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The David Pakman Show
The David Pakman Show is one of the most-watched independent progressive programs in the country. Hosted by David Pakman, the show offers a fresh perspective on the stories shaping our world through thoughtful commentary and compelling interviews with our nation's leaders. With new episodes dropping every weekday, David delivers sharp, insightful, and fact-based analysis on politics, current events, and social issues. Whether you're looking for deep dives into major political events, in-depth…
Episodes
The David Pakman Show11/27/24: Inflation fears from Trump tariffs, Mexican president crushes him
-- On the Show: -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum writes a brutal letter to Donald Trump responding to his tariff threats -- A new CBS/YouGov poll…
The David Pakman Show11/26/24: Jack Smith dropping charges, Trump's newest bonkers tariffs
-- On the Show: -- Special prosecutor Jack Smith files to drop all charges against Donald Trump, another instance of Trump indeed getting away with it -- What…
The David Pakman Show11/25/24: Trump transition goes haywire, new AG pick might be even worse
-- On the Show: -- New reporting exposes that something appears very wrong with Donald Trump's transition from Joe Biden's administration -- Donald Trump's…
The David Pakman Show11/22/24: Kamala winning 2028 primary, Trump victory margin shrinks
-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump's popular vote victory margin continues to decrease, now down to just 2.5 million votes (1.6%) -- Polls show Kamala Harris…
The David Pakman Show11/21/24: Election's biggest winners, Nancy Mace melts down
-- On the Show: -- A deeper dive into the real winners of the Donald Trump presidency, which are not the working and middle class -- Tom Homan, the nominated…
The David Pakman Show11/20/24: Explosive panel on the future of Dem Party as GOP civil war brews
-- On the Show: -- Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, and Steven Kenneth "Destiny" Bonnell II, political streamer and debater, join David to discuss whether…
The David Pakman Show11/19/24: Trump mandate evaporates, world leaders terrified
-- On the Show: -- Steve Schmidt, renowned American political strategist, commentator, and founder of The Warning, joins David to discuss the aftermath and…
The David Pakman Show11/18/24: Trump cabinet hits brick wall, RFK in pain while eating McDonald's
-- On the Show: -- A deeper dive into what would happen when MAGA red state armies invade blue states to round up migrants -- Trouble in paradise as Elon Musk…
The David Pakman Show11/15/24: Dictator confirmation plan exposed, Lara Trump for Senator proposed
-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump's dictatorial plan to get his cabinet confirmed with recess appointments is exposed, and it is horrifying -- The incoming Trump…
The David Pakman Show11/14/24: Matt Gaetz and Tulsi nominated as Republicans win everything
-- On the Show: -- Tim Miller, host of The Bulwark Podcast and former RNC spokesperson, joins David to discuss the aftermath of the 2024 election, the future…
The David Pakman Show11/13/24: Fox host will be Secy of Defense, Republicans take House
- On the Show: -- A massive betrayal is forthcoming for Trump supporters, and they do not see it coming -- Republican candidate Eric Hovde has lost his Senate…
The David Pakman Show11/12/24: Biden picks judges, Trump picks lunatic staffers
-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden continues to fill judicial vacancies at a rapid pace -- Donald Trump selects Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State, who…
The David Pakman Show11/11/24: Kari Lake loses again as global horror spreads over first Trump picks
-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump selects Tom Homan as his "border czar," Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as his Ambassador to the United Nations, and Susan Wiles…
The David Pakman Show11/8/24: Now it gets very real very quickly
-- On the Show: -- Now that their chosen candidate has won, Trump supporters are going to get what they deserve -- Senator Bernie Sanders blasts Democrats for…
The David Pakman Show11/7/24: Kamala concedes, Trump prepares mass deportation & RFK chaos
-- On the Show: -- Congressman Greg Casar, who represents Texas, joins David for a post-mortem on the 2024 election and a discussion of why Kamala Harris was…
The David Pakman Show11/6/24: Trump defeats Kamala, Republicans take Senate, a dark era begins
-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election with Republicans also taking the Senate, and the House of…
The David Pakman Show11/5/24: Election Day 2024, the last show before an unknown future
-- On the Show: -- The final update on polling, betting markets and election forecasts for Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris, the Senate, and the House of…
The David Pakman Show11/4/24: Final 48 hours of campaign riddled with weekend insanity
-- On the Show: -- Kamala Harris once again rejects the bait on identity politics in the closing days of the 2024 campaign -- Former President Barack Obama…
The David Pakman Show11/1/24: Election enters final days after terrible week for Trump
