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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 PodcastWhy Melania Trump Is Hiding From Me: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles with a story Trump World would rather bury: his legal pursuit of Melania Trump after she threatened a $1 billion libel suit…
The Daily Beast PodcastEpstein Served Me Up For Trump's Sick Pleasure
Stacey Williams joins Joanna Coles as the anticipated release of the Epstein files throws fresh scrutiny on Donald Trump’s long-denied proximity to Jeffrey…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump's Staff Are Questioning His Mental Stability
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to break down the Vanity Fair profile that may have pushed Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles into dangerous territory, and the…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Susie Wiles Can't Deny Spilling Trump Secrets
Chris Whipple joins Joanna Coles as his explosive Susie Wiles profile sends shockwaves through Trump’s White House. After 11 months of on-the-record access…
The Daily Beast PodcastThis Is How We Know Trump Is A Sociopath: Author
David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles to unpack a presidency stripped of empathy after Trump’s disturbing Truth Social post responding to the murder of filmmaker…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Real Reason Trump's Lost His Mojo: Don Lemon
Don Lemon joins Joanna Coles to diagnose why Trump’s lost his charismatic touch. Lemon, Founder of The Don Lemon Show, describes a former president whose…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Truth Behind New Trump Epstein Photos: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to reveal stories behind newly released Epstein photos. Together they sift through the blacked-out faces, the Mar-a-Lago-style…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat Trump Really Thinks of Women on His Team
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to unpack Kristi Noem’s “Ice Barbie” theatrics at Homeland Security to Pam Bondi’s loyal remaking of the Justice Department…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Trump, 79, Is Being Exploited By His 'Friend'
Ambassador John Bolton joins Hugh Dougherty to chart the growing dangers of Trump’s foreign policy, driven by impulse rather than strategy. Bolton, Trump’s…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Sleepy Trump, 79, Is Really Panicking Aides
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to dissect a president increasingly disengaged, dozing through televised cabinet meetings while aides scramble to manage both…
The Daily Beast PodcastThese Are All the Signs Trump's Grip is Slipping
David Rothkopf joins Hugh Dougherty to discuss the acceleration of Trump losing his grip on power. Rothkopf, a veteran foreign-policy analyst, details how key…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Troops Are Blowing Whistle on Trump: Senator
Senator Elissa Slotkin and Retired Major General Paul Eaton join the Daily Beast’s Executive Editor Hugh Dougherty to chart the growing alarm inside the…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump Is Using a Moron to Run His 'War': Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to dissect a president who never asks the hard questions, leaving aides scrambling to explain what he refuses to understand…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Trump Secretly Knifes Cabinet Suck-Ups: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to discuss a president oscillating between boredom and sudden, theatrical fury; a man who now demands ever-greater flattery…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Andrew's Epstein Shame Will Never End: Author
Andrew Lownie joins Joanna Coles with a bracing account of a royal family in complete public meltdown. Lownie, an author and British historian, lays out why…
The Daily Beast PodcastEpstein's Warning About Trump is Coming True: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to unpack the widening sense inside Trumpworld that the operation is slipping into pure incompetence. From Pete Hegseth’s…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump's Presidency is All But Over: Carville
James Carville joins Joanna Coles to explain why he smells “a whiff of the French Revolution” rising in American politics as young voters buckle under soaring…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump’s No Laughing Matter—Even for Me: Comic
Comedian Zarna Garg joins Joanna Coles to explore why she avoids political comedy, the pressures of Indian-American family expectations, and the surprising…
The Daily Beast PodcastWeak Trump Losing Physical and Mental Grip: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to probe Donald Trump’s newest — and perhaps most perilous — level of weakness. From a fraying inner circle to the small…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump's Disgusting Bedroom Habit Exposed: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to take a deep dive into Donald Trump’s relationship with food. From his legendary buffets at Mar-a-Lago and his fast-food…
