Podcasts by The New Abnormal

Will Kellyanne Conway Have a Come to Jesus Moment? from 2021-09-14T04:00

Lee Papa, author of The Rude Pundit, discusses with Molly Jong-Fast the chances of Kellyanne Conway joining George W. Bush as a resistance hero, Washington Post’s national health reporter Dan Di...

You Don’t Know Everything About Muhammad Ali Just Yet from 2021-09-12T04:00

In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, documentarian Ken Burns talks about his new film on Muhammad Ali: how making it has taught him so much more about the late boxer and why one of the gre...

Here’s Why Joe Manchin Is Always Dumping on Other Democrats from 2021-09-10T04:00

What the hell is Joe Manchin doing?! Max Rose, who served in Afghanistan and won a term in Congress as a Democrat representing a red district in Staten Island and Brooklyn, explains where Manchi...

Why Biden Should Send ‘Abortion Trucks’ to Texas from 2021-09-07T04:00

Elie Mystal, Editor-at-Large at The Nation, has a wild, but potentially effective idea to help women impacted by the new Texas abortion law—if President Biden can make it happen. And Congressman...

Tom Nichols: Democracy is Dying Because Americans Are Narcissists from 2021-09-05T04:00

Tom Nichols, author of Our Own Worst Enemy, says Americans should stop blaming each other and making excuses for democracy crumbling when it’s their own damn fault—before Jame...

George Conway Feels Bad for What Happened to Monica Lewinsky from 2021-09-03T05:12:37

But the lawyer doesn’t regret his role in the Clinton impeachment saga. Also on the latest New Abnormal, whether Texas spells the end of Roe, where Georgia is headed, and more. Later in the epis...

The Nonexistent Afghanistan Plan That Might’ve Saved Biden’s Ass w/ Tim Miller from 2021-08-31T04:00

MSNBC political analyst Tim Miller joins Molly Jong-Fast on this episode of The New Abnormal to discuss Biden’s weird, new callousness with Afghanistan and Matt Gaetz’ troll-y brother-in-law. Pl...

Soledad O’Brien on Fox News’ ‘Stupid Blonde’ Spouting Vax Nonsense from 2021-08-29T04:00

This week on a bonus episode of The New Abnormal, Soledad O’Brien joins Molly Jong-Fast to discuss trust in the media, Fox News, coronavirus vaccines, and Afghanistan coverage. “Misinformat...

Everyone’s Against Forever Wars Until They Actually End w/ Toure from 2021-08-27T04:00

“What is your Afghanistan hot take? Go.”“My number one hot take is that I don’t like occupation. I don’t feel like we should be permanently defending ‘democracy’ in any given country. If they ar...

Jeet Heer: It Shouldn’t Shock You That Afghanistan Collapsed So Quickly from 2021-08-24T04:00

“The fact that everything collapsed so quickly to me vindicates Biden’s decision,” Jeet Heer says on this week’s second episode of The New Abnormal. “If you read theListen

Afghan Women Say The Taliban Are Shooting People in the Night and Filming It from 2021-08-22T04:00

Daily Beast reporter Diana Falzone reached out to a few different female reporters in Afghanistan to get their perspective on what is happening and what she heard from them is terrifying—from th...

Why Uncle Don Is ‘Incapable’ of Convincing the Unvaxxed w/ Mary Trump from 2021-08-20T04:00

The coronavirus pandemic, a fraught election, an attempted insurrection, more of the coronavirus pandemic...the United States is suffering from the mental version of long COVID, says Mary Trump....

The U.S. Is Giving the Rest of the World Abandonment Issues from 2021-08-17T04:00

In this episode of The New Abnormal, former war correspondent, staff writer at the New Yorker and CNN global affairs analyst Susan Glasser explains how the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan is eve...

UNLOCKED: Biden’s Ex-COVID Czar: Ron DeSantis Wants You to Drown in COVID from 2021-08-16T04:00

We’re enduring our current crush of COVID-19 cases in large part thanks to Republican governors like Texas’ Greg Abbott and Florida’s Ron DeSantis, who has instituted statewide bans on vaccine a...

Biden’s Ex-COVID Czar: Ron DeSantis Wants You to Drown in COVID from 2021-08-15T04:00

We’re enduring our current crush of COVID-19 cases in large part thanks to Republican governors like Texas’ Greg Abbott and Florida’s Ron DeSantis, who has instituted statewide bans on vaccine a...

Why Vaccinated People Are Not Taking Delta Seriously Enough w/ Dr. Eric Topol from 2021-08-13T04:00

The American public is being misled about the coronavirus vaccines, and it needs to stop now. That’s what Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Institute, tells co-host Molly Jong-Fast on the sobe...

NJ Gov. Phil Murphy Has Two Thoughts on Andrew Cuomo and That’s It from 2021-08-10T04:00

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy shares his thoughts on the sexual harassment allegations and report against fellow Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and whether he foresees another COVID lockdown. Plus, ...

Jared Kushner Is Likely Why Trump Made Governors’ Lives Hell During Early COVID from 2021-08-08T04:00

In this bonus episode of TNA, journalists Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker, authors of I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year, talk about Jared Kushne...

The Perfect Storm Battering Ron DeSantis in Florida w/ Nikki Fried&Ian Dunt from 2021-08-06T05:19:51

“We are in a crisis and this governor is raising money off of anti-Fauci merch and going to other states to do fundraisers,” Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried says of Ron DeSantis. A...

GOP’s Anti-Vaxx Disinfo ‘Is What Authoritarian Regimes Do’ w/ Dr Peter Hotez&James Carville from 2021-08-03T04:00

Dr. Peter Hotez has been battling vaccine disinformation for years. But he was still shocked to see United States senators like Ron JohnsonListen

The Worst Things Bill Barr Did as AG from 2021-08-01T04:00

In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal Elie Honig, CNN legal analyst and author of the new book about Bill Barr called Hatchet Man, talks about all the ways that Barr failed as ...

We Need a Pro-Abortion Constitutional Amendment from 2021-07-30T04:00

In this episode of The New Abnormal, Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay, authors of CONTROLLING WOMEN: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom, tell Molly-Jong-Fast not to t...

El Chapo’s Arrest Made the Drug War Worse w/ Noah Hurowiz from 2021-07-27T04:00

In this episode of The New Abnormal, Noah Hurowitz, author of El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord, tells Molly Jong-Fast how Chapo was found naked, th...

Introducing Angry Planet: Can the US Win the Wars of the Future? from 2021-07-26T13:12:34

It doesn’t take high technology to kill someone. Simple chemicals propel pieces of lead out of steel tubes. Other simple chemicals are placed in larger vessels and are triggered by the weight of a ...

Julie K. Brown Doesn’t Believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself from 2021-07-25T04:00

In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, Julie K. Brown, the reporter who pursued the Jeffrey Epstein story at the Miami Herald and author of Perversion of Justice, explains...

What if Tucker Carlson Told the World He’d Been Vaccinated? w/ Oliver Darcy from 2021-07-23T05:27:01

Imagine if Fox News host Tucker Carlson went from “just asking questions” about the COVID-19 vaccine in primetime every night to showing a photo of himself taking the shot and telling his viewer...

Trump Author: Even His Allies Thought He’d Lost It from 2021-07-20T13:06:30

Did Donald Trump REALLY defend Hitler at a World War memorial? On the latest episode of The New Abnormal, a look at the latest post-presidency books. One of the most outrageous claims from the d...

Bill O’Reilly Accuser Andrea Mackris: I Want People to ‘Understand the Terror’ of Forced NDAs from 2021-07-19T19:30:26

On this special episode of The New Abnormal host Molly Jong-Fast and The Daily Beast's Diana Falzone talk to Bill O’Reilly accuser Andrea Mackris about the forces that protected the Fox News hos...

Susan Orlean on the Weird World of Show Dogs and New Jersey’s Tiger Queen from 2021-07-18T04:00

Did you know that there was a female version of the Tiger King in New Jersey? “Orchid Thief” author Susan Orlean did and wrote about it. She joins Molly Jong-Fast on this bonus episode of The Ne...

The Desperate Laundering of the Trump Reputations w/ Michael Wolff from 2021-07-16T05:28:40

“There has been no detail that has come out that has been different than the four years we saw him do in office,” Slade Sohmer, editor in chief of The Recount, says on the latest episode of Listen

The Trump Org’s Implosion Starts with a Divorce from 2021-07-13T04:00

Daily Beast political investigations reporter Jose Pagliery explains how the divorce of Jennifer Weisselberg and Barry Weisselberg was the match that lit the Trump Organization on fire and why T...

UNLOCKED: Are We Just Going to Ignore That Exxon Video? from 2021-07-12T14:56:04

A lobbyist for a giant oil company admitted in a video that the industry spreads disinfo to stop efforts to combat climate change and no one really talked about it. Molly Jong-Fast had Emily Atk...

Are We Just Going to Ignore That Exxon Video? from 2021-07-11T04:00

A lobbyist for a giant oil company admitted in a video that the industry spreads disinfo to stop efforts to combat climate change and no one really talked about it. Molly Jong-Fast had Emily Atk...

Trump Is Liable for Ashli Babbit’s Death from 2021-07-09T14:09:06

Substacker and The Nation columnist Jeet Heer explains with no hesitation why Capitol insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt’s death is on Trump, Rep. Cori Bush (MO-D) sends a clear message to Majorie Ta...

Ivanka Just Might Flip on Her Dad, Mary Trump Says from 2021-07-06T04:00

The Trump Organization is now feeling the heat, with its CFO under indictment for grand larceny. Prosecutors are clearing to get that money man, Allen Weisselberg, to flip on his boss. But one i...

Eric Adams Is The Kind of Democrat That Liberals Ignore w/ David Shorr from 2021-07-04T04:00

New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams, Black anti-racist, pro-cop former cop, is a walking anomaly. “There's an entire group of voters who aren't being represented here. And I think Eric Ad...

No Republicans Fears the Wrath of Kevin McCarthy w/ Andy Levy from 2021-07-02T04:00

So House Majority Kevin McCarthy says he’ll strip committee assignments from any Republican who deigns to serve on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 select commission. The New Abnormal co-host Molly...

Jared Kushner Really Did Make the Pandemic Worse from 2021-06-29T13:03:05

Washington Post reporters Yasmine Abutaleb and Damien Paletta join to discuss all the juicy and terrifying details from their book, Nightmare Scenario, which recounts how the ...

Fox News Has Critical Race Theory All Wrong w/ Kevin M. Kruse from 2021-06-27T04:00

In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, historian Kevin Kruse makes the case that Republicans might actually agree with Critical Race Theory if they actually knew what it was. Oh, and those a...

Mehdi Hasan Thinks Republicans Couldn’t Define Critical Race Theory ‘If Their Lives Depended on It’ from 2021-06-25T04:43:24

Would you be willing to be arrested for something if you didn’t know what it was? Would you vote against it? Would you stake your party’s chances in the 2022 midterms on it? This week in Loudoun...

The Sneaky Way the Supreme Court Will End Abortion Rights w/ Elie Mystal from 2021-06-22T05:17:18

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. That's going to be the conversatio...

Brian Stelter: Watching Fox News’ Propaganda Can Make Liberals Smarter from 2021-06-20T04:00

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 network has changed...

The Man Who Was Trump Before Trump from 2021-06-18T04:56:26

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 sounds like something you could imagin...

These Trump DOJ Subpoena Revelations Are Like Watergate on Crack from 2021-06-15T04:00

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 on crack” aka these Trump DOJ subpo...

Please Don’t Listen to Jim Jordan For COVID Vaccine Advice from 2021-06-13T04:00

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 not exactly anti-vax, what Biden’s ...

We’re All Just Living Under the Tyranny of Joe Manchin w/ Andy Slavitt, Rep. Ritchie Torres&Jason Kander from 2021-06-11T05:04:02

“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 current state of Congress. The congress...

What if This Is Just the Tip of Trumpworld’s Iceberg of Crazy? from 2021-06-08T04:00

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 Department to investigate aListen

Why I Can’t Stand Rich People with Liberal Lawn Signs from 2021-06-06T04:00

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 Anti-Populism canno...

What the F*ck Is Wrong With Joe Manchin? from 2021-06-04T04:00

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 West Virginia senator, Democ...

Does the MyPillow Guy Think He’s a Governor? from 2021-06-01T04:01

Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and Trumpist conspiracy-peddler, flew his private jet to the Listen

UNLOCKED: Will Biden Ever Get Off His Ass to Save Democracy? from 2021-05-31T04:00

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 stop it. “We are seeing a threat to ...

Will Biden Ever Get Off His Ass to Save Democracy? from 2021-05-30T04:00

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 stop it. “We are seeing a threat to ...

