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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 Sneaky Way the Supreme Court Will End Abortion Rights w/ Elie Mystal
Not if, but when. “By this time next year, we will be talking about which way the Supreme Court chose to functionally end abortion rights in which states…
The Daily Beast PodcastBrian Stelter: Watching Fox News’ Propaganda Can Make Liberals Smarter
Brian Stelter, CNN media reporter and author of Hoax, knows way too much about Fox News. He joins Molly Jong-Fast in this bonus episode to tell her how the…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Man Who Was Trump Before Trump
The president’s adviser is falling all over himself to kiss his boss’ ass. “Mr. President, we’re all so proud to work for you. You’re saving the world!” It…
The Daily Beast PodcastThese Trump DOJ Subpoena Revelations Are Like Watergate on Crack
Attorney General Merrick Garland has been busy lately. In this episode of The New Abnormal, Molly Jong-Fast chats with FBI agent Peter Strzok about “Watergate…
The Daily Beast PodcastPlease Don’t Listen to Jim Jordan For COVID Vaccine Advice
Former Biden Coronavirus advisor Andy Slavitt joins this week’s bonus episode guest on The New Abnormal to talk about the people who are vaccine-hesitant, but…
The Daily Beast PodcastWe’re All Just Living Under the Tyranny of Joe Manchin w/ Andy Slavitt, Rep. Ritchie Torres & Jason Kander
“Everything’s a question mark, because we no longer live in a democracy. We live under the tyranny of Joe Manchin,” says Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) of the…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat if This Is Just the Tip of Trumpworld’s Iceberg of Crazy?
It was unhinged, even by Trumpworld standards. In the dying days of the Donald’s administration, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asked the Justice…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy I Can’t Stand Rich People with Liberal Lawn Signs
You know those lawn signs that say things like “Hate has no home here” or “Water is life?” Well, Thomas Frank, author of The People, No: A Brief History of…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat the F*ck Is Wrong With Joe Manchin?
What does Joe Manchin want? That’s what Molly Jong-Fast, co-host of The New Abnormal, wants to know—along with “what the fuck is wrong” with him. Because of…
The Daily Beast PodcastDoes the MyPillow Guy Think He’s a Governor?
Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and Trumpist conspiracy-peddler, flew his private jet to the Republican Governors’ Association meeting the other day. The guvs…
The Daily Beast PodcastUNLOCKED: Will Biden Ever Get Off His Ass to Save Democracy?
It’s “the most serious threat to the core underlying principles of American democracy since at least the Civil War.” And Joe Biden is barely doing a thing to…
The Daily Beast PodcastWill Biden Ever Get Off His Ass to Save Democracy?
It’s “the most serious threat to the core underlying principles of American democracy since at least the Civil War.” And Joe Biden is barely doing a thing to…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Jr.-Bongino 2024??
In this episode of TNA, Molly Jong-Fast and JD Durkin discuss who would be sent to Gitmo in a Donald Trump Jr. White House, Jessica Huseman sends chills down…
The Daily Beast PodcastEx-GOP Rep: My Party Was ‘Beamed Up by Aliens’
Former Republican Congressman and NSA official Denver Riggleman has wrote a book about BigFoot and studied terrorist groups. But his party’s fascination with…
The Daily Beast PodcastRep. Swalwell: GOP Is Turning Their Back on Cops
When it comes to the Jan. 6 commission, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) feels the Republicans who are against it are turning their backs on the officers who saved…
The Daily Beast PodcastMichael Cohen Went Down First—But This Trump Crony Should Be Next
Tim O'Brien, a senior columnist at Bloomberg, tells TNA host Molly Jong-Fast that there is one person who could actually get Trump behind bars. Plus! The GOP…
The Daily Beast PodcastRepublicans Are Trying to Steal Your Vote, and Dems Are Snoozing Through It
Republicans all over the country are pushing hard and pushing fast to make sure as few people vote as possible. In 11 states, they’ve already passed laws…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Came This Close to Making the Opioid Crisis More Hellish
Trump is no longer president, but Biden still has two health crises on his hands: COVID and opioids. Documentarian Alex Gibney, whose latest film Crime of the…
The Daily Beast PodcastViolent Insurrection: It’s the New Camping!
