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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 PodcastThe ‘Pissed Off’ Kansas Women Who Told Abortion Foes to Shove It
On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, Levy, along with host Molly Jong-Fast, discuss the conservative state’s rejection of the anti-abortion measure…
The Daily Beast PodcastMarine Senate Candidate Lucas Kunce Thinks Republicans Are ‘Enemy’ of People
Missouri Senate candidate Lucas Kunce is not going to knock on a voter’s door and ask them to vote for him because he will lower the cost of prescription…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Ken Auletta Helped Ronan Farrow Nail Harvey Weinstein
The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta tells Molly Jong-Fast about the conversation he had with Ronan Farrow ahead of his bombshell piece and shares stories about Harvey…
The Daily Beast PodcastShould Democrats Bother Going on Fox News?
If you’ve surfed the internet over the course of the last few years, there’s no doubt you may have stumbled across at least one viral clip of U.S. Secretary of…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat Makes DeSantis Scarier Than Trump
Is Ron DeSantis going to run for president in 2024? If he is, New Abnormal co-hosts Andy Levy and Molly Jong-Fast are of the opinion that he’ll be a scarier…
The Daily Beast PodcastInside the Maternal Morbidity Crisis Facing Black Women
Aftershock directors Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt talk to Molly Jong-Fast about why Black women are more likely to die than their white counterparts after…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe REALLY Shocking Moment From the Jan. 6 Hearing
The news from Thursday night’s Jan. 6 committee hearing that really struck Molly Jong-Fast was that instead of trying to stop the violence, Trump wanted to…
The Daily Beast PodcastRepublicans Now Have an ‘Incentive to Be Terrible’
After four years of Donald Trump and the ultimate hangover that ensued, has the Republican Party learned from its mistakes? Far from it, Molly Jong-Fast says…
The Daily Beast PodcastThis 80s Song Helped Gabby Giffords Speak After Getting Shot
Filmmakers behind the new documentary “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down,” Julie Cohen and Betsy West, tell New Abnormal co-host Molly Jong-Fast in this bonus…
The Daily Beast PodcastJust Imagine What It’s Like to Be Anywhere Near Trump Right Now
It's been a big week in politics with revelations galore from the Jan. 6 House committee. Former President Donald Trump's attempts at stopping the peaceful…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe One Thing That’ll Actually Get Steve Bannon To Testify
Things are going super over in the United Kingdom, jokes Molly Jong-Fast to British journalist Ian Dunt on this episode of The New Abnormal podcast. Dunt broke…
The Daily Beast PodcastJason Kander’s First VA Psych Visit Was Both Sad & Hilarious
Former Secretary of State of Missouri Jason Kander, and author of Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD, talks to TNA co-host Andy Levy…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Moment Gretchen Carlson Knew She Needed to Expose Ailes
Gretchen Carlson joins The New Abnormal along with her Lift Our Voices co-founder Julie Roginsky to talk about her lawsuit against former Fox CEO and Chairman…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy U.S. Should Brace For a Rise in Green Fascism
As the Supreme Court limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, David Roberts, author of climate newsletter…
The Daily Beast PodcastJerry Stahl Was Mistaken for ‘Kramer’ While at Auschwitz
Author Jerry Stahl didn’t know what his experience visiting Auschwitz would be like, but taking selfies with teenage strangers who had mistaken him for actor…
The Daily Beast PodcastGOP Knows It’s ‘Hanging On by a Thread’ in a Post-Roe World
The time for being squeamish about abortion is over. That’s what pro-choice advocate and author Ilyse Hogue tells The New Abnormal’s intrepid co-hosts Molly…
The Daily Beast PodcastNancy Pelosi Is Gonna Need to Do Better than a Poem
In this episode of The New Abnormal, Leah Litman, an assistant professor at Michigan law school, breaks down one of AOC post-Roe ideas and co-host Andy Levy…
The Daily Beast PodcastThis David Duchovny Theory on Aliens Makes a Lot of Sense
On this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, actor David Duchovny talks about his book, The Reservoir, what it was like playing a jerk version of himself…
The Daily Beast PodcastThis Is How to Impeach a Supreme Court Justice
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2024, eliminating the decades-long protected right to an abortion. New Abnormal co-host Molly…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhich (Alleged) Crime Did Matt Gaetz Want a Pardon For?