Trump Jr.-Bongino 2024?? from 2021-05-28T04:01

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 voting spines when she reveals votin...

Ex-GOP Rep: My Party Was ‘Beamed Up by Aliens’ from 2021-05-25T04:00

Former Republican Congressman and NSA official Denver Riggleman has wrote a book about BigFoot and studied terrorist groups. But his party’s fascination with QAnon? That perplexes him the most. ...

Rep. Swalwell: GOP Is Turning Their Back on Cops from 2021-05-23T04:00

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 them—and even their own staff. Plus! ...

Michael Cohen Went Down First—But This Trump Crony Should Be Next from 2021-05-21T04:37:33

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 has no idea how to talk about Jan. 6...

Republicans Are Trying to Steal Your Vote, and Dems Are Snoozing Through It from 2021-05-18T04:00

Republicans all over the country arepushing hard and push...

Trump Came This Close to Making the Opioid Crisis More Hellish from 2021-05-16T04:00

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 Century explores...

Violent Insurrection: It’s the New Camping! from 2021-05-14T04:55:56

Those Trump supporters inside the Capitol on Jan. 6? The guy who Listen

FEVER DREAMS: How ‘Wannabe’ Instagram Models Kneecapped Matt Gaetz from 2021-05-13T20:57:58

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 Instagram influencers.

On...

Josh Hawley Is Basically Making Meth For MAGA Nation from 2021-05-11T04:00

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 vibes when it co...

Jeff Garlin on Playing Harvey Weinstein: It’s Not Funny Being Compared to a Rapist from 2021-05-09T04:01

“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 life—still—and he is not a fan. In this...

Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want to Fix Facebook from 2021-05-07T04:00

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 disingenuous Facebook has been on enfo...

Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Deep Shit’ from 2021-05-04T04:00

Rudy Giuliani insists theFBI r...

Donald Trump Jr.’s Inauguration ‘Fuckery’ from 2021-04-30T04:00

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 attention according to Mother Jones’ D.C....

TEASER: Will Rudy Giuliani Actually Be Held Accountable for His Alleged Criming? from 2021-04-29T19:29:58

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 Abnormal listeners, is whether he will...

Will Rudy Giuliani Actually Be Held Accountable for His Alleged Criming? from 2021-04-29T19:13:33

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 Abnormal listeners, is whether he will...

Has Wall Street Completely Lost Its Mind? from 2021-04-27T04:00

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, soaring. Literal shell companies, a...

Howard Dean: The Republicans Are Now a Neo-Fascist Party from 2021-04-23T11:38:25

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 says Howard Dean, former presidential ...

UNLOCKED: The New Abnormal Has Turned One And Is Celebrating 20 Million Listens from 2021-04-21T23:45:54

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 to you, ...

Andrew Yang Will Shit-Talk Florida to Get Rich New Yorkers Back Home from 2021-04-20T04:00

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 get as many rich New Yorkers as he...

TEASER: Mika Brzezinski: I Was An ‘Idiot’ Signing My First Morning Joe Contract from 2021-04-19T04:00

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 down, why there should be a '70 Ov...

Mika Brzezinski: I Was An ‘Idiot’ Signing My First Morning Joe Contract from 2021-04-18T04:00

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 down, why there should be a '70 Ov...

Hunter Biden on Burisma, Don Jr., and Cooking Crack! from 2021-04-16T04:00

On a special edition of our hit podcastThe New Abnormal, the president...

What Mika Brzezinski Did When She Read Trump’s ‘Bleeding Facelift’ Tweet from 2021-04-13T04:00

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. Really. In this episode of The New ...

TEASER: Rep. Grace Meng: How I’m Able to Work with GOP Racists from 2021-04-12T04:00

Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)’s ...

Rep. Grace Meng: How I’m Able to Work with GOP Racists from 2021-04-11T04:01

Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)’s ...

Why Matt Gaetz Was Left Twisting in the Wind from 2021-04-09T04:53:29

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 Republican, who is accused of underage sex t...

Why Republicans Can’t Seem To Lay a Glove on Biden from 2021-04-06T04:00

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 conspiracy movement. But there may not be...

UNLOCKED: DNC Chair Jamie Harrison: The Democratic Brand Is Broken from 2021-04-05T14:08:39

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 Democratic National Committee, it’s clear th...

Gaetz Keeps Digging Deeper Holes for Himself from 2021-04-02T05:35:47

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 taking them across s...

FEVER DREAMS: Why QAnon Is So Bummed to See the Suez Ship Go Free from 2021-03-31T15:49:48

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 out why the adrenochrome set is Listen

The Right Way to Fight Georgia’s Voter-Suppression Law from 2021-03-30T04:00

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 thisListen

FEVER DREAMS: What It’s Like When MAGA Nation Wants to Kill You for Your Movie from 2021-03-29T04:00

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 Mike Lindell. And you’ve got the re...

TEASER: How Ted Cruz and the GOP Are Using the Border as a Prop from 2021-03-28T06:00

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 Escobar, who took over Beto O’Rourke’s for...

How Ted Cruz and the GOP Are Using the Border as a Prop from 2021-03-28T06:00

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 Escobar, who took over Beto O’Rourke’s for...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger: ‘All We Do Is Call the Other Side Douchebags’ from 2021-03-26T05:00

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 (R-IL) asks co-hosts Molly...

Getting a Presidential Pet Is a Great Distraction From Scandal from 2021-03-23T05:00

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 acquire a pet to distract from a ...

TEASER: Trump Isn’t the Only Person Whose COVID Response Cost Lives from 2021-03-22T05:00

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 and infection rates have been much wor...

Trump Isn’t the Only Person Whose COVID Response Cost Lives from 2021-03-21T05:00

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 and infection rates have been much wor...

How Trump Turned Asians Into a Target from 2021-03-19T04:47:49

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 call coronavirus, whi...

PREVIEW: The Daily Beast's Fever Dreams Podcast Pilot from 2021-03-17T21:37:22

Hi there and welcome Beast Inside members! What you're about to hear is an extra special treat for members only. The Daily Beast is about to launch a brand new podcast called FEVER DREAMS...

WTF Is Wrong With Kyrsten Sinema? from 2021-03-16T05:00

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 whole Democratic agenda, insisting...

TEASER: Jelani Cobb: Jan. 6 Was the Beginning of GOP’s Mess, Not Ending from 2021-03-15T05:00

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, it’s hard to tell. “When you looked at t...

