In discussing the conventions, Alabama Liberal coins the phrases “Reluctant Republicans” and “Default Democrats” to describe two new groups in American politics. In this tight, well-crafted episode, he gets to some intriguing questions like: could a worse year be possible for an incumbent President? Would Mitch McConnell be better off if Hillary had won? Has…
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Episode 71–Conspiracy Incorporated
In an era when conspiracy theories are so prevalent even the POTUS has fully embraced them, Alabama Liberal looks at the monetization and even corporatization of conspiracy theories. Questions abound like: Why are so many astroturf conspiracies springing up? If Trump isn’t a traitor, why does the “Deep State” hate him so much? Is “The…
Episode 70–Trump is Afraid of Biden; What Else Matters?
In this episode, Alabama Liberal gives his prediction on how each big purple state will vote, how Trump has “no real line of attack” against Biden that won’t backfire, and who Joe Biden should pick as his running mate. He also takes on the “enthusiasm gap” for Biden, by making an airtight case that Biden…
Episode 69–Trumpageddon, is he Bringing on Biblical Plagues?
In this single-topic episode, Alabama Liberal floats the idea that Trump (the luckiest mofo on the planet) made a literal deal with the devil and now the Biblical plagues have started as a result from race riots to natural disasters to Asian murder hornets/Cicadas and, of course, the deadliest worldwide virus in decades.
Episode 68–Millennials to the Rescue…Maybe
In this episode, Alabama Liberal looks at whether Joe Biden even really needs the youth vote and especially if it’s realistic to expect millennials to save the environment, the economy, and elections themselves. Also, he takes shots at everyone from pompous radio hosts to single people whining during Coronavirus.
Episode 67–Damnation.Tarnation.Trumpnation
In a follow-up episode to “Traitor.Treason.Trump,” AL takes a closer look at Trump’s “unique” fanbase–their hopes, their dreams, and the nightmares they inflict on the rest of us. By looking at exactly what motivates them, Alabama Liberal also reveals the only tactic he’s used that’s successfully changed their minds.
Episode 66–We Need to Talk about China
Alabama Liberal does a deep dive into America’s strange relationship with China, and asks several great questions like: why did we think it was a good idea to offshore our middle class to the US’s only real geopolitical, economic, and military rival? How is it okay to allow China to have unprecedented control over American…
Episode 65–How will CoVid change us? AND introducing the alphabetical primary
After answering a few great questions (Why did Bernie Sanders really drop out? How will CoVid change the way we behave? And how does Alabama Liberal know Tara Reade is lying?), I point out the very real flaws in letting Iowa–where Joe Biden did terribly–continue to be first in the nation even though they are…
Episode 64–The Recession is Here. Let’s Invest
AL rebukes the denial that a recession isn’t here and the raging bull market will be back by the 4th of July if only Trump can restart the country by Easter: it ain’t happening. After explaining why things are about to get much worse for the economy (and why so many top companies are loaded…
Episode 63–An Interview with Mike Broihier, Running Against Moscow Mitch
Today, we have a special interview with one of the most interesting senate candidates in the country: Kentucky’s Mike Broihier, who is a former Marine, substitute teacher, current sustainable farmer, and Moscow Mitch’s worst nightmare. He tells some fascinating stories about Kentucky deals with Russian oligarchs gone wrong, the murky history of McConnell’s military service,…
Episode 62–Forget LGBTQ, I’m worried about FGTTQ (FB, Google, Twitter, TikTok, Quora)
Alabama Liberal explains why it should be social media keeping people up at night, from fake information to fake people to fake outrage to outright fascist propaganda. By sharing personal stories of being one of the first users on Facebook to Chinese SPAM on Quora to getting catfished by a Bernie Sanders supporter on Twitter,…
Episode 61–Different Cycle, Same Sanders
Sigh…here we are again with another lost race that Bernie Sanders refuses to concede. Alabama Liberal asks real questions like: how is it rigged against Bernie when he receives preferential treatment? Does he now wish he hadn’t stripped superdelegates of their power? Have a lot of his fans actually voted Democratic before and do we…
Episode 60–Taking Back the Senate
Alabama Liberal breaks down each senate race taking place this year, and the odds of Democrats taking each one of the 23 Republican-held ones. With more GOP senate scandals unfolding everyday (insider trading, past votes not to fund pandemic response, denying the virus before catching it), this is a good guide to which races you…