-- On the Show: -- An absolutely horrific week for the Trump campaign, including the Tony Hinchcliffe fiasco, Trump almost falling down twice while getting…
The David Pakman Show10/31/24: SCOTUS greenlights voter purge, Trump almost falls down
-- On the Show: -- Doctor Harry Segal, clinical psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at Cornell University as well as the Department…
The David Pakman Show10/30/24: Kamala record crowd size, Trump plays dumb on Puerto Rico fiasco
-- On the Show: -- Joaquin Castro, Democratic Congressman from Texas, joins David to discuss the upcoming election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the…
The David Pakman Show10/29/24: Kamala challenges Trump to brain test, sudden Pennsylvania disaster for Trump
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into an empirical study evaluating the cognitive decline of Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden using a linguistic…
The David Pakman Show10/28/24: Trump does Nazi MSG rally, Rogan's disastrous Trump interview
-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump recreates an infamous 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and it's absolutely horrifying -- Comedian…
The David Pakman Show10/25/24: Trump Rogan episode will be insane, patriotic Republican tells the truth
-- On the Show: -- Congressman Eric Swalwell released a brutal ad portraying Donald Trump as a dementia patient in a memory unit of a nursing home -- Donald…
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10/24/24: Kamala drops the hammer on fascist Trump, Trump rallies with Tucker and Tulsi
-- On the Show: --Rachel Bitecofer, political strategist and author of the book "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their…
The David Pakman Show10/23/24: Obama roasts Trump, Trump Hitler praise goes viral
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into MAGA and Donald Trump's climate science denialism, a very important but often underreported issue in the 2024 campaign --…
The David Pakman Show10/22/24: Scary numbers from Georgia, they're predicting violence
-- On the Show: -- Bob Woodward, Associate Editor at the Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of the new book "War," joins David to discuss his…
The David Pakman Show10/21/24: Obama brutal on campaign trail, Trump falls asleep
-- On the Show: -- Former President Barack Obama holds a rally for Kamala Harris in Las Vegas, Nevada, and goes directly at Donald Trump's obvious cognitive…
The David Pakman Show10/18/24: Trump women town hall goes wrong, Republican panics on abortion
-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump holds a town hall for women and it's so disastrous that the host cuts to commercial -- During a speech in Colorado, Donald…
The David Pakman Show10/17/24: Kamala on Fox News, Trump's Latino townhall
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into masculinity, including the supposed "crisis of masculinity," the MAGA/Trump vision for what it means to be a man, the…
The David Pakman Show10/16/24: We found the real election interference, early voting breaks record
-- On the Show: -- A panel of former Donald Trump supporters Robert Nix, Damian Salmon, and Kyle Sweetser, joins David to discuss why they have abandoned…
The David Pakman Show10/15/24: Electoral map shifts to Trump, Kamala drops hammer on Trump
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into how a presidential election could be stolen, an evaluation of claims made about the 2020 election, and much more -- Based…
The David Pakman Show10/14/24: Lichtman calls it for Kamala, Trump town hall goes sour (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 9/5/24)
COLUMBUS DAY / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 -- On the Show: -- Doctor Steven Hassan, world-renowned cult expert and author…
The David Pakman Show10/11/24: Obama scorches Trump, Republican schools Republican
-- On the Show: -- Luke Beasley, host of The Luke Beasley Show, fills in for David. Subscribe to his channel at https://davidpakman.com/luke -- Barack Obama…
The David Pakman Show10/10/24: A troubling polling discovery, Kamala crushes Howard Stern interview
-- On the Show: -- Kamala Harris' lead nationally and in the critical battleground states is notable smaller than Joe Biden's was on this same date in 2020…
The David Pakman Show10/9/24: Kamala has a gun and drops the hammer, Trump attacks women
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the comparisons between, and often taboo of, comparing Donald Trump or other modern-day authoritarians to the dictators of…
The David Pakman Show10/8/24: Dueling campaign rallies, Fox defends Trump's brain
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the origins of the "crime is up" narrative that has been pushed by Donald Trump and by Republicans, including the role of…
The David Pakman Show10/7/24: Elon does Trump, MAGAs simply won't answer
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the claim that social media platforms are biased against conservatives as evidenced by the supposedly higher rate of…
The David Pakman Show10/4/24: Trump accuses Kamala of murder, Republican visibly clueless
-- On the Show: -- Republican Senator Tim Scott tries to defend Donald Trump's economic policy on CNBC and it does not go well -- Melania Trump reportedly…
