Series: The 3 Lefts Show

Podcast of radical left-wing discussion of issues, news, and topics for looking to a building a post-capitalist future.

WLIA 18: Scott Ritter; World Saving Writer

This week is local resident whose activism focuses on Nuclear disarmament. He’s wrote several books and has been a writer/pundet since 9/11. I do a general interview, discuss his latest […]
WLIA 17: Local Regulators and Social Problems

Today I read and react to 2 Times Union articles about local and state regulation in two completely different contexts. One centered on a Methadone clinic that serves the bottom […]
WLIA 16: The 787 Redesign and Consulting the Hood.

Back and with guests from the Albany riverfront Collaborative, facilitated by architect Scott Townsend; and joined by County Legs McLoughlin and Eva Bass of Avillage. Rather that discuss the whats […]
WLIA 15: Vacant Property Merry-Go-Round

This time I cover a bit related to the issues of vacant properties, They all have owners, but few have the capital to do anything about them, even the government. […]
WLIA Ep 14: 787, Leadership, and Dying Malls

Another Houge-pouge show for stories ranging from possible 787 road diet, The smoking of the eastern coast, A study on leadership being linked to talking more, and surviving malls in […]
WLIA Ep 13: Education or Housing but not Jobs 5/16/23

I return with a more focused episode based on the reveal that HVCC seeks to replace the public housing project In Lincoln park with more adult education facilities. I discuss […]
WLIA Ep 12: Inclusionary zoning reform and more

This time I cover the saga of the improvement of the inclusionary zoning law against the wishes of the mayor; is this a successful example of the standard ‘pass bad […]
WLIA Ep11: Downtown Transit Options

Returning to the subjects of the bus station, Airnbs, land development, traffic calming and trains to Vermont. At first glance these are positive things, but within a system like capitalism […]
WLIA Ep10: Chipping at a mind tunnel

Taking a break from urban Issues I read in full an op Ed tearing into the narrative that our brains are like computers, The writers concern is that it hold […]
WLIA Ep9: Talking to the Satanists

This time I am Joined by two leaders, under the names Pheonix and Dex, of the local chapter of the Satanic Temple. A recently created non-theistic religion that has grown […]