and his outreach to low-propensity voters at poweredxpeople.org
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Full Episode: Texas THC Two-Step & Tech Bros Having 'Uh-oh' Moment
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to get the weekly members' only Sunday Show.Matt and David briefly discuss UK politics, specifically Binface and Burnham before talking about how the Third Way is gonna spend $15 to hire anti-DSA goons, Ken Paxton running away from a THC question, and...
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How China Outcompetes Capitalism ft. Jostein Hauge
Support the show and get the weekly member's-only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt is joined by Jostein Hauge, political economist and Associate Professor in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, to discuss the current balance of power in the world economy and the degree...
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MAGA Youth Boo Vivek Off Stage & Bill Maher Always Sucked
support the show and get the Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningDavid and Matt break down Vivek Ramaswamy's appearance in front of a bunch of 20 year old klan runts goes horribly and Bill Maher is trying to make everyone as afraid of a DSA caucus as he is.
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Elon Against The Economist ft. RM Brown
Get the Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning Youtube's RM Brown joins us once again, this time to react to Elon Musk's car crash interview with the EIC of The Economist. Check out RM Brown's channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@rmbrown5736
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Jasmine Crockett Distraction Continues in Texas & a Socialist Talks to the NY Times
Get the Sunday Show and keep Left Reckoning going:patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David discuss a big fat cynical identity politics gift being delivered for the Texas GOP by Jasmine Crockett and her dead-enders.Also, Bhaskar Sunkara joined Ross Douthat to discuss socialism in America. Also, we...
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Who Pays for Free Soccer & The Big Bend Wall Boondoggle
On today's Left Reckoning, Shawn Fain fights back against an inappropriately Zionist fed monitor that's harassing the UAW after they joined calls for a ceasefire in gaza. Support Left Reckoning and get the Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Ishmael Johnson (@IshmaelRJohnson) of the Dallas...
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New Serious Platner Allegations & the Sorrow of McMorrow ft. Emma Vigeland
Note: Spotify copyright censored the Haley Stevens clip around 38 minutes in so it has been truncated here. Support the show and get the weekly members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningThe Majority Report's Emma Vigeland joins LR once again to break down the state of the Maine and...
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New Serious Platner Allegations & the Sorrow of McMorrow ft. Emma Vigeland
support the show and get the weekly members' only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningThe Majority Report's Emma Vigeland joins LR once again to break down the state of the Maine and Michigan senate races.
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Least Believable People Make Promise To America, Right Rises Again in Colombia
Get the Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David watch the Sunday Show appearance by Zohran Mamdani responding to a familiar foreign policy question as well as a Problem Solver Manifesto.Them, David talks to Juan David Rojas about his piece "A second Milei rises in Colombia"Read…
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Jasmine Crockett's Sad Turn & the Secret White Elite Cabal Running St. Louis
Support Left Reckoning and get the weekly members-only Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Jasmine Crockett is getting petty in the run up to the Texas Senate race.But first, Devin Thomas O'Shea returns to the program to discuss his excellent new book "The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies,...
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Trump threw a gladiator fight at the White House & TX GOP goes full on crazy
Trump turned the White House South Lawn into a UFC cage for his 80th birthday — a gladiator spectacle dubbed Freedom 250, with $1.5 million ringside seats and a crowd he handpicked himself. David sits down with Ben Case — writer, organizer, and former pro Muay Thai fighter — to get at what the...
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Sam Harris Denial Meditation, PBD Outclassed & Socialism in Harlem ft. Conrad Blackburn
Matt and David check in on an old (un)favorite in Sam Harris and his clinically hysterical way of denying atrocities. Then, socialist Conrad Blackburn talks about running for State Assembly in Harlem. Finally, Mehdi Hasan embarrasses Patrick Bet-David.Support Left Reckoning and get the Sunday…
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Teaser - Sunday Show: The Chris Smalls Debate
Get the full episode on Patreon here David and Matt wade into the heated Chris Smalls/Amazon Labor Union discourse prompted by this recent review of his upcoming book in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2026/06/smalls-amazon-labor-organizing-celebrity
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Norm Finkelstein is Right; Delaney Hall ICE Horror & Awful Israel Day Parade ft. @orangefreddyg
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekly Sunday Show. Matt and David weigh in on the accusations of betrayal and purity-testing being levelled at Norm Finkelstein by certain parts of the media-fixated left.Then, @orangefreddyg joins Matt to discuss pressing issues in the...
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Look Who's Happy About Hasan's Subpoena & Vibecession Redux
Support Left Reckoning at Patreon.com/leftreckoningAnnie Lowrey brings the Bidenomics vibecession argument back and the lib stats nerds can't help advertising their incomprehension. Also, Jasmine Crockett is uh busy.