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10/3/24: Trump crimes bomb goes off, staffers won't admit 2020 loss
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive comparing and contrasting various election prediction models, including 538, RealClearPolitics, Nate Silver's "Silver Bulletin,"…
The David Pakman Show10/2/24: VP debate pathetic but won't move the needle
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the future of MAGA depending on which scenario plays out this November, a Trump win, a narrow Trump loss, and a major Trump…
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10/1/24: Hurricane response fiasco goes nuclear, VP debate TONIGHT
-- On the Show: -- Timothy Snyder, historian and author of the new book "On Freedom," joins David to discuss the book, freedom, liberty and much more. Get the…
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9/30/24: Kamala pounds Trump, Trump struggles to speak
-- On the Show: -- Kamala Harris, at a rally in Douglas, Arizona, gets to the core of what is wrong with Trump and MAGA -- In an absolutely massive rally in…
The David Pakman Show9/27/24: Trump's disastrous press conference, Melania comes out of hiding
-- On the Show: -- Laura Ingraham has an on-air meltdown over the latest polling -- Mark Cuban brutally humiliates Donald Trump -- Greta Van Susteren praises…
The David Pakman Show9/26/24: Biden stuns MAGA, Trump stuns Fox and Newsmax
-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden appears on The View and speaks coherently and humbly, both a sharp contrast to Donald Trump's recent public appearances…
The David Pakman Show9/25/24: The truth about Trump's tariffs, Biden's humble final speech
-- On the Show: -- Susanne Craig, investigative reporter and author, with Russ Buettner, of "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and…
The David Pakman Show9/24/24: The sane-washing continues, Trump supporters makes shocking admission
-- On the Show: -- Don Lemon, host of the Don Lemon Show and author of the new book "I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America," joins David to discuss the…
The David Pakman Show9/23/24: Kamala takes RECORD lead, Trump chickens out of debate
-- On the Show: -- Allan Lichtman, political historian, author, and professor at American University, joins David to discuss his final 2024 election…
The David Pakman Show9/20/24: Kamala takes largest lead yet, Trump's endorsement implodes
-- On the Show: --Mark Robinson, the Trump-endorsed Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate, is caught making claims that slavery should come back…
The David Pakman Show9/19/24: Trump addresses people who leave his rallies, JD Vance scrubs old posts
-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Ring of Fire and Farron Balanced, fills in for David. Subscribe to him on YouTube…
The David Pakman Show9/18/24: Kamala gets questioned, JD Vance claims "Haitia" dumps
-- On the Show: -- A deeper assessment of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, including her strategy for replacing Joe Biden, her debates interviews and…
The David Pakman Show9/17/24: Unbelievable polling fiasco, Vance makes MAJOR Trump mistake
-- On the Show: -- New national polling, and state polling out of Arizona and Nevada point to a grim picture for Donald Trump -- New polling in Michigan…
The David Pakman Show9/16/24: Trump survives another one, Vance admits he made it up
-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump survives another assassination attempt, this time from 58-year-old former Trump voter Ryan Wesley Routh -- While Joe Biden and…
The David Pakman Show9/13/24: Trump staffers defeated, debate conspiracies explode
-- On the Show: -- Multiple reports surface that staffers for Donald Trump are completely defeated after his disastrous debate performance and are ready to…
The David Pakman Show9/12/24: Trump must step down, RFK and Romney say TRUMP LOST
-- On the Show: -- Doctor John Kruse, neuroscientist, author, and psychiatrist who has been working with adults with ADHD for over thirty years, joins David to…
The David Pakman Show9/11/24: Kamala historic Trump defeat in debate gone wrong, Fox panics
-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the scary fact that, despite failure after failure by Donald Trump, he could still defeat Kamala Harris in the upcoming…
The David Pakman Show9/10/24: Debate TONIGHT, Trump cuts Kamala's lead IN HALF
-- On the Show: -- Tristan Snell, lawyer, legal commentator, former New York Attorney General who prosecuted Donald Trump, and creator of Taking Down Trump…
The David Pakman Show9/9/24: Polls suddenly reverse with Kamala down, NYT covers for Trump's incoherence
-- On the Show: -- After weeks of polling gains for Kamala Harris, polling has reversed over the last week with Donald Trump recovering 25% of the polling he…
The David Pakman Show9/6/24: Walz trolls Vance over donuts, Trump goes berserk
-- On the Show: -- A whiny Donald Trump publishes back to back to back videos about Kamala Harris -- Tim Walz hits JD Vance where it hurts, pointing out that…
The David Pakman Show9/5/24: Lichtman calls it for Kamala, Trump town hall goes sour
-- On the Show: -- Doctor Steven Hassan, world-renowned cult expert and author of "The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses…