Liberal outrage with the volume left on.
TARABUSTER with Tara Devlin turns current American politics into a rolling liberal indictment. The format is loose and live-feeling, moving from personal check-ins and audience thanks into sharp arguments about democracy, hypocrisy, federal workers, gender, and power.
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TARABUSTER with Tara Devlin is a liberal political talk show built around acceleration. It opens like a live room: sound checks, camera notes, chat acknowledgments, patron requests, APS Radio News mentions, and the practical stress of keeping an independent show alive. Then the argument starts moving. Tara Devlin’s core mode is the extended monologue, where one political outrage leads into another until the larger indictment comes into focus. The show’s recent episodes place Republican power at the center of that indictment. Federal job cuts become a story about families, public safety, food inspection, water, health care, regulators, teachers, veterans, and the basic machinery of society. Trump-era politics are framed as corruption, cruelty, authoritarian fantasy, and national disgrace. J.D. Vance’s support for Viktor Orban becomes evidence of a broader right-wing admiration for illiberal rule. Stephen Miller, Lindsey Graham, Kristi Noem, Brian, Harris, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bob Mueller, and others appear as reference points in a running argument about hypocrisy, gender, racism, and the collapse of public standards. The show is not designed for detached analysis. It is for listeners who already feel that American politics has become a moral emergency and want language with force behind it. Still, it is not only fury. There are repeated gestures toward community: Jim moderating the chat, Charlie from APS Radio News supporting the show and community cats, patrons, Substack followers, YouTube viewers, and the Political Voices network. The Allison Butler episode widens the frame, bringing in The Judgment of Gender and a discussion of how female politicians are judged by standards male politicians escape. The pacing remains restless. Short jokes, personal asides, illness, pets, fundraising, and production issues sit right next to arguments about democracy and institutional decay. That liveness is part of the appeal. TARABUSTER feels less like a polished panel show than a recurring political pressure session for people who want blunt liberal commentary without centrist cushioning.
Made for: For left-leaning listeners who want combative political commentary, not both-sides calm. It especially suits people who follow Trump-era politics, democracy fights, gender double standards, and Republican hypocrisy closely.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge comes from its live, monologue-heavy intimacy: production chatter, supporter community, personal strain, and political fury all remain in the room. It sounds less managed than most commentary shows, which makes its arguments feel immediate and unfiltered.
Unapologetic Liberal Talk on the right side of history, decency, dignity and democracy. Comedian, activist, Democratic Socialist, AKA: Real Democrat, Real Patriot looks at current events through an unapologetically liberal lens. Hear her "Tarabuster" at http://ProgressiveVoices.comBecome a patron at https://www.patreon.com/taradevlin or click the support link above.Let’s vent, strategize and commiserate about those usurpers of the dreams of a functioning democracy, that greed-centered death cult otherwise known as the Republican Party.We won't rest until the United States middle class is restored to its former greatness as seen during the time of progressive policies known as "The Great Pros…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Tara Devlin makes partisan politics tangible by tracing its consequences through public institutions, democratic norms and everyday lives.
Tara Devlin turns current events into fiercely partisan political commentary, moving between Republican governance, democratic institutions and US conduct abroad.
Tara Devlin checks the sound, greets the cats, then gives your political dread a microphone.
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