The Daily Beast PodcastI’ve Seen Trump Up Close. Why I Know He’s Failing
Katy Tur joins Joanna Coles to parse how a once forceful Trump, who called her “little Katy,” is now plagued by health concerns, prosecutorial incompetence…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump Aide Is Thinking 25th Amendment: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to take a deep dive into Donald Trump’s relationship with food. From his legendary buffets at Mar-a-Lago and his fast-food…
The Daily Beast PodcastRFK Jr.’s Sex Poetry Is Sophomoric Cringe: Author
Kurt Andersen joins Joanna Coles to unpack the life and controversies of RFK Jr. From college cocaine escapades to audacious poetry and family scandals…
The Daily Beast PodcastWe Can See Trump Is In Gross Decline: Psychologist
The Daily Beast’s unmissable guest, Dr. John Gartner, joins Joanna Coles to break down what key moments reveal about Donald Trump’s cognitive decline. From…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump, 79, Only Wants Identical Women: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles as he pulls back the curtain on one of the strangest constants inside Trump World: the curated, interchangeable circle of…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Trump Can Bury Epstein Files Shame: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles as the Epstein story floods the zone. Wolff walks Joanna through why the recurrence of Epstein’s name so deeply rattles Trump…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy South Park Really Freaks Out Trump: Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci joins Joanna Coles and reveals why, really, Trump can’t stand ‘South Park’—and how that anger connects with his deep insecurity. Scaramucci…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump Is Obsessed by Burning Evidence: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to dig into the unresolved contradictions around Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the evidence that may have vanished with him…
The Daily Beast PodcastI Read FBI's Wild Epstein and Andrew Files: Author
Andrew Lownie joins Joanna Coles to examine wild new reporting that Jeffrey Epstein tried to hire a British sniper to kill Prince Andrew — a story now echoed…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Seeing Epstein and My Uncle Donald Haunts Me
Mary Trump joins Joanna Coles to pull back the curtain on the Trump family and the man at its center. She recounts a childhood spent seeing her uncle…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump In Complete Crisis Over Epstein Email: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles as the Epstein email deluge crashes straight into Donald Trump’s White House, leaving the president uncharacteristically mute…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Knows He’s Running Out of Time: Author
Jonathan Karl joins Joanna Coles to reveal the chaos inside Donald Trump’s orbit. Karl, ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent and author of the new book…
The Daily Beast PodcastI Know Why Epstein Refused to Expose Trump: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to shed light on his email correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein and its impact on President Donald Trump. Drawing on leaked…
The Daily Beast PodcastEpstein Files are About to Spill Into Open: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to unpack Trump’s tangled web of the Epstein files and Ghislaine Maxwell’s looming possible pardon. From the back in action…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe Secret Sign Trump's People Know He's Not Fit
Symone Sanders Townsend joins Joanna Coles to break down the moment Donald Trump struggled to stay awake for twenty minutes in the Oval Office, and why the…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump's Year From Hell Has Only Just Begun
The Daily Beast’s must-read columnist David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles to dissect Trump’s mounting political peril. As dissent grows within his own party—over…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s People Have Plot Against the Voters: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to examine the looming legal battlefield of Trump’s 2026 strategy, where every move is filtered through lawyers and…
The Daily Beast PodcastThis Is The Beginning of the End for Trump: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to examine the one thing Trump can’t spin: a morning of losses he instantly tries to recast as wins. Wolff brings the voices…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Trump's More Dangerous Every Day: Psychiatrist
Dr. Bandy X. Lee, forensic and social psychiatrist, joins Joanna Coles to sound the alarm regarding President Donald Trump’s dire mental health problems. She…
