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The Daily Beast Podcast
The Daily Beast Podcast is as wildly exciting, energizing, and entertaining as the topics it covers. Hosted by Joanna Coles, Chief Content Officer of the Daily Beast, each episode delivers the people and politics coverage you need—straight from the Daily Beast newsroom. Conversations have featured voices like John Oliver, Mary Trump, and Governor Gavin Newsom, alongside sharp, incisive takes each week from show regular David Rothkopf. It’s like the best dinner party you’ve ever been to, just…
Episodes
The Daily Beast PodcastHappy Birthday USA. Sorry for What the GOP Is Doing to You
Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie, co hosts of The New Abnormal, reflect on the past year in American history—and the craziest figures in American politics. Then…
The Daily Beast PodcastWho’s on Top as Trump’s Veepstakes Reaches Its Zenith?
The New Abnormal’s Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie place their bets for Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. Then Antonieta Cadiz, the deputy executive…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Had His Own Brain Freeze Moment Like Biden This Week
Biden’s frozen moment at the debate had many suggesting he drop out of the race. However, few are talking about Trump appearing to short circuit this week…
The Daily Beast PodcastJake Tapper and Dana Bash’s Debate Performance Was an Embarrassment
President Joe Biden had a rough night Thursday at the debate, but CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash also turned in an abysmal performance of their own…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s Mental Acuity Has Declined Noticeably in the Last Four Years
This week on The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy can only see a downhill spiral for Trump’s mental acuity. Plus! Author and journalist Lucian…
The Daily Beast PodcastMAGA Rapper Sinks to New Low After ‘Ratchet’ Rant
Valentina Gomez, who is running for Secretary of State of Missouri, is trying to be the loudest, most outrageous voice on the right. Plus! The New York Times…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy SCOTUS’ Delay on Trump Immunity Call May Spell Trouble
“The most frustrating thing to me about this is the fact that Donald Trump’s attorneys walked into the Supreme Court–I know that this sounds like the beginning…
The Daily Beast PodcastStop Inviting Trump Toadies Like Kellyanne Conway on Cable News Shows
Kellyanne Conway’s Fox News appearance over the weekend angered The New Abnormal co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie greatly. Then, Stasha Rhodes, the…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Reveals the Biggest Threat Facing the U.S.
The former president downplayed the threat of climate change, falsely claiming that the seas will rise over the next 400 years by just “one eighth of an inch.”…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Most Surprising Thing About SCOTUS’ Abortion Pill Ruling
This week on The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy look at the Supreme Court’s abortion pill ruling in more detail. Plus! Jason Starr, Director…
The Daily Beast PodcastThis Lawsuit Could Roll Back 50 Years of Progress for Women and People of Color
Atlanta-based civil rights attorney Kianna Chennault joins The New Abnormal to discuss the importance of fighting for diversity initiatives in the face of…
The Daily Beast PodcastMAGA’s Scared Senseless That Hunter Biden Will Be Acquitted
Right-wing pundits are already worried that Hunter Biden will beat a conviction in his gun trial, and they’re resorting to the same old tricks to rile up…
The Daily Beast PodcastThere's Some Weird Sh*t Going On With Trump's VP List
This week on The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy react to the surprising names being asked to submit paperwork for Trump’s VP list. Plus! The…
The Daily Beast PodcastIs Biden the White Moderate MLK Jr. Warned Us About?
Academic and author Eddie Glaude Jr. joins The New Abnormal, discussingwhether President Joe Biden is acting like the white moderate Martin Luther King Jr…
The Daily Beast PodcastShould We Fear MAGA Riots if Trump Is Locked Up?