Former President Donald Trump was not lacking in pardon requests in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riots, according to new information revealed during the…
The Daily Beast PodcastBiden Told ‘Be Bold’ In Order to ‘Save the Republic’
Princeton University Professor of African American studies Eddie Glaude tells The New Abnormal’s Molly Jong-Fast why he warned the U.S. President that…
The Daily Beast PodcastKaty Tur’s Relationship With Keith Olbermann ‘Haunted’ Her
Haters love to attribute Katy Tur’s success to her former partner, commentator Keith Olbermann. But she’s over it. In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Lied, and Pence Could Have Died
The New Abnormal hosts recorded late, after the Jan. 6 committee's latest blockbuster hearing, where, co-host Andy Levy says, “We found out today that the mob…
The Daily Beast PodcastJared Knows Jail Is Real. Do Ivanka and the Failsons?
On this episode of The New Abnormal, Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy debate which Republicans testifying at the Jan. 6 hearings can be considered ‘good guys.’…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat James Patterson Remembers from Dinner With the Clintons
Author James Patterson joins this bonus episode of The New Abnormal to tell co-host Molly Jong-Fast about his new biography titled James Patterson by James…
The Daily Beast PodcastLiz Cheney Is Ready to Follow Donald Trump to the Gates of Hell
The Jan. 6 hearing was everything it had to be, The New Abnormal co-hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy agreed—and Republicans knew it. Liz Cheney, said Molly…
The Daily Beast PodcastDonald Trump Is No Longer the Kingmaker He Thinks He Still Is
Is Donald J. Trump losing his impenetrable grip on the Republican party? Co-host of The New Abnormal podcast Molly Jong-Fast thinks so. She shares her theory…
The Daily Beast PodcastParkland Dad Fred Guttenberg on the Day His Life ‘Shattered’
Parkland dad Fred Guttenberg details the day his daughter Jaime was killed at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School as well as what he thinks needs to change…
The Daily Beast PodcastTime for Democrats to Stop Triangulating and Go Hard or Go Home
“The problem is there are so many mass shootings that they are now pushing other mass shootings out of the news” and Republicans just want to change the…
The Daily Beast PodcastRepublicans Are Getting Really ‘Sick’ of Trump’s ‘Bitching’
Is former President Donald Trump’s hold on his Republican base waning? Vice’s Senior Political Reporter Cameron Joseph thinks so. “Trump is slipping. [He]…
The Daily Beast PodcastGeorge Carlin’s Daughter Says He’d ‘Roll Eyes’ at Far Right
Kelly Carlin, daughter of the late comedian George Carlin, is mystified that Donald Trump followers and right-wingers have tried to claim her dad as one of…
The Daily Beast PodcastGov. Abbott Is Bullsh*tting About Mental Health Reform
In this episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy call out Republicans for avoiding the gun conversation at all costs, including Texas…
The Daily Beast PodcastKellyanne ‘Glorifies Trump’ but Skewers Jared and Her Hubby
Kellyanne Conway’s new book makes very clear the people she has a grudge against, and the ones she doesn’t, according to Daily Beast media reporter Zach…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe German Billionaires With a Grotesque Anti-Semitic History
Nazi Billionaires author David de Jong joins this bonus episode The New Abnormal to discuss the findings from his book, including the ugly, anti-semitic…
The Daily Beast PodcastIs the Supreme Court About to Turn New York Into the Wild West?
It’s another week chock full of Republican fuckery, and The New Abnormal is all over it, including a tough interview with Bryan Jones the Republican trying to…
The Daily Beast PodcastStefanik’s Replacement Theory Talk Led to a Day of Infamy
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has the “worst luck in American retail politics ever,” declares host Molly Jong-Fast on this episode of The New Abnormal…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Is Wrong About Everything Except Mitch McConnell
Hosts Andy Levy and Molly Jong-Fast listen to audio clips of unhinged Republicans, including one of Donald Trump crapping on Mitch McConnell’s popularity, and…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat If Elon Musk’s Twitter Grab Is All ‘a Big Fugazi’?