Jelani Cobb: Jan. 6 Was the Beginning of GOP’s Mess, Not Ending from 2021-03-14T06:00

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, it’s hard to tell. “When you looked at t...

Damn Right Republicans Are Scared of the Voting Rights Bills from 2021-03-12T06:00

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 its way through the ...

Florida’s Top Dem: Ron DeSantis Hid His COVID from 2021-03-09T06:00

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 president himself are not good, according to...

TEASER: Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley: I Won’t Take Bullying from NYPD from 2021-03-08T06:00

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 but had some faux paus over the years,...

Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley: I Won’t Take Bullying from NYPD from 2021-03-07T06:00

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 but had some faux paus over the years,...

Biden Was Asked to Refinance His House After Iowa Fail from 2021-03-05T06:26:43

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 model.


How did Joe Biden...

‘They Might as Well Have Torn Up the Constitution’ from 2021-03-02T06:00

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 still pissed. 


Which ...

TEASER: Getting ‘Canceled’ Is the Only Thing Conservatives Have Left from 2021-02-28T02:51:37

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 Conference, or CPAC, to make a stink about how y...

Getting ‘Canceled’ Is the Only Thing Conservatives Have Left from 2021-02-28T02:44:28

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 Conference, or CPAC, to make a stink about how y...

Mary Trump: Here’s How We Send Donald to Jail from 2021-02-26T06:00

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office finally got its hands on Donald Trump’s taxes and it’s only a matter of time before it becomes clear why he spent so much time trying to keep them...

Blaire Erskine Exposes MAGA Insanit?y? from 2021-02-24T06:00

Atlanta-based comedian Blaire Erskine has blown up on Twitter over the past year with videos that not only roast Trump-loving conservatives but have also managed to fool a large number of prominent...

Orange Is the New Orange: Trump Just Might Go to Jail from 2021-02-23T06:00

For years, he’s gotten away with it. He lied. He cheated. He treated the government like a get-rich-quick-scheme and his most ardent followers like marks. 


But now, Donald Trump ...

TRAILER: Dem Impeachment Manager: Here’s Why We Didn’t Call Witnesses During Trump’s Trial from 2021-02-22T06:00

We know how the story went: Trump was impeached for a second time. There is a trial. He is found not guilty because there not enough votes needed to make it happen, despite the majority of the Sena...

Dem Impeachment Manager: Here’s Why We Didn’t Call Witnesses During Trump’s Trial from 2021-02-21T06:00

We know how the story went: Trump was impeached for a second time. There is a trial. He is found not guilty because there not enough votes needed to make it happen, despite the majority of the Sena...

The Vaccines Are More Effective Than You Think from 2021-02-19T06:00

Andy Slavitt was shocked when he joined the Biden administration. 


“I was under the impression coming in—as many, many Americans were—that there were big stockpiles of vaccines w...

Mitch McConnell Proved He’s Even More Craven Than Ted Cruz from 2021-02-16T06:00

That impeachment vote in the Senate was tough to swallow, with 43 Republicans voting to acquit Trump for the insurrection done in his name, by people waving his flag. Even more gag-worthy was Sen. ...

TEASER: The Marine and The Doctor Taking On Marjorie Greene and Lauren Boebert from 2021-02-15T06:00

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert weren’t elected to their positions in the House of Representatives by accident. They ran campaigns like everyone else, and won. Given Greene’s “nutty” aka ...

The Marine and The Doctor Taking On Marjorie Greene and Lauren Boebert from 2021-02-14T06:00

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert weren’t elected to their positions in the House of Representatives by accident. They ran campaigns like everyone else, and won. Given Greene’s “nutty” aka ...

There Is a Way to Take Down Fox News (And It’s Not a Boycott) from 2021-02-12T06:00

Amidst hundreds of thousands of Americans dying from COVID-19, countless pleas from health officials and the CDC to wear maks and social distance, and a recent report from Lancet that put the cherr...

The Worst People on Facebook Now Want to Ruin Real Life from 2021-02-09T06:00

For years, Facebook has been a cesspool of conspiracy theorists, political ragemonsters, and quacks pushing cures for decaying Boomers. But as dangerous as these creeps were, they were mostly conta...

TEASER: Democrats Don’t Care About Debt. And That’s OK. from 2021-02-08T06:00

The pandemic shook things up, a lot. It exposed the country’s deepest inequalities, and arguably, made them worse. Now, all eyes are on President Biden to see how he’ll fix it, and Republicans are ...

Democrats Don’t Care About Debt. And That’s OK. from 2021-02-07T06:00

The pandemic shook things up, a lot. It exposed the country’s deepest inequalities, and arguably, made them worse. Now, all eyes are on President Biden to see how he’ll fix it, and Republicans are ...

The Hamster Wheel of Trumpism Will Turn Greene Into a Hero from 2021-02-05T06:00

So how are House Republicans dealing with the fallout from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s freshly resurfaced 9/11 trutherism, school shooting denialism, and threats on fellow lawmakers’ lives?
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Will Biden’s Team Find All of the Vaxx—Before It’s Too Late? from 2021-02-02T06:00

In recent days, top members of the Biden administration have a startling admission: That millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were lost somewhere in the system. 


So now, the...

TEASER: Republicans Aren’t All Dumb. They’re Just Part of Cult. from 2021-02-01T06:00

Lots of us have been asking ourselves (and Twitter) many questions over the last year. Questions like: How did about 74 million people vote for Trump, again? Why do people actually believe in QAnon...

Republicans Aren’t All Dumb. They’re Just Part of Cult. from 2021-01-31T06:00

Lots of us have been asking ourselves (and Twitter) many questions over the last year. Questions like: How did about 74 million people vote for Trump, again? Why do people actually believe in QAnon...

Trump Sent a Mob to His Office. Now He’s Kissing Don’s Ass. from 2021-01-29T06:00

He’s supposed to be a leader—the leader, in fact, of the Republicans in the House of Representatives. But he ain’t doing much leading. 


As The Daily Beast reported, Rep. Kevin Mc...

Josh Hawley, Could You Stop Your Whining for Five Seconds? from 2021-01-26T06:00

Authoritarians like Sen. Josh Hawley don’t have much to defend these days. Their little insurrection failed, their Dear Leader is gone, and his stewardship helped kill more Americans than World War...

Did Trump and Biden Swap Bodies??? from 2021-01-22T06:00

If you don’t understand the title of this episode, which suggests some Freaky Friday voodoo between President Biden and ex-President Donald Trump, congratulations, you have logic. Unfortunately, th...