Those Trump supporters inside the Capitol on Jan. 6? The guy who made off with the lectern, the woman who stole Nancy Pelosi’s laptop? They weren’t actually…
The Daily Beast PodcastFEVER DREAMS: How ‘Wannabe’ Instagram Models Kneecapped Matt Gaetz
If the federal investigation into Matt Gaetz does indeed end up spelling the MAGA congressman’s downfall, it’ll be partly because of a group of wannabe…
The Daily Beast PodcastJosh Hawley Is Basically Making Meth For MAGA Nation
In this episode of The New Abnormal, Bulwark Editor-In-Chief Charlie Sykes tells Molly Jong-Fast why Josh Hawley and his fellow GOPers have major Breaking Bad…
The Daily Beast PodcastJeff Garlin on Playing Harvey Weinstein: It’s Not Funny Being Compared to a Rapist
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” watchers know the scene: Actor Jeff Garlin is at a party and is mistaken for Harvey Weinstein. Now, he says, it’s happening in real…
The Daily Beast PodcastMark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want to Fix Facebook
We might not have learned much from the Facebook Oversight Board’s punt this week on former President Donald Trump, but we did learn something: How utterly…
The Daily Beast PodcastRudy Giuliani Is in ‘Deep Shit’
Rudy Giuliani insists the FBI raid on his apartment was a total miscarriage of justice. His Trumpy allies swear the feds had no reason at all to execute a…
The Daily Beast PodcastDonald Trump Jr.’s Inauguration ‘Fuckery’
There are dozens of legal cases against the Trumps, but perhaps the most fascinating is one in the District of Columbia that has attracted little public…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: Will Rudy Giuliani Actually Be Held Accountable for His Alleged Criming?
Feds raided Rudy Giuliani’s New York City apartment on Wednesday in regards to his dealings in Ukraine, but the question many folks have, including The New…
The Daily Beast PodcastWill Rudy Giuliani Actually Be Held Accountable for His Alleged Criming?
Feds raided Rudy Giuliani’s New York City apartment on Wednesday in regards to his dealings in Ukraine, but the question many folks have, including The New…
The Daily Beast PodcastHas Wall Street Completely Lost Its Mind?
Fast-falling apps, valued at billions of dollars. Governments printing up untold trillions in debt, just so they can buy it up themselves. Bitcoin knock-offs…
The Daily Beast PodcastHoward Dean: The Republicans Are Now a Neo-Fascist Party
The Republican Party has suffered a total moral collapse and is now held together by a bunch of “nutcases” happy to endorse autocracy and neo-fascism—or so…
The Daily Beast PodcastUNLOCKED: The New Abnormal Has Turned One And Is Celebrating 20 Million Listens
It’s been a weird year--some might even say an abnormal year--but we’ve had a consistent bright spot: the loyal listeners of The New Abnormal podcast. Thanks…
The Daily Beast PodcastAndrew Yang Will Shit-Talk Florida to Get Rich New Yorkers Back Home
Andrew Yang will do whatever it takes to get the New York City economy going again if he’s elected mayor. And by anything, we mean he will shit-talk Florida to…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: Mika Brzezinski: I Was An ‘Idiot’ Signing My First Morning Joe Contract
Mika Brzezinski’s firing from CBS in 2006 was a total surprise. In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, she tells host Molly Jong-Fast about how it all went…
The Daily Beast PodcastMika Brzezinski: I Was An ‘Idiot’ Signing My First Morning Joe Contract
Mika Brzezinski’s firing from CBS in 2006 was a total surprise. In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, she tells host Molly Jong-Fast about how it all went…
The Daily Beast PodcastHunter Biden on Burisma, Don Jr., and Cooking Crack!
