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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 PodcastPutin Will ‘Torture’ His Own People Before Stepping Down
The war in Ukraine has made Vladimir Putin one of the most hated figures in the world. But any attempt to remove him from office could unleash more violence…
The Daily Beast PodcastZelensky’s Videos Are Giving Ukraine a ‘Fighting Chance’
Author Francis Fukayama thinks Zelensky’s communication-style, and his creative team, will be one of the main factors in overcoming Russian forces. Both he and…
The Daily Beast PodcastPutin’s Own Soldiers Are Refusing to Fight in Ukraine
Putin may not realize how poorly the war is going for him, but his troops do. Ukrainian diplomat Olexander Scherba joins the pod to explain what he’s hearing…
The Daily Beast PodcastSister of Black Mom Shot by Secret Service: It’s a Cover Up
Retired NYPD sergeant Valarie Carey joins today’s bonus episode along with Adell Coleman, co-host and executive producer of the podcast Say Their Name, to talk…
The Daily Beast PodcastPutin’s Paranoid, Isolated and Trying to Bluff His Way Through
In a jam-packed new episode of The New Abormal, co-host Molly Jong-Fast rips into the “contingent of very stupid Republican Congresspeople” who don’t want the…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Zelensky Went from Jackie Mason to Winston Churchill
Nearly two weeks into Russia’s invasion, News Lines news director and Daily Beast editor at large Michael Weiss joins the pod to explain how and why the…
The Daily Beast Podcast‘We Came Back to Show the Truth About This Russian Invasion’
On this bonus episode of the New Abnormal, Kyiv-based film producer Egor Olesov— an executive producer at FilmUA, one of the largest film studios in Ukraine…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy We Feel So Connected to Zelensky w/ Margaret Brennan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has become an icon around the world for his bravery and leadership since the Russian invasion began—and New Abnormal…
The Daily Beast PodcastNavalny Pal on What’s Next for Putin If He Wins—or Loses
The attack on Ukraine isn’t going how Russian President Vladimir Putin thought it would, co-host Molly Jong-Fast posits in today’s episode of The New Abnormal…
The Daily Beast PodcastEx-Prosecutor Says She Can Prove Trump Committed Two Crimes
Barbara McQuade, a former Michigan prosecutor, joins the first unlocked bonus episode of The New Abnormal to explain how Trump’s big lie is a provable crime…
The Daily Beast PodcastPutin Really ‘Turns On’ Tucker Carlson and Co. w/ Charlie Sykes
Biden is not doing much with Russian sanctions as they now stand, says PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent and documentary filmmaker Simon Ostrovsky, who is…
The Daily Beast PodcastMitch McConnell Is a ‘Spigot for Dark Money’ w/ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is not pleased with Mitch McConnell’s handling of dark money. He came on the pod to explain why he’s pinning the lack of dark money…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat Made ‘Abolish the Police’ Activists Change Course
Gal Beckerman, editor at The Atlantic, explains why places like Twitter are no longer cutting it when it comes to social movements and makes the case with a…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe ‘Clown Car’ of Reasons That Trump Could Go Down
Donald Trump is closer to wearing an orange jumpsuit than he’s ever been. That’s what TrumpNation author Tim O’Brien thinks anyway. He came on this episode of…
The Daily Beast PodcastTruckers Resurrect Bananas Theory About Trudeau’s Real Dad
Truckers part of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” have co-opted a conspiracy theory about Justin Trudeau’s biological father, which Canadian author and frequent…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Time Trump Thought Palin Was ‘Hot’ and Stole Her Vibe
The first thing Donald Trump noticed about Sarah Palin was her looks according to New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters, the author of Insurgency: How…
The Daily Beast PodcastMarjorie Taylor Greene Is on a Hot Streak of Stunning Stupidity
The TNA crew considers who in the GOP is really a moron and who’s just playing one. Plus, former Rep. Max Rose previews his rematch with Trump-loving Nicole…
The Daily Beast PodcastIlhan Omar Breaks Down Congress’ ‘High School’ Cliques
In this episode of The New Abnormal, Rep. Ilhan Omar breaks down the toxic ‘high school’ cliques in Congress, defends progressives, and explains why she’s so…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow a Wall Street ‘Villian’ Set the Stage for Endless Global Chaos
Writer and filmmaker Rupert Russell and author of PRICE WARS explains how a move by longtime former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan to deregulate the…
The Daily Beast PodcastJeff Zucker’s Out, and CNN’s Stars Are Pissed
There were rumors just a year ago that Jeff Zucker was going to run for mayor of New York, and now the chief who was “in some ways the voice to the network”…
The Daily Beast PodcastJoe Rogan: Moron or.... Moron?