TEASER: Mitch McConnell Is Already Trying to Train Wreck the Biden Admin from 2021-01-20T18:10:28

It is said that before Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, a group of Republicans got together and vowed to oppose everything that he would do, or rather, try to do. Did the Trump loyali...

Mitch McConnell Is Already Trying to Train Wreck the Biden Admin from 2021-01-20T18:06:22

It is said that before Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, a group of Republicans got together and vowed to oppose everything that he would do, or rather, try to do. Did the Trump loyali...

Preview: Sarah Cooper Calls Trump a ‘Petty Bitch’ from 2021-01-20T06:00

In this preview of ‘The Last Laugh’ podcast’s new episode with Sarah Cooper, the comedian shares her parting message for the president she has spent the past year making fun of on TikTok. 
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How to Kill MAGA Nation’s Brain Worms from 2021-01-19T06:00

How will we bring the Trump supporters who live in an alternate reality back to the real world? 


A recent Pew poll asked who respondents thought was to blame for the Capitol riot...

TEASER: Trump’s Legacy Is Going to Get Worse (Just Wait) from 2021-01-18T06:00

Donald Trump is not the only “bad” president this country has had in office, but from one historian's perspective, he’s certainly one of the worst. “This country has had a few [bad presidents]. The...

Trump’s Legacy Is Going to Get Worse (Just Wait) from 2021-01-17T06:00

Donald Trump is not the only “bad” president this country has had in office, but from one historian's perspective, he’s certainly one of the worst. “This country has had a few [bad presidents]. The...

MAGA Riot’s Chilling Reality: Regular Folks, Ready to Kill from 2021-01-15T06:00

One of the most frightening aspects of the assault on the U.S. Capitol was how, well, normal some of the participants seemed—and how openly they spoke of their willingness to murder other Americans...

Too Many Dead Capitol Cops for Josh Hawley to Pretend He’s Innocent from 2021-01-12T06:00

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) just can’t understand why everyone wants him to resign.


He put out a brave tweet calling for the “violence” to end after a mob he helped incite laid siege to t...

Michael Cohen: I Am Certain That Donald Trump Is Psychotic Right Now from 2021-01-08T06:00

Donald Trump is in deep shit. So deep, that he finally admitted to leaving the White House at the end of the month. And his supporters? Well, some would say Wedesnday’s riot in D.C., when his suppo...

TEASER: The Orange Lives Matter Coup Won’t End This Trumpist Chaos from 2021-01-07T06:00

After inciting a mob of his drooling followers to sack the Capitol, President Donald Trump proved he’s too dangerous to hold office, even if it’s just for another two weeks. But don’t count on his ...

The Orange Lives Matter Coup Won’t End This Trumpist Chaos from 2021-01-07T06:00

After inciting a mob of his drooling followers to sack the Capitol, President Donald Trump proved he’s too dangerous to hold office, even if it’s just for another two weeks. But don’t count on his ...

Trump Just F*cked Himself and His Party in Georgia from 2021-01-05T06:00

Things were already sub-ideal for the president and his Republican party in the Peach State.


The GOP’s incumbent senators, who in any normal year would be locks for re-election, both ...

TEASER: NARAL President: We’re Prepping for End of Roe v. Wade from 2021-01-04T06:00

Trump did a lot to roll back women’s healthcare—from enacting a global gag rule, which prevents non-American health organizations from receiving monetary aid from the U.S., to stacking the courts w...

NARAL President: We’re Prepping for End of Roe v. Wade from 2021-01-03T06:00

Trump did a lot to roll back women’s healthcare—from enacting a global gag rule, which prevents non-American health organizations from receiving monetary aid from the U.S., to stacking the courts w...

The Most Acid Trippy Episodes of The New Abnormal from 2020-12-29T06:00

Trump getting COVID. Antifa plotting to take down the White House. The truth about Russia disinfo. Bill Clinton impressions. The Lincoln Project scoops. The very first year of The New Abnormal by T...

TEASER: This 24-Year-Old Diabetic Is Saving Lives the Government Won’t from 2020-12-28T06:00

Twenty-four-year-old Madelyn Corwin’s social media feeds feature a few selfies, videos of her insulin pump, and almost always a link to a GoFundMe page. The most current fundraiser is to raise mone...

This 24-Year-Old Diabetic Is Saving Lives the Government Won’t from 2020-12-27T06:00

Twenty-four-year-old Madelyn Corwin’s social media feeds feature a few selfies, videos of her insulin pump, and almost always a link to a GoFundMe page. The most current fundraiser is to raise mone...

How These Comedians Turned MAGA Men Into Laughingstocks from 2020-12-24T17:27:05

Rudy Giuliani tried really hard this year soil himself: the hair-in-the-can, the Russian agent pal, the presser by the sex shop, the buckets of conspiracy drool. But it wasn’t until he got caught r...

How Melania Trump Destroys Her Friends from 2020-12-22T06:00

“I begged her to just come out and say that I was her friend, I was loyal. Nope, nothing,” says Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of Melania and Me.  


Stephanie Winston...

TEASER: Zerlina Maxwell: Republicans Know Dems Suck At Messaging to Black People from 2020-12-21T06:00

Political pundit and author Zerlina Maxwell was booed and hissed at during a Politicon a few years ago (which is “a Comic Con for political nerds”) because she said that if Bernie Sanders ran in 20...

Zerlina Maxwell: Republicans Know Dems Suck At Messaging to Black People from 2020-12-20T06:00

Political pundit and author Zerlina Maxwell was booed and hissed at during a Politicon a few years ago (which is “a Comic Con for political nerds”) because she said that if Bernie Sanders ran in 20...

Inside the Ivanka-Melania War from 2020-12-18T06:00

They’re the two most important women in Donald Trump’s life. And they absolutely loathe one another. 


Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, the former Melania Trump confidant and author of&...

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My Twitter War With the Congresswoman from QAnon from 2020-11-17T06:41:58

Molly Jong-Fast explains to Rick Wilson why she got into a brouhaha with the Congresswoman from the First District of QAnon in the latest episode of The New Abnormal, which features presidential tr...

TEASER: Masha Gessen: The Problem Is Not Russian Interference. It’s That We Let It In. from 2020-11-16T06:00

President Donald Trump may be following Vladimir Putin’s Autocratic playbook closer than we all realize—and the Russian interference was just the tip of the iceberg. In this bonus members-only epis...

