# Promo: Episode 596 - The Grass is Greener (w/ Dr. Ashok Kumar)

An episode of [Bad Faith](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531192509), 27 Jul 2026, 7:28.

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Listen in full by subscribing to Bad Faith Patreon at patreon.com/badfaithpodcast. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Associate Professor of Political Economy & UK Green Party advocate Ashok Kumar joins Bad Faith to explain the successes of UK Greens, and weigh in on the insurgent DSA left and whether it hurts or helps the prospect of an independent left party. He weighs in on Mamdani's viral video explaining why he can't arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, DSA-left consolidation around AOC 2028, AOC's response to establishment red-baiting, and how we address accusations that we're accelerationists. An extremely validating and delightful, inside-baseball episode. Find Bad Faith on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts. Or subscribe to our RSS feed. Follow Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

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