What is Secular Talk?
Secular Talk is a political news and commenting show hosted by Kyle Kulinski. It is part of the Young Turks Network, which is most likely the reason I discovered it so late.
The show presents the opinion of the social, progressive liberals that are pro-Bernie, anti-corruption and thus against Hillary and the DNC establishment.
Why do I watch it?
During the Trump Campaign I consumed a lot of Chris Raygun, Sargon of Akkad, Blaire White and similar content. But after a while the arguments and topics started repeating itself and it felt very much like an echo chamber. Secular Talk was great to see important current topics from another point of view. Kyle tries to present the event that happened objectively before giving his comment on the subject. This was once a norm for political commentary, that sadly most seem to have forgotten. He tries to argue with reason even though he tends to get emotional while doing so. From what I heard him say so far, he shares much more values with the allegedly right-winged youtubers (listed above) than he does with corporate democrats like Hillary Clinton.
(screenshot of the current topics on the Secular Talk channel)
Why you should check it out!
It's always best to look at a topic from as many angles as possible. In the current climate of politics in the USA it is very easy to get sucked into an ideological camp, where you hail all of your people without question and declare all people off the opposition to be psychopathic maniacs. Even though I consider myself an ideologue, I find it most of the time to be unhealthy to actually join an ideological group.
"How can anyone still consider himself a liberal in this day and age?"
Kyle Kulinski has many opinions I do not share, like his love for Bernie Sanders. But anyone who wondered like me "How can anyone still consider himself a liberal in this day and age?", should find an answer watching Secular Talk. There is a struggle within the party of corporate democrats, like Clinton against social democrats like Sanders. It is reminiscent of Ron Pauls struggle with the GOP, even though it is blasphemy to compare Bernie to Ron.
The Channel also offers a lot of news, since there are multiple videos released each day covering current political topics. Check it out!
Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored article. I am not affiliated with Secular Talk. All pictures in this post are taken from the Youtube channel Secular Talk.