Masha Gessen: The Problem Is Not Russian Interference. It’s That We Let It In. from 2020-11-15T06:00

President Donald Trump may be following Vladimir Putin’s Autocratic playbook closer than we all realize—and the Russian interference was just the tip of the iceberg. In this bonus members-only epis...

Trump’s Election ‘Coup’ Is More Like a Fake Orgasm from 2020-11-13T06:00

Does Donald Trump even know what a coup is? Doubtful, which is one of the reasons, in this episode of The New Abnormal, that co-hosts Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast don’t believe whatever nonsense...

Ivanka Trump Is Never, Ever Going To Be Forgiven from 2020-11-10T06:00

She may have been hoping to spend her days jet-setting between Davos and Aspen—when she wasn’t mingling with Manhattan’s gentry. But only the super rich get those kinds of second chances. And that ...

Can Dems Keep It Together Long Enough to Beat McConnell? from 2020-11-09T06:00

Joe Biden is asking Americans to turn down the heat. Some of his strongest supporters are busy lighting one another on fire. Biden and Kamala Harris hadn’t even been declared the winners of the ele...

BONUS: Trump Wants Ivanka to Carry the Dynasty. But Jr. Speaks Dick Fluently. from 2020-11-06T20:27:26

“It’s all over but the crying,” says Rick Wilson in the second-ever The New Abnormal LIVE, alongside co-host Molly Jong-Fast, The Beast’s legal columnist Jay Michaelson and Daily Beast Politic...

Why the Trumpy Supreme Court Will Give Him the Finger from 2020-11-06T06:50:39

“Ever since RBG died, I've basically spent the last six weeks in existential terror,” Elie Mystal, The Nation’s justice correspondent, tells Molly Jong-Fast. Trump appoints Amy Coney Barrett, so sh...

‘We Won. And I Feel Like Shit’ from 2020-11-04T21:02:13

James Carville, like the rest of us, is having some mixed emotions at the moment. After getting all kinds of polling data saying the Democrats were clean up, the truth is … well, kind of the opposi...

It May Take This Long for Election Results to Be Official from 2020-11-03T20:14:04

This isn’t your typical election in any way. We may know who wins today, or at least this week, says Rick Wilson, but as far as getting those results certified? That can take a lot longer. Like, mo...

Trump Isn’t Playing 3-D Chess. He’s Eating the Checker. from 2020-11-03T06:00

Trump’s hype men like to say that he’s so smart. A tactical genius. Always 14 moves ahead of you libtards. Surely, the Trumpkins say, there’s a deep logic to the president spending the waning days ...

TEASER: Sharon Stone Worries Trump’s COVID Vaccine Won’t Be ‘Safe’ from 2020-11-02T06:00

Sharon Stone doesn’t trust Trump one bit. In this members-only episode of The New Abnormal podcast, the actress sits down with host Molly Jong-Fast to chat about abortion, the #MeToo movement, voti...

TEASER: Mueller Deputy: This Is Where the Special Counsel Came Up Short from 2020-11-01T05:00

Hindsight is always 2020, and in this case, Andrew Weissman is pretty sure where Mueller and team came up short. He was part of the team that investigated Enron. He personally promoted former FBI a...

Mueller Deputy: This Is Where the Special Counsel Came Up Short from 2020-11-01T05:00

Hindsight is always 2020, and in this case, Andrew Weissman is pretty sure where Mueller and team came up short. He was part of the team that investigated Enron. He personally promoted former FBI a...

Sharon Stone Worries Trump’s COVID Vaccine Won’t Be ‘Safe’ from 2020-10-31T15:32:29

Sharon Stone doesn’t trust Trump one bit. In this members-only episode of The New Abnormal podcast, the actress sits down with host Molly Jong-Fast to chat about abortion, the #MeToo movement, voti...

Chill the Fuck Out. This Isn’t Another 2016, and Here’s Why from 2020-10-30T05:00

Molly Jong-Fast, like many of us, is nervous about the election. Sure, the polls look pretty decent for Biden; they looked good for Hillary, right? Not exactly, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Rep...

The Lincoln Project’s Secret War Plan—Revealed! from 2020-10-27T05:00

Rick Wilson and his crew of Republican refugees have been getting in Trump’s head practically since the day they got together. But over the weekend, the psychological combat hit a new peak, when Ja...

TEASER: Preet Bharara: There Could Be An ‘Avalanche of Revelations' If Trump Loses from 2020-10-26T05:00

Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York, joins “The New Abnormal” host Molly Jong-Fast to chat about the last presidential debate, the story leading up to his r...

Preet Bharara: There Could Be An ‘Avalanche of Revelations' If Trump Loses from 2020-10-25T05:34:44

Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York, joins “The New Abnormal” host Molly Jong-Fast to chat about the last presidential debate, the story leading up to his r...

Final Debate Just Proves Trump ‘Can Lie in Different Gears’ from 2020-10-23T09:55:18

On a special episode of The New Abnormal responding to the final presidential debate Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson are joined by GOP political consultant Mike Madrid, Daily Beast senior editor Ti...

Sacha Baron Cohen on Borat, Trump and Risking His Life for Comedy from 2020-10-21T06:00

Comedy legend Sacha Baron Cohen goes deep on all of the crazy things that happened during the filming of his Showtime series ‘Who Is America?’—including truly incredible stories about his interacti...

Does Rudy Giuliani Have an Ounce of Pride Left? from 2020-10-20T06:00

Rick Wilson spent years working for Rudy Giuliani. He used to look up to his boss, the mayor. These days, he can barely look down without spitting. “The worst possible Greek tragedy doesn't encompa...

Soledad O'Brien to Media: Stop ‘Elevating Shit That’s a Lie’ from 2020-10-18T19:10:47

In this members-only episode of "The New Abnormal," host Molly Jong-Fast sits down with award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien to chat about the media's role in covering elections. 

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Town Hall Sh*tshow Was a Truth Window into Trump from 2020-10-16T10:24:28

On the night of the duelling townhalls, Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson recorded a special episode of The New Abnormal as a desperate Trump delivered a wild performance that virtually served as an ...

Oct. 11 Member Bonus: Val Demings Says She Has a Plan to Stop Trump’s SCOTUS Pick from 2020-10-15T20:07:14

This members-only episode was originally published on October 11, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) helped get Trump impeached, but now there...