The Daily Beast PodcastTruth About JD and Usha Vance's Marriage: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to dissect the latest unraveling in Trumpworld: the controversial CBS News settlement, followed by their soft-ball sit‑down…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Andrew's Epstein Fall Has Only Begun: Author
Andrew Lownie returns to break down the latest fallout for Prince Andrew. Lownie, the author of the book 'Untitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,'…
The Daily Beast PodcastI Was in a Cult. This Is How I Know Trump is One
Dr. Steven Hassan, world-renowned cult expert and author of The Cult of Trump, joins the Beast’s Hugh Dougherty to unravel how Trump’s movement mirrors the…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Trump Aides Mock Him Behind His Back: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to reveal how White House insiders are now dubbing the East Wing the “Epstein Ballroom.” From the persistent shadow of Jeffrey…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Is Planning MORE White House Teardown: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to posit the president’s next astonishing move: Donald Trump’s plan to demolish the West Wing of the White House. They trace…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Young MAGA Men Are Turning on Trump: Pollster
John Della Volpe, Polling Director at the Harvard Kennedy School, joins Joanna Coles to break down the dramatic shift in young male voters, once Trump’s…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump Plotted Secret White House Teardown: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to reveal Trump’s hasty plan to demolish the East Wing and build a massive Trump Ballroom, his push to bypass political…
The Daily Beast PodcastE. Jean Carroll: My $83m Victory Over Smelly Trump
Writer E. Jean Carroll, who triumphed over Donald Trump with an $83 million defamation verdict after accusing him of rape in the mid-1990s, is joined by her…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat Trump's Tacky WH McMansion Plans Reveal: Lemon
Don Lemon joins Joanna Coles to assess how Donald Trump’s hasty East Wing tear-down, building a tacky McMansion-style ballroom while the country stalls, mixing…
The Daily Beast Podcast'Weird' Stephen Miller Is Trump's Biggest Suck-Up
Stephen Miller is the ultimate suck-up, a master of shameless flattery whose influence keeps him at the center of Trump’s orbit. Michael Wolff joins Joanna…
The Daily Beast PodcastWolff: What I’m Going to Ask Melania Under Oath
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to tackle his startling new announcement: a billion-dollar countersuit against Melania Trump. The two dissect Jeffrey…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump's Cognitive Collapse is Clear: Psychologist
Dr. John Gartner joins the Beast's Joanna Coles to assess the unraveling of Donald Trump’s mind. The clinical psychologist and former Johns Hopkins professor…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhy Unrelenting Epstein Leaks Terrify Trump: Wolff
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to dig into the one fear that continues to dog Donald Trump, the lingering specter of Jeffrey Epstein. As new oversight leaks…
The Daily Beast PodcastI’m The Proof that Trump’s Panicking: Poop Target
Harry Sisson joins the Beast's Joanna Coles to discuss being the target in an AI viral video by President Trump, complete with a crown, a jet, and a very messy…
The Daily Beast PodcastPrison Helping Massive Ghislaine Coverup for Trump
Sam Mangel, a former Federal prison inmate and current prison consultant, takes the Beast’s Joanna Coles inside Ghislaine Maxwell’s unusual life in a Texas…
The Daily Beast PodcastThe ‘Real Ways’ MAGA Is Now Breaking With Trump
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to dissect Trump’s euphoric “victory tour” of the Middle East, where he cast himself as a global peacemaker while ignoring…
The Daily Beast PodcastTrump’s Dark Plan to Remain President After 2028
Michael Wolff shocks Joanna Coles by abruptly changing his view on Donald Trump’s desire to run for a third term. The veteran Trump biographer now believes…
The Daily Beast PodcastPentagon Pete Will Be First Big Scalp of Trump 2.0
The Daily Beast’s David Gardner and Sarah Ewall-Wice join Joanna Coles to unpack Trump’s latest obsession, a $200 million Arc de Trump slated to lord over the…
The Daily Beast PodcastReal Reason Trump Lost It Over TIME Magazine Cover
Trump Chronicler Michael Wolff joins the Beast’s Joanna Coles to unpack the Time magazine cover that ignited Trump’s fury and how the slow-walked political…
The Daily Beast PodcastWhat I Learned After RFK Jr. Sold Me Drugs: Author
Kurt Andersen joins the Beast’s Joanna to unpack the surprising Jekyll and Hyde nature of Donald Trump, from his once fawning desperation to be covered warmly…
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Jared Played Trump to Grease Own Pocket: Wolff
The Beast’s Joanna Coles and Trump Chronicler Michael Wolff dive deep into Donald Trump being snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize and the forces driving his…