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AOC's Revolution Take & California Dreaming ft. Ron Placone
Get the weekly Sunday Show and support Matt and David at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David discuss AOC's take on the American Revolution before Ron Placone joins Matt to discuss AI cluelessness, Zohran, and politics in California .Check out Ron's Work here: https://linktr.ee/ronplacone and...
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Florida's Failing ICE Economy & AI Graduation Speech Meltdown ft. Thomas Kennedy
Subscribe and get the Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning Thomas Kennedy joins us once again to discuss the state of the Florida economy, immigration crackdown, and political situation. Also, AOC talks billionaires. Follow Thomas' work: https://linktr.ee/tomaskenn https://wawlt.com/
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Daily Wire Layoffs, Who Owns the NBA & Engaging Tucker ft. Emma Vigeland
Get the member's only Sunday Show and support Left Reckoning at https://patreon.com/leftreckoning Emma joins Matt and David once again to talk about the appearing on television, the middle east, Tucker vying for Graham Platner's attention, and PBD's assessment of the Daily Wire layoffs.
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Russell Brand's Still Got Issues & Doctors Against Genocide ft. Dr. Salman Khan
Support Left Reckoning and get the Sunday Show every week at Patreon.com/leftreckoning.On today's show, Dr. Salman Khan joins us to talk about what he observed in his time working in Gaza as Israel continues it's genocidal campaign during the so-called "ceasefire".Check out Dr Khan's writing on…
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The Pink Pill & Killing Socrates ft. Kylie Cheung & Matt McManus
Support LR and get the Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Great show today folks: First, author Matt McManus joins us once again to discuss his new piece in Liberal Currents, "The Right Wants You Stupid," about the long history, up to Charlie Kirk, of conservative intellectuals cultivating...
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100 Days In Zohran's NYC & Saving Texas From the Datacenter Menace
Support the show and get our Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David reflect on Zohran's 100 days in office and recall some of the hysterical fearmongering about what his victory would mean. Also, Clayton Tucker is running for Ag Commissioner in Texas, a position relevant not only…
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The Ludicrous Wartime Hasan Panic & Bursting 'The Bulwark's' Bubble
Support the show and get our Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David have choice words for The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell and antipolitical tendencies on the left and center. Also, David talks to Steve Early and David Marshall about organizing veterans for the Left.
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Sunday Show Teaser
Short clip from our discussion on AOC's committment not to support funding for "defensive" weapons to Israel. Get the full Sunday Show every week at https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning
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Rob Schneider Saves CPAC, Trump Hands It To China ft. RM Brown
IT'S IN THE BIBLE. Welcome to a very special episode of Left Reckoning with our good friend RM Brown, who helps us break down the loonies and the zany in a way only a proper newsman can do. Plus David & Matt talk about the new excerpt from The Myth of Red Texas published in the Nation. Nation...
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Iran War Still An Apocalyptic Farce + East Palestine, Poison & You
On today's show, Matt and David talk about the current state of the war on Iran and a horrible decision from a judge in Texas. Also, Maximillian Alvarez gives us an important update on the fallout from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.Follow Maximillian: @maximillian_alvShare his…
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Aid Convoy Goes to Cuba & Iran War Has Right Wing Media Bugging Out ft. Brandon Sutton, Nathan Robinson, & Alex Skopic
Keep Left Reckoning going and get our Sunday Shows by subscribing on Patreon. Hey folks! Big show today. First, Alex and Nathan from Current Affairs join us to talk about their taking part in the Nuesta America Convoy to get aid into Cuba as our country starves them of necessities. Then, Brandon...
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What do other countries think about our war on Iran? ft. Deep State Kuba
Kuba (@DrKuba2) joins us to discuss the geopolitics of our heinous war on Iran, particularly the view from Europe. Check out Kuba's What Fresh Hell series with This Is Revolution here: • WHAT FRESH HELL EP. 2 ft. DEEP STATE KUBA Support Left Reckoning at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our…
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The Catastrophic Iran War Is Here ft. Annelle Sheline & Djene Rhys Bajalan
David's book, The Myth of Red Texas, is out! Buy today: https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/ America's mob war foreign policy continues with the weekend's war launched on Iran. We welcome Annelle Sheline of Responsible Statecraft and TMBS regular guest Djene Bajalan on to discuss...
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The Free World's Last Days: Crockett & Talarico's Final Push ft. Daniel Bessner
On today's show, David and Matt reflect on the primary in Texas.Then, Daniel Bessner joins us to talk about the new essay collection he's edited with Michael Brenes, "Cold War Liberalism". CODE:...