Oct. 4 Member Bonus: Busy Phillips on Her Abortion and Embarrassing Louis Gohmert in Public from 2020-10-15T20:05:30

This members-only episode was originally published on October 4, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


Busy Phillips had an abortion when she was a teenager. It’s been k...

Sep. 27 Member Bonus: Is Trump or Biden More Likely to Keel Over on Debate Night? from 2020-10-15T20:00:52

This members-only episode was originally published on September 27, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


“People are dying, tens of thousands of people are out of work,...

Sep. 20 Member Bonus: The Real Reason Trump Won’t Stop Yelling About Mail-In Voting from 2020-10-15T19:56:58

This members-only episode was originally published on September 20, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


President Trump will not shut up about voting by mail, repeated...

Sep. 13 Member Bonus: Will The Republican Party Ever Be the Same Again? from 2020-10-15T19:52:06

This members-only episode was originally published on September 13, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


Senator Sheldon Whitehouse thinks the biggest problem with clim...

Sep. 6 Member Bonus: Lev Parnas: Trump’s Cronies Made Fun of Him Behind His Back from 2020-10-15T19:49:40

This members-only episode was originally published on September 6, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


Lev Parnas has been a major character in the ongoing Trumpworld ...

Aug. 30 Member Bonus: Trump DHS Official: Of Course There Are Racists in the Administration from 2020-10-15T19:46:08

This members-only episode was originally published on August 30, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


Even a former member of Trump’s Department of Homeland Security th...

Aug. 23 Member Bonus: Trump Is Pushing Even the Quietest Celebs to Speak Out from 2020-10-15T19:42:03

This members-only episode was originally published on August 23, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


Actor, comedian and activist Billy Eichner totally gets why Taylor...

Aug. 16 Member Bonus: What the Fuck is Happening with the Mail? from 2020-10-15T19:38:32

This members-only episode was originally published on August 16, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


Delayed prescriptions, mailboxes being toted away, Americans dying...

Aug. 9 Member Bonus: Jim Acosta: CNN Wanted Me to Have Bodyguards at Trump Rally from 2020-10-15T19:24:05

This members-only episode was originally published on August 9, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.


The job of a White House reporter is no easy feat, especially under...

Aug. 2 Member Bonus: Why Cory Booker Won't Punch Trump in the Face from 2020-10-14T19:52:52

This members-only episode was originally published on August 2, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.

Turns out, Sen. Cory Booker is a bigger pacifist than we suspected. He j...

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Why Pence Is So Good at Being Evil from 2020-10-09T06:00

Author and Daily Beast Editor-at-Large Goldie Taylor is, um, not exactly Mike Pence’s biggest fan. “He does things that boil me,” she tells Molly Jong-Fast on the latest episode of The New Abnormal...

Kathy Griffin: Pence Is ‘Nothing But the Crap Under Trump’s Shoe’ from 2020-10-08T09:38:19

Kathy Griffin joins Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson for a special episode of The New Abnormal recorded right after the vice presidential debate. The gang thought Kamala Harris was the clear winner ...

Should We Replace the Trump Administration With Chimpanzees? from 2020-10-06T06:00

No, seriously. After turning the Rose Garden into a superspreader party, after lying 143 ways to Sunday about the virus and 17 more about the president’s health, maybe it’s time to let some other m...

TEASER: Busy Phillips on Her Abortion and Embarrassing Louis Gohmert in Public from 2020-10-05T06:00

Busy Phillips had an abortion when she was a teenager. It’s been known for a while, but given the uncertainty of Roe v. Wade after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, she’s determined to not let p...

Why Trump Can't Quit His Most Awful, Most Racist Fanboys from 2020-10-02T06:00

Donald Trump is now claiming he’s not a Proud Boys stan. But let’s get real. When he was on that debate stage the other night, shouting out that racist crew? That was the true Trump. Like Rick Wils...

Trump Came Across As ‘A Total Assh*le’ In The First Debate from 2020-09-30T10:00:06

Former Republican operative Stuart Stevens joins Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson for a special episode of The New Abnormal on the night of the utterly chaotic first presidential debate. Trump’s amp...

Trump’s America Meets All ‘Four Threats’ To Democracy from 2020-09-29T06:10:14

President Donald Trump isn’t a threat to American democracy on a metaphorical level. He’s a threat to the country’s entire political structure, literally, according to two academics who have studie...

TEASER: Is Trump or Biden More Likely to Keel Over on Debate Night? from 2020-09-28T06:00

“People are dying, tens of thousands of people are out of work, he’s embarrassing,” is not only the quote of the year from Philippe Reines but also sums up how he, Rick Wilson, Molly Jong-Fast, and...

It’s Time to Thank Donald Trump for His Dictator Routine from 2020-09-25T06:00

Most of us were horrified when Donald Trump hinted that he might not be willing to give up power. Rick Wilson was kind of appreciative. Trump has long flirted with the dictator thing. Now the mask ...

Mitch McConnell Is About to Punch America in the Penis from 2020-09-22T06:00

You know our politics are beyond fucked up when the showrunner of Veep says he can’t compete with real-life Washington. “I mean, we did a Supreme court episode. And as sort of horrible and tragic a...

TEASER: The Real Reason Trump Won’t Stop Yelling About Mail-In Voting from 2020-09-21T06:00

What you're about to hear is a teaser for our new bonus episodes we are doing for subscribers to Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. We have a very special guest with Hawaii Senator...

How the Trump Campaign Lit a Billion Dollars on Fire from 2020-09-18T06:00

The Trump campaign raised more cash than just about any campaign in history—and it’s still broke, pulling TV ads in big states and slowing down key data operations. On the latest episode of The New...

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Has Any American Killed More Americans Than Donald Trump?? from 2020-09-11T06:00

So Donald Trump copped to it. He told Bob Woodward that he knew how deadly the virus was—and downplayed it anyway, encouraging MAGA nation to act as if COVID-19 was a cheap Chinese knock-off of the...

UNLOCKED: Trump DHS Official: Of Course There Are Racists in the Administration from 2020-09-09T06:00

As you’ve probably heard, we also run bonus episodes every Sunday that are only for Beast Inside members. As a small token of our gratitude, we’re sharing one of those bonus episodes in full with y...

Who Is Trump’s Handler in Russia? from 2020-09-08T06:01:57

Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who helped launch the Trump-Russia investigation, says the current occupant of the Oval Office “poses the greatest counterintelligence threat of any president in modern ...

