![]() ![]() As his former producer Matt Lech put it to me a year ago, “We realized that if we could get enough people to stick around, we could fulfill a very important need in focusing on global politics.” While nominally progressive shows like “Last Week Tonight” offered milquetoast centrist analyses of the Mexican and Brazilian Left, Michael provided nuanced coverage of these movements, as well as critiques of common paternalist tropes surrounding their portrayal. Years before the modern resurgence of a Pink Tide across Latin America, Michael excelled as an international journalist. From his time co-hosting “The Majority Report” to launching his own show, Michael was known for his sense of humor-not to mention his iconic laughter or his impressions. Years before the irreverent “Chapo Trap House” or the salacious “Cumtown” podcasts spawned the rise of the “Dirtbag Left,” Michael’s refreshingly provocative humor stood in stark contrast to the stereotype of leftists as the uptight social equivalent of hall monitors. ![]() I’ll cut to the chase: Michael was the funniest man in left-wing media. Today, the Left has many lessons to learn from his life’s work. ![]() Left mourned the unexpected death of Michael Brooks, a progressive political commentator and host of “The Michael Brooks Show,” a weekly podcast with over 140,000 YouTube subscribers. ![]()
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