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Hillary Clinton In A Hot-Dog Costume; DSA Florida Run ft Oliver Larkin
Hillary Clinton said this weekend at a security conference in Europe that "migration went too far." Matt examines her culpability in displacement in Central America, specifically Honduras. Then, Oliver Larkin joins David to discuss his run as a socialist in Florida's 23rd....
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Epstein & Class Power | Texas Left Takes On Congress ft. Greg Stoker & Etienne Rosas
More Epstein revelations continue to shake the country, despite the lack of political response. Etienne Rosas and Greg Stoker join us to tell us why the left should be excited about their runs for Congress in Texas. But first, Robert Skvarla joins the show once again to discuss the recently...
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Texas Democrats Embarrassing Turn after Labor's HUGE Win & Rustin's Challenge
Welcome Left Reckoners, David and Matt talk about the massive victory won by Taylor Rehmet in North Texas. It shows the solution for Texas is clear run labor candidates. We are then joined by Ben Fong and Paul Prescod of Damage Magazine to talk about their new collection of the work of the great...
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ICE’s terror spree continues, TX Senate Dems afraid to say “abolish ICE”?
Matt and David react to another horrible weekend, a new milestone in overt social media censorship, and Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico's debate performances.You can grab David's debut book right now https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/Also on today's program, Andrew Hairston on...
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What James Talarico won’t say about Israel
James Talarico has built a reputation as a progressive voice in Texas politics — but recent statements on Israel raise serious questions about his commitments.David Griscom and Matt Lech are joined by Judith Norman and Alex Birnel to break down what Talarico says, what he avoids saying, and why...
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253 - Marco Rubio: Deep State Narco? & Dan Patrick's Worst Nightmare
Support the show and get the weekly Sunday Show at https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning On today's Left Reckoning, we talk about the deep history in which "Little Marco" is embedded, including the contras and the JFK assassination. Read Maureen's piece on Rubio here:...
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252 - Maduro kidnapped: Is the Venezuela invasion an Indian war?
David & Matt are back, for the safety of the nation, Chuck Schumer must resign. Then we are joined by Jose Luis Granados Ceja of @SoberaniaPodcast to talk about the US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, what it means for Venezuela, Mexico, and the US. Then Nick Estes, historian, author, and co-host of...
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251 - Bum Steer Awards 2025
David and Matt announce the nominees for the Left Reckoning Bum Steer Awards for 2025.
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250 - Graham Platner joins Left Reckoning
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner joins us to talk about his run for Senate. Maine, far right hate, military contracting, healthcare and more.Also, Jasmine Crockett feels misrepresented by critics. Has she been?
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249 - Who Are Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico? & Elon Robot Fails
David breaks down the Texas Senate primary for the democrats, as Colin Allred drops out and Jasmine Crockett jumps in. Can either Crockett or Talarico turn sizzle into substance? Also universities are under a generational reactionary attack and need to start acting like it. Watch:...
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248 - Hicks in Milwaukee: Thomas Pynchon's 'Shadow Ticket" ft. Devin Thomas O'Shea
Writer Devin Thomas O'Shea joins LR once again, this time to discuss Thomas Pynchon's new novel "Shadow Ticket."Reviews mentioned: “Reading the New Pynchon Novel in a Pynchonesque America” by Kathryn Schultz in The New...
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247 - The Epstein Files & Andrew Schulz on Justice ft. Daniel Boguslaw
Check out and support Daniel's work on SubStack:https://danboguslaw.substack.com/Read Daniel's most recent on the Epstein disclosures: https://prospect.org/2025/11/14/epstein-confidant-larry-summers-guiding-democrats-project-2029/Get the member's only Sunday Show and support David and Matt at...
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246 - Twilight of the Virtue Hoarders & Oklahoma's Orphan Wells
Welcome to Left Reckoning on Tuesday afternoons! Nick Bowlin (@npbowlin) returns to discuss oil industry externalities and Catherine Liu joins us to talk about the fall of the PMC and rise of gangster capitalists.Read Nick in ProPublica here:...
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245 - Trump Hates Workers; Landlords Love Algorithms (Because They Hate Working) ft Sandeep Vaheesan
Get the Sunday Shows and keep David and Matt growing at patreon.com/leftreckoning David is in the Big Apple to cover the mayoral election so a few quick interviews for you before you go and check him out over on the Jacobin youtube channel.First Sandeep Vaheesan, author of Democracy in Power…
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Fmr. The Michael Brooks Show crew Matt Lech & David Griscom work to cover & build a strong, popular, working-class rooted, no BS Socialist Left. With a special focus on the international struggle and Texas, the South, & the West. The weekly show is live on Youtube @ 2:30 ET/1:30 CT!https://www.youtube.com/@LeftReckoning
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