TEASER: Lev Parnas: Trump’s Cronies Made Fun of Him Behind His Back from 2020-09-07T06:00

What you're about to hear is a teaser for our new bonus episodes we are doing for subscribers to Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. We have a very special guest with Lev Parnas a p...

What Will Happen to Fox News When Rupert Murdoch Dies? from 2020-09-04T06:00

Everybody has got to die sometime, even the Great and Powerful Fox News giant Rupert Murdoch. But what will happen to the empire when papa ‘Doch finally does kick the bucket? CNN’s Brian Stelter sh...

Trump Jr. Loves Boats, Hates Rhinos and Is So-So on Democracy from 2020-09-01T10:00

Ike Barinholtz—of Eastbound and Down, Suicide Squad, and Mindy Project fame—loves, and I mean LOVES, Donald Trump Jr. It was a passion that grew white hot on safari. “I went with DJ TJ, we went to ...

TEASER: Trump DHS Official: Of Course There Are Racists in the Administration from 2020-08-31T10:00

What you're about to hear is a teaser for our new bonus episodes we are doing for subscribers to Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. We have a very special guest with Elizabeth Nuem...

Ivanka Is an Idiot but Unequivocally the Smartest Trump from 2020-08-28T10:16:45

It’s the last night of the Republican National Convention and former GOP operative Tim Miller joins Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast to break down what Rick calls “four hours of sweaty Castro-esque ...

Mary Trump on Whether ‘Despicable’ Ivanka Could Be New VP from 2020-08-27T10:00:09

Mary Trump, The New Abnormal’s favorite guest, is back for the third night of the Republican National Convention. Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast want to know if it’s too late for Trump to drop Mik...

Why Are These Crazy People at The RNC Saying What They’re Saying? from 2020-08-26T10:00

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum joined Molly-Jong Fast and Rick Wilson on a special edition of The New Abnormal for the second night of the Republican National Convention and he just ...

White House Insider: Trump Wanted to 'Maim' Immigrants from 2020-08-25T10:00

It’s the first night of the Republican National Convention and Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast are joined by Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, who shar...

TEASER: Trump Is Pushing Even the Quietest Celebs to Speak Out from 2020-08-24T10:00

What you're about to hear is a teaser for our new bonus episodes we are doing for subscribers to Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. Actor, comedian and activist Billy Eichner total...

The Fall of Steve Bannon, the Gristle Icarus from 2020-08-21T09:56:23

On the final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson team up with The Daily Beast’s senior White House correspondent Asawin Suebsaeng, who thinks this week...

Rockstar Obama Sure as Hell Triggered Trump from 2020-08-20T10:00

It’s night three of the Democratic National Convention and The New Abnormal team are getting a little punchy. Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson are joined by Hillary Clinton’s former senior advisor P...

Why Mueller Dropped the Ball. Was He Corrupt or Incompetent? from 2020-08-19T11:00

Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson were up late to fight crime after a “seamless” night two of the Democratic National Convention. Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell joined a ...

What Biden, Harris, and the Dems Need to Do Next from 2020-08-18T17:34:06

Night one of the Democratic National Convention is barely done. And Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson are already previewing nights two, three, and four on a special edition of The New Abnormal … wit...

TEASER: What the Fuck is Happening with the Mail? from 2020-08-17T10:00

What you're about to hear is a teaser for our new bonus episodes we are doing for subscribers to Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. We have a very special guest with Gary Peters Sr...

Blame Fox News For the Rise of QAnon from 2020-08-14T10:00

It’s the “secret sauce” of Fox News: “tell people who feel socially inferior that you're really the smart one. You're really informed, you know the real secrets about what's really going on,” expla...

Donald Trump Actually Did Us All One Big Favor from 2020-08-11T10:00

Kurt Andersen has been tooling on Donald Trump for decades—the Spy magazine co-founder once even tricked the Donald into cashing a check for 17 cents. But, Andersen tells Molly Jong-Fast and Rick W...

TEASER: Jim Acosta: CNN Wanted Me to Have Bodyguards at Trump Rally from 2020-08-10T10:00

What you're about to hear is a teaser for our new bonus episodes we are doing for subscribers to Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. We have a very special guest with CNN Chief WH C...

The Yachts, the Private Jets, the Safaris: NRA Grift Exposed from 2020-08-07T10:00

National Rifle Association boss Wayne LaPierre rails against the elites trying to take real Americans’ guns Meanwhile, the NRA is taking gun-owners donations—to fund LaPierre’s ultra-lux lifestyle....

TEASER: Why Cory Booker Won't Punch Trump in the Face from 2020-08-06T12:00

What you're about to hear is a teaser for our new bonus episodes we are doing for subscribers to Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. To start things off we have a very spe...

Trump Has Us on the Brink of a Social Civil War from 2020-08-04T10:00

There’s two things that Rick Wilson loves the most in this world and that’s food and politics. On this episode of The New Abnormal, Taste the Nation host Padma Lakshmi joins Rick and co-host Molly ...

Tammy Duckworth: Trying to Teach Kids During COVID Is FUBAR from 2020-07-31T10:00

Sen. Tammy Duckworth may be on Biden’s VP shortlist. But when it comes to childcare during the pandemic, she’s just as confused as the rest of us. “So my choice is five hours of homeschooling every...

‘Pretty Close to a Hundred’ New Epstein Accusers from 2020-07-28T10:00

Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter who helped expose Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, joins The New Abnormal to talk about what’s next now that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s right hand, is behind ba...

Trump Has a Nuclear Arsenal—and Can Remember 5 Whole Words from 2020-07-24T10:00

Feeling comfy? Secure? Relatively unbothered by the state of the world? Then consider this: The President of the United States, who holds at his fingertips a devastating nuclear arsenal, also is br...

Mary Trump: What Really Shocked Me About My Family & the KKK from 2020-07-21T10:00

Mary Trump joins The New Abnormal with a giant barrel of tea to spill about her family. Her uncle Donald? “He was protected at every turn from his incompetence, from his total inability to handle m...

Donald Trump Is America’s Abusive Dad from 2020-07-17T10:00

Legendary filmmaker Judd Apatow really liked Donald Trump—when he was on TV. “I watched [the Apprentice] all the time because I found it so hilarious that all of his opinions were so wrong and ever...

Biden-Palin 2020? from 2020-07-14T10:00

Joe Biden is so far ahead of Trump, James Carville jokes on the latest episode of The New Abnormal, that the former Vice President could win, even with Gov. Youbetcha by his side. The strategy