“Despite being the richest man in the world,” Elon Musk doesn’t have enough cash to buy Twitter for $43 billion, podcaster and CNBC contributor Dan Nathan…
The Daily Beast PodcastElon Musk Wants to Run Twitter So He Can Have Friends
Media Matters president and CEO Angelo Carusone came on The New Abnormal to talk Elon Musk’s questionable desire to buy and become CEO of Twitter, Tucker…
The Daily Beast PodcastThat Time a House Democrat Called Pelosi a ‘Terrible Person’
A new book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns has gotten lots of attention for its revelations about Donald Trump and the Republican…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhere the Right Will Strike Next After Its Big Abortion Win
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the podcaster is fated to release an episode right as the news cycle renders them hopelessly out-of-date. That’s…
The Daily Beast PodcastPour One Out for Jared Kushner’s Ghostwriter
According to New Abnormal podcast host Andy Levy, literally, nobody cares about what Jared Kushner has to say. On this episode, Andy and co-host Molly…
The Daily Beast PodcastSenator Smeared as ‘Groomer’ Has Message for Suburban Moms w/ Sen. Mallory McMorrow
Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow’s scathing speech on the floor in response to being called a “groomer” by a conservative colleague went viral. She…
The Daily Beast PodcastHere's What the Hell Joe Manchin Is Doing
nathan Kott, who worked for Joe Manchin for seven-and-a-half years, joins The New Abnormal, and co-host Molly Jong-Fast gets right to the point: "Are you…
The Daily Beast PodcastIvanka Got Real Quiet Real Fast in the Group Text After Nov. 6
There’s only text sent by former First Daughter Ivanka Trump among the 2,319 CNN-obtained text messages between Trump’s inner circle from the days after the…
The Daily Beast PodcastSen. Schatz Says Yelling at Hawley Was Like Yelling at ‘My Brothers’
Hawaii senator Sen. Brian Schatz joins the show to explain why he let Josh Hawley have it on the Senate floor this month and what he thinks his colleague Joe…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe MAGA Goon Squad Dug Themselves a Deep Hole After Jan. 6
In another jam-packed week of GOP fuckery, The New Abnormal co-hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy looks at look at the party’s profiles in cowardice, starting…
The Daily Beast PodcastA Breakdown of That Tucker Carlson Testicle Video
Tucker Carlson’s constant pushing of junk science on his Fox News show reached an apex this week when he discussed “testicle tanning” with Kid Rock. Of course…
The Daily Beast PodcastPutin’s Hunted Me Down All Over the World
‘Freezing Order’ author Bill Browder, one of Moscow’s most wanted, joins this bonus episode of The New Abnormal to talk about “evil” Putin and why the former…
The Daily Beast PodcastJr. Was Up to His Ears in the Plot to Steal Daddy the Election
the focus on The New Abnormal this week is on Donald Trump Junior, as CNN reporter Zachary Cohen breaks down his reporting on the namesake’s post-election text…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat Trump’s Alleged Crimes and Costco Have in Common w/ Rep. Eric Swalwell
Rep. Eric Swalwell joins this episode of The New Abnormal to weigh in on the Don Jr. texts and explain what he calls the Costco Effect—and how it relates to…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Dirty Little Secrets of Trump’s Pandemic Aid
J. David McSwane, author of Pandemic, Inc. shares his reporting on some of the fraudsters who got their hands on PPE contracts during the pandemic. Plus, a fun…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Keeps Losing but the GOP Just Can’t Quit Him
It’s “a sea of performative moronics” ahead of the mid-terms, says New Abnormal Molly Jong-Fast, and we’re all drowning in it. Just look at “the cruelty, the…
The Daily Beast PodcastTed Cruz Knew Exactly What He Was Doing Caping for Trump
You know who’s telling on themselves? The American conservatives cheering about Putin pal and proto-fascist Viktor Orban’s big re-election win in Hungary…
The Daily Beast PodcastScientific Proof Hannity Can Make Republicans More Liberal
On this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, Majority Minority author Justin Guest, a George Mason University professor, breaks down a sociological experiment he…
The Daily Beast PodcastThere Might Be a Stupid Explanation for the 7-Hour Gap in Trump’s Phone Logs
Madison Cawthorn has Republican leaders like Kevin McCarthy deathly afraid that people in his district will start asking him questions using words like “orgy”…
The Daily Beast PodcastDid Big Lie Booster Mark Meadows Commit Voter Fraud?
Charles Bethea of the New Yorker joins to break down his reporting on all that, and to break down his recent scoop about the very unlikely ballot cast in 2020…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Asked Kid Rock About North Korea and There Is No Bottom
Kid Rock of all damn people is boasting about how Donald Trump would call him up after Sarah Palin introduced him and Ted Nugest to the president, and ask…
The Daily Beast PodcastThis Isn’t a Confirmation Hearing for Cruz—It’s a Clout Check
It’s the 200th episode of The New Abnormal, starting with a wild “flashback” to the very “first” episode in the summer of 1998, when co-host Molly Jong-Fast…
The Daily Beast PodcastJosh Hawley Is On Verge of Being ‘Senator from QAnon’
Josh Hawley is attacking Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and is using the word “pedophilia” to do it. Naturally, The New Abnormal…