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Welcome to HeadingLeft - the central hub for Progressives and Democrats on BlogTalk Radio. This is where the best progressive thinkers, writers, pundits and characters from the online community gather to discuss current events and politics through the miracle of BlogTalkRadio.

Heading Left covers the biggest issues that are roiling the progressive blogosphere. We showcase news and information about the progressive community online and how it is changing politics as we know it forever.

Heading Left Featured Radio Shows

Don't Hijack My Thread! - Wednesday at 8PM Eastern (usually)

FrameWork - Monday night at 8PM Eastern

On Topic - in depth discussions with some of the progressive blogosphere's biggest stars

MyDD Radio - People-Powered Politics for a Progressive Movement in all 50 states Blast the Right with Jack Clark. Using facts and logic to take down the right's talking points.

Think Youth Live Podcast - Politically progressive teens - Fridays at 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific

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Congress Day at Heading Left

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Today (Saturday February 2) had not one but two shows that had guests associated with Congress. On Blue Jersey Radio, Congressman Frank Pallone stumps for Senator Hillary Clinton in her run for the Democratic Presidential nomination with hosts Jay Lassiter and Jeff Gardner.
Also, Adam Lambert (clammyc) and David Atkins (thereisnospoon) from ePluribus Radio […]

Get to know some of our hosts

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

The upcoming week is, as usual, filled with some excellent shows by the BlogTalkRadio progressive and liberal hosts, and we are happy to give a summary of what is happening here on the left side of BlogTalkRadio.
Although we will feature some hosts when they have special guests with their own post, we want to keep […]

Don’t Hijack My Thread! - Tonight at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Join Adam Lambert (clammyc) and welcome back David Atkins (thereisnospoon) tonight at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific for a Halloweek edition edition of Don’t Hijack My Thread!.
This week’s topics are as follows:

Romney vs. Rudy
Bush’s proposed “end run” around Congress
AG nominee Mukasey and waterboarding
The mess at DoJ
Healthcare and kicking our veterans to the curb

The link to […]

Don’t Hijack My Thread! - Tonight at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Join Adam Lambert (clammyc) and Dante Atkins (hekebolos) tonight at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific for another edition of Don’t Hijack My Thread!.
This week’s topics are as follows:

CA wildfires and “hating America”
Dodd’s filibuster of the FISA bill
Talking turkey about Turkey
Could criminal prosecution for Gonzo be a reality?

The link to the show is here.
The call in […]

Don’t Hijack My Thread! - tonight (October 18) at 8PM Eastern

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Join Adam Lambert (clammyc) and David Atkins (thereisnospoon) tonight at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific for another edition of Don’t Hijack My Thread!.
This week’s topics are as follows:

FISA redux - what’s with retroactive immunity for the telecom companies?
Republicans in disarray - campaign spending, congressional retirements and splintering of […]

Blue Jersey Radio hosts Assemblyman Reed Gusciora

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Blue Jersey Radio as we mentioned last week, is THE place to go for the inside scoop on NJ politics. And this week, Jeff Gardner and Jay Lassiter host Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, Chair of NJ-DraftGore on their show.
You can hear it by clicking on Blue Jersey’s embedded player on the right hand […]

Don’t Hijack My Thread! - Wednesday at 8PM

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Join Calitics front page contributing editor David Dayen (”dday”) joins Adam Lambert (clammyc) as special guest co-host of Don’t Hijack My Thread! on Wednesday October 3 at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific.
David not only was our very first caller, but has been a regular co-host and caller on prior shows. He is also a very […]

FrameWork - talking “betrayal” with clammyc and thereisnospoon

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Join Political Nexus and Heading Left hosts Adam Lambert (clammyc) and David Atkins (thereisnospoon) at 8PM for the latest episode of “FrameWork“.
Adam and David talk about the term “betrayal” as well as the framing and use of this term as it relates to the recent controversy over MoveOn.org’s advertisement. Hear how the word […]

Where the Blogs Meet the Mainstream

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Tomorrow (Friday) at 2:30 PM eastern time, Matt Bai of the New York Times Magazine and Gina Cooper of YearlyKos, and DailyKos front-page writer McJoan will be the special guests on Heading Left’s Blog Talk Radio show. This should be a very interesting show. Aside from his upcoming book on […]

Should Bloggers Work for Campaigns?

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Tomorrow (Monday) on Heading Left’s Blog Talk Radio Show, my co-host James Boyce and I will have Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan on as our guests. Those two are best known for their recent short tenure as campaign bloggers for John Edwards’ presidential campaign.
Amanda recently wrote about her experience on Salon.com.
My main concern about the […]

Our Next Show

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Wednesday Jan. 31, on our BlogTalkRadio show “The War To End The War. What Role Will The Netroots Play?” James Boyce and I will be joined by Jon Soltz of VoteVets, Jonathan Powers the founder of War Kids Relief and Steve Gilliard of the News Blog.
We’ll be discussing the role of online organizing in the […]

Matt Stoller, TPMCafe and a Movement Working to Define Itself

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

The mission of HeadingLeft is to chronicle the best work being produced by the progressive blogosphere. Soon we’ll be automating the process and recruiting a much larger editorial board, but here at the beginning James Boyce and I will be doing things manually so please bear with us!
Jerome Armstrong’s MyDD is often seen as […]

Welcome to Heading Left.

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Where the best progressive thinkers, writers, pundits and characters from the online community gather to discuss current events and politics.
Heading Left will be a site that celebrates and aggregates the best writing and commentary from all of the best left wing blogs and websites including all the ones you’ve heard of and a few you […]