As Donald Trump waits until July to be sentenced, The New Abnormal team discusses what may happen if he gets thrown in prison. Plus! Andy Levy talks to…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Verdict Is What Accountability Is Supposed to Look Like
This week on The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy react to the guilty verdict of Donald Trump in his election interference case. Plus!…
The Daily Beast PodcastJohn Roberts May Be the Worst Chief Justice in Supreme Court History
Lisa Graves, the host of a new Supreme Court-focused podcast called Grave Injustice, joins The New Abnormal to discuss an alternate vision for the high court…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s Cronies Are Prepared if He Loses Hush Money Case
The former president’s supporters are already laying the groundwork—if he’s convicted in his hush money trial—to allege the whole thing was rigged. Plus!…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Sad Reality About Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s Flag Revelations
This week on The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy discuss the fallout of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s controversial flag choices…
The Daily Beast PodcastNobody Is Buying Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s Excuses
Author Adam Serwer joins The New Abnormal this week to discuss the latest in a string of recent Supreme Court scandals. Plus! Mini Timmaraju, the President and…
The Daily Beast PodcastGOP’s ‘Project 2025’ Plan May See the Rise of Dictator Trump
The Heritage Foundation’s extreme Presidential Transition Project proposes sweeping changes to government and packing the next GOP administration with extreme…
The Daily Beast PodcastSCOTUS Silently Grinds Democracy Into Powder as Trump Distracts America
This week on The New Abnormal, author Dahlia Lithwick talks us through the recent developments at the Supreme Court. Plus! Journalist Judd Legum joins the show…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Women of Trumpworld May Have Blown Their Shot at VP
Semafor politics reporter Shelby Talcott joins The New Abnormal this week to discuss the state of the 2024 race. Plus! A conversation with author Joshua A…
The Daily Beast PodcastTucker Carlson Thinks Alex Jones Is a Supernatural Prophet
he former Fox News host went all woo woo during a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Plus! Danielle Moodie speaks with historian Federico Finchelstein…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s Ties to Big Oil Just Got Even More Terrifying
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie are shocked about what Trump said at a recent meeting with big oil executives. Plus!…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Moment a Republican Says This, Tune Them Out
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss the battle between the RNC and mail-in ballots—and the debate over what…
The Daily Beast PodcastFuentes: ‘I Totally See Myself Accidentally Killing My Wife’
Proud incel and misogynist Nick Fuentes disgustingly detailed how he would do it. Luckily for everyone, he remains desperately single. Plus! Academy, Emmy, and…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s Latest Interview With Time Magazine Is Also His Scariest to Date
Donald Trump gave a lengthy interview this week for a cover story in Time Magazine—and it sure scared The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat We Are Seeing on College Campuses Is Truly Disturbing
This week on The New Abnormal, co hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss the overblown response to pro Palestine protests on college campuses. Plus! The…
The Daily Beast PodcastMAGA Host Alex Stein Can’t Stop Talking to Lara Trump About Anal Sex
In what can only be described as a race to the bottom, right-wing comedian Alex Stein appears obsessed with talking to the president’s daughter-in-law about…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s Campaign Shifts Strategy for Its Part-Time Candidate
The Daily Beast’s political reporter Jake Lahut tells The New Abnormal’s co-host Danielle Moodie that some Republicans were hopeful that the former president…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump's Hush-Money Judge Has Already Made Some Good Rulings
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie take a deep dive into the first week of Trump’s historic trial in New York. Plus! Former…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Isn’t a Style Icon. That Title Belongs to This Pair
The New Abnormal team give their picks for the most fashionable former president and first lady—and it is not Donald and Melania Trump. Plus! Mexican historian…
The Daily Beast PodcastNYC Judge Needs to Treat Trump Like the Mafia Boss He Is
The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy have some advice for the judge handling former President Donald Trump’s New York City hush-money trial…
The Daily Beast PodcastGOP Is Throwing Out ‘Catastrophic’ Candidates to Democracy
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Danielle Moodie talks to Andrea Miller, the founding board member of the Center for Common Ground, about the importance…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Dirty Little Gun Secret Behind MAGA World’s Migrant Hysteria
For all of Donald Trump’s incessant fear-mongering about migrants fueling crime in the United States, he has yet to ask one very important question: What is…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Wild Backstory Behind Trumpworld’s Newest Toadie
This week, The New Abnormal introduces you to a relatively new face in the pantheon of Trumpworld toadies: Steven Cheung, Trump’s principal spokesperson and de…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump's Abortion Stance Is Likely to Change Come November
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy discuss why we should take Donald Trump’s latest statement on abortion with a grain of…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy These Two Republicans Are Trump’s Most Likely VP Picks
The New Abnormal team has picked who they believe Donald Trump will select as his running mate. Plus! Andy Levy talks to CBS News correspondent Jonathan…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Wants to Jail His Opponents and Nobody Seems to Care
On this week's episode, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy don’t see any major publications or politicians taking Trump’s threats of retaliation seriously…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Right-Wing’s Spooky New Acronym DEI Betrays an Old Prejudice
This week on The New Abnormal, University of Louisville Associate Professor in the Departments of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Pan-African Studies…
The Daily Beast PodcastA Visual History of U.S. Racism Articulates What Words Can’t
From the site where George Floyd was killed to places where Black people were lynched, “Ghosts of Segregation” illustrates a history of racism in the U.S. that…
The Daily Beast PodcastHitler’s Rise to Power Holds Lessons for the 2024 Election
The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik joins The New Abnormal to talk about his new essay on how Hitler was able to take control of Germany and what’s at stake in the…
The Daily Beast PodcastChuck Todd Gave NBC the Hardest Read on Television
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss Chudd Todd’s searing criticism of NBC. Then, Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and…
The Daily Beast PodcastFox News Buried Its Own Mike Pence Story to Benefit Trump
Matt Gertz from Media Matters for America tells The New Abnormal that Fox News’ handling of its exclusive Mike Pence story shows how it's become a “Trumpian…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Looming Standoff in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Case
“The Washington Post” reporter Devlin Barrett joins The New Abnormal to discuss what happens next in the former president’s contentious classified documents…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s Coming for Your Granny’s Health Care
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodiediscuss a recent interview in which Donald Trump discusses cutting social security. Then…
The Daily Beast PodcastDonald Trump’s Latest Clinton Conspiracy About BleachBit and Hillary’s Emails Is a Total Trip
Donald Trump’s unfounded new claim that Hillary Clinton used acid to delete her emails shows the former president doesn’t quite grasp how the BleachBit…
The Daily Beast PodcastDonald Trump’s Huge Debts Make Him Even More Dangerous
NewsNation contributor Kurt Bardella joins The New Abnormal to discuss the state of the 2024 presidential election—and the complete failure of American…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Real Reason Why Trump Is Trashing Kimmel and the Oscars
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss Donald Trump’s Jimmy Kimmel Oscars diss. Then, Bill Clinton's Secretary of Labor…
The Daily Beast PodcastKatie Britt Should Have Known the SOTU Response Was a Trap
The New Abnormal breaks down Sen. Katie Britt’s disastrous State of the Union reply and why she should have spoken to Bobby Jindal and Blake Masters before…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Is Set to Hit a ‘Financial Brick Wall’ Within Weeks
MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner tells The New Abnormal that the former president could soon see his assets seized. Plus! Andy Levy speaks with Steven…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s SCOTUS Win Shows Why We Need Federally Run Elections
Jose Pagliery, a political investigations reporter at The Daily Beast, joins the program to discuss Trump’s jam-packed court calendar. Plus, a conversation…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Unions Could Help Democrats Turn Red States Blue
Journalist Hamilton Nolan tells The New Abnormal why declining union membership has strengthened the Republican Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhoever Fills Mitch McConnell’s Shoes Will Be Even Worse
First on this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, a conversation with civil rights leader Bishop William Barber about the Poor People’s Campaign and the urgent…
The Daily Beast PodcastThere Is Some Good News About Trump’s South Carolina Primary Win
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss the positive news of Trump’s South Carolina presidential primary win. Then…
The Daily Beast PodcastCharlie Kirk Wants Coca-Cola to Sponsor Televised Executions
The New Abnormal breaks down the latest controversial idea from the Turning Point CEO. Plus! Danielle Moodie talks to Barbara Collura, the president and CEO of…
The Daily Beast PodcastWake Up! Republicans Really Are Trying to Ban Contraception
A recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court basically halted IVF treatments—and a new bill currently making the rounds in Oklahoma may be even worse, The New…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe $364 Million Judgment in Trump’s NYC Fraud Case Did Not Go Far Enough
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss why the $364 million fine in the fraud suit against Donald Trump is not enough…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe ‘Sinister’ Crusade That Has Team Trump Outing LGBTQ Kids
Brandon Wolf, national press secretary of the Human Rights Campaign, tells The New Abnormal that MAGA Republicans are making LGBTQ students political pawns…