Joe Rogan might be a moron. But at least he’s an honest moron. On Tuesday’s episode of The New Abnormal, Andy Levy and Molly Jong-Fast discuss the nuance of…
The Daily Beast PodcastGarry Kasparov on What Will Take Putin Down
Garry Kasparov is one of the great strategists and a longtime critic of Putin, so naturally, in this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, Molly Jong-Fast asked…
The Daily Beast PodcastFox News Is Literally Killing Its Viewers
“They are literally killing their viewers. I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” says The New Abnormal co-host Andy Levy. “It was really interesting to…
The Daily Beast PodcastGeorge Conway Still Has Faith Mark Meadows Will Go Down
George Conway joins this episode of The New Abnormal to address the possibility of a Mark Meadows indictment from Merrick Garland’s DOJ, co-hosts Andy Levy and…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Only Thing That Will Save OAN from Extinction w/ Angelo Carusone
Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of Media Matters for America, joins this bonus episode of The New Abnormal to break down the fall of One America News…
The Daily Beast PodcastFamily Cuts Off Alleged Area Sex Criminal Prince Andrew w/ Ian Dunt
“He’s essentially persona non grata in the royal family, and you know, the royal family survives because – it may look like this sort of a constitutional…
The Daily Beast PodcastPreet Bharara: It’s ‘Odd’ Garland Hasn’t Grilled Trump & Co.
Preet Bharara, former Southern District of New York Attorney General and Justice Is…, is very concerned that Merrick Garland has likely not yet investigated…
The Daily Beast PodcastWatergate Reporter Carl Bernstein Has a Fox News Theory
Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein joined co-host Molly Jong-Fast on this bonus episode of The New Abnormal to talk about his book Chasing History: A Kid in the…
The Daily Beast PodcastJoe Rogan Is Mainstreaming Right-Wing Misinformation
The “Joe Rogan” experience is off the cuff, unedited, and very often entirely off the rails. Alex Patterson of Media Matters says the podcast is “a bastion of…
The Daily Beast PodcastBannon and the Right Have a Scary New Tactic to Take Over Politics
Co-hosts Andy Levy and Molly Jong-Fast parse out whether Jim Jordan is telling the truth about his Jan. 6 knowledge, Jared Holt, a fellow at AtlanticCouncil’s…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Decision Trump Made That May Destroy NYC Someday
Canadian author Stephen Marche, whose new book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future chronicles what he saw while reporting in far-right Ohio…
The Daily Beast PodcastCan Somebody Please Check on Ron DeSantis? w/ John Heilemann
Watching Florida’s governor offer a long-awaited update on his state’s coronavirus response this week, Molly Jong-Fast noticed something disturbing. “He’s…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Likely Reason Trump Won’t Denounce the Vaccine
Co-hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy discuss some new nicknames for the former first daughter, including Ivanka “I Tried” Trump, as well as the reason Trump…
The Daily Beast PodcastStudent Loans Were Created to Punish Poor People
The pause on federal student loans, which about 46 million Americans have, is set to lift on January 31, 2022 and, despite advocates best efforts, Sen. Chuck…
The Daily Beast PodcastWill Liz Cheney or Mitch McConnell Save America from Russia?
Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic writer and author Twilight of Democracy makes the case for Liz Cheney or Mitch McConnell being the white knights of democracy…
The Daily Beast PodcastRon Johnson’s Opponent Wants Inside Traders Out of Congress
Is Ron Johnson the worst Senator? That’s what The New Abnormal co-host Molly Jong-Fast wants to know. Naturally, she asks Mandela Barnes, the Lieutenant…
The Daily Beast PodcastHosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy Answer 20 Hilariously Stupid Questions
Andy Levy has officially joined The Daily Beast podcast family as the new co-host for The New Abnormal, alongside Twitter sweetheart Molly Jong-Fast. We know…
The Daily Beast PodcastWas This ‘Succession’ Line About Fascism The Best Yet?
The Last Laugh podcast host Matt Wilstein joins The New Abnormal co-host Molly Jong-Fast and producer Jesse Cannon in a crossover episode to talk about some of…
The Daily Beast PodcastPfizer’s 5-Day COVID Pills Will Turn This Pandemic Around w/Dr. Eric Topol
Dr. Eric Topol tells co-host Molly Jong-Fast how big of a game-changer Pfizer’s upcoming COVID pill pack could be, if Omicron will be the dominant strain, and…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Ending Cash Bail Won’t Increase Crime
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Messenger, and author of “Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice,” joins this…
The Daily Beast PodcastGavin Newsom Trolled the Supreme Court’s Crazy Conservatives w/ Kurt Anderson
Molly and Andy talk about what Gavin Newsom is hoping to accomplish, past lulz, by using Texas’s crazy anti-abortion vigilante law as the basis for his own law…
The Daily Beast PodcastBen Shapiro and His Sister Are Secret Boomers
Hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy discuss a new conspiracy theory—Ben Shapiro and his little sister may be secret boomers— as well as the Republican pundit…
The Daily Beast PodcastIs Tucker Carlson Pandering to ‘Stupid’ Americans for Russia?