On a special edition of our hit podcast The New Abnormal, the president’s son opens up to Molly Jong-Fast about … well, about a lot. Why the Trumps continue to…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat Mika Brzezinski Did When She Read Trump’s ‘Bleeding Facelift’ Tweet
Trump’s tweet about Mika Brzezinski “bleeding badly from a face-lift” originated from a conversation between her and the former first couple in their bedroom…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: Rep. Grace Meng: How I’m Able to Work with GOP Racists
Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)’s tearful rebuke against Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) during a House hearing on violence and discrimination against Asian Americans was…
The Daily Beast PodcastRep. Grace Meng: How I’m Able to Work with GOP Racists
Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)’s tearful rebuke against Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) during a House hearing on violence and discrimination against Asian Americans was…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Matt Gaetz Was Left Twisting in the Wind
Every day, sometimes multiple times a day, come eye-popping new details in the Matt Gaetz scandal. But perhaps the worst thing of all for the Florida…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Republicans Can’t Seem To Lay a Glove on Biden
That new documentary on QAnon ended with something of a bang, with one likely suspect seeming to half-confess that he was ‘Q,’ the oracle of the violent…
The Daily Beast PodcastUNLOCKED: DNC Chair Jamie Harrison: The Democratic Brand Is Broken
Democrats are in control of the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives for the first time in a decade. But to the new chair of the…
The Daily Beast PodcastGaetz Keeps Digging Deeper Holes for Himself
The New Abnormal’s least favorite Florida congressman, Matt Gaetz, is in hot water over mounting allegations that he’s been involved with underage women and…
The Daily Beast PodcastFEVER DREAMS: Why QAnon Is So Bummed to See the Suez Ship Go Free
Did you know that everyone’s favorite Suez-Canal-blocking ship is now the subject of a QAnon conspiracy? The Daily Beast’s Asawin Suebsaeng and Will Sommer lay…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Right Way to Fight Georgia’s Voter-Suppression Law
Goldie Taylor has been working in and around Georgia politics for decades. So she knows first-hand the kind of stunt Republicans are trying to pull with this…
The Daily Beast PodcastFEVER DREAMS: What It’s Like When MAGA Nation Wants to Kill You for Your Movie
Take one self-proclaimed satanism expert. Add in a pinch of dumpster-diving. Throw in a chicken-coop fire, and (of course) pillow magnate and Donald Trump pal…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: How Ted Cruz and the GOP Are Using the Border as a Prop
GOP Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn led a tour for themselves and others in their party at the border on Friday, but according to Congresswoman Veronica…
The Daily Beast PodcastRep. Adam Kinzinger: ‘All We Do Is Call the Other Side Douchebags’
What’s our wildly divisive political climate doing to today’s 20-year-olds, who will be our political leaders of the future? That’s what Rep. Adam Kinzinger…
The Daily Beast PodcastGetting a Presidential Pet Is a Great Distraction From Scandal
When we think of presidential pets, we think of their cute moments and endless photo-ops on the White House lawn—but the reality is you sometimes need to…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: Trump Isn’t the Only Person Whose COVID Response Cost Lives
Since the spread of COVID-19 launched a global pandemic in 2020, over half a million Americans have been killed by the virus. And experts agree that the death…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Isn’t the Only Person Whose COVID Response Cost Lives
Since the spread of COVID-19 launched a global pandemic in 2020, over half a million Americans have been killed by the virus. And experts agree that the death…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Trump Turned Asians Into a Target
It didn’t have to be this way. The coronavirus pandemic didn’t have to become politicized—or racialized. But last March, President Donald Trump “decided to…
The Daily Beast PodcastWTF Is Wrong With Kyrsten Sinema?
It’s bad enough Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat, turned down the minimum wage hike with that oh-so-cute thumbs down. Now she’s threatening to derail…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: Jelani Cobb: Jan. 6 Was the Beginning of GOP’s Mess, Not Ending
It’s not hard to see that the Republican party was the Party of Trump during the four years he was president. But what kind of party are they now? Honestly…
The Daily Beast PodcastJelani Cobb: Jan. 6 Was the Beginning of GOP’s Mess, Not Ending
It’s not hard to see that the Republican party was the Party of Trump during the four years he was president. But what kind of party are they now? Honestly…
The Daily Beast PodcastDamn Right Republicans Are Scared of the Voting Rights Bills
Republicans are terrified—with good reason. Utah Sen. Mike Lee went viral this week when he sputtered earlier that one of the new voting rights bills making…
The Daily Beast PodcastFlorida’s Top Dem: Ron DeSantis Hid His COVID
While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have been the runner-up to former President Donald Trump in the recent CPAC straw poll, his chances of ever becoming…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley: I Won’t Take Bullying from NYPD
It’s safe to say that the people of New York City are ready for a new mayor, and certainly one who isn’t Bill deBlasio. Sure, he gave the city universal pre-K…
The Daily Beast PodcastMayoral Candidate Maya Wiley: I Won’t Take Bullying from NYPD
It’s safe to say that the people of New York City are ready for a new mayor, and certainly one who isn’t Bill deBlasio. Sure, he gave the city universal pre-K…
The Daily Beast PodcastBiden Was Asked to Refinance His House After Iowa Fail
This is just how dire things got for the Biden campaign in early 2020. Plus, just how much damage Trump did by hiding his COVID vaccine, and Colorado’s voting…
The Daily Beast Podcast‘They Might as Well Have Torn Up the Constitution’
For years, a central goal of the conservative movement was to install right-wing judges. A Republican president delivered, big time. And these Trumpists are…
The Daily Beast PodcastTEASER: Getting ‘Canceled’ Is the Only Thing Conservatives Have Left
The theme this year, stupidly enough, is ‘America Uncanceled.’ But the only real way to get any kinda cred at the 2021 Conversative Political Action…