Russia would love to see American democracy dissipate, and they desperately want Donald Trump back in office to do it, says Daily Beast columnist Julia Davis…
The Daily Beast PodcastIt Sure Looks Like Mike Pence Saved Democracy in America w/ Rep. Ritchie Torres
It sure looks like Pence, on the advice of Dan Quayle, tuned out to be the nutjob we needed somehow. Plus Rep. Ritchie Torres and WaPo writer Greg Sargent join…
The Daily Beast PodcastZephyr Teachout on When Cuomo’s BFF Tried to Intimidate Her
The New Abnormal has a new co-host: political commentator Andy Levy! He joins Molly Jong-Fast in his first hosted episode of The New Abnormal to talk about a…
The Daily Beast PodcastAmy Coney Barrett Basically Thinks Women Are Incubators
Balls & Strikes Editor-in-Chief Jay Willis is a white man, however, he is also an expert in topics related to the Supreme Court. He joins The New Abnormal host…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe CIA’s Slipshod Path to Torturing Its ‘Forever Prisoner’ w/ Alex Gibney
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance breaks down the Supreme Court’s bad intentions on abortion, filmmaker Alex Gibney talks about the jaw-dropping reckless of the…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy There Might Not Be an Omicron Booster w/ James Carville
Dr. Peter Hotez explains what we have to worry about when it comes to the new Omicron variant, James Carville breaks down the comms strategy that would give…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Did This Black Child Go Missing and No One Noticed?
Filmmaker and Emmy Award-winning director Geeta Gambhir’s latest documentary, HBO’s “Black and Missing,” is unfortunately very timely, in large part because of…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow This Attorney General Beat Trump 40 Times in Court
Attorney General of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro knows how to win elections, run elections, and keep them safe and fair. In this episode of The New Abnormal, he…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Time Trump Practically Begged for a Dinner Invite w/ Jon Karl
Reporter Jon Karl, ABC’s News Chief and Washington correspondent, as well as the author of the book Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show, has quite a few…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Hasn’t Biden Reversed Trump’s Tariffs to Fix Inflation?
Economist Austan Goolsbee, who also served on the council of economic advisors for president Barack Obama, explains why Everyone Hates Biden over the economy…
The Daily Beast PodcastPam and Tommy Would Have Broken the Internet w/ Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman talks with Molly about what playing Ron Swanson taught him about libertarianism, and about Pam and Tommy’s sex tape and what things were like…
The Daily Beast PodcastMary Trump: If Donald Runs Again, This Will Be the Reason
In this episode of The New Abnormal, host Molly Jong-Fast asks Mary Trump what she thinks about Biden’s low approval ratings and what her uncle is brewing. She…
The Daily Beast PodcastHuma Abedin Lived in ‘Anger & Bitterness’ Over Weiner Affair
Huma Abedin, former Vice-Chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign for President as well as Deputy Chief of Staff during her time as Secretary of State and…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Crypto Bros Want Biden to Fuck Up the Economy
If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast’s membership program. where Sometimes…
The Daily Beast PodcastThere's More Lauren Boeberts Coming—Unless Dems Do This w/ Brian Klass
Brian Klaas, author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us, tells Molly Jong-Fast how to prevent Lauren Boeberts of the world from turning the…
The Daily Beast PodcastTexas’ AG Used This Insane Reason to Keep Abortion Illegal
In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, lawyer Linda Hirschman, author of “Red State,” tells Molly Jong-Fast about the 1850 law that is “chillingly” similar…
The Daily Beast PodcastGlenn Youngkin Is Donald Trump Dressed Up as Jeb Bush w/ Lawrence Lessig
Eric Boehlert talking with Molly Jong-Fast about how the press, and the Dems, are needlessly freaking out as “everything has to be a churning drama” now. Plus…
The Daily Beast PodcastCharles Booker, a 'Black Guy from the Hood,' Wants Rand Paul's Seat
In this election day episode of The New Abnormal, Rand Paul challenger and former Kentucky Congressman Charles Booker explains why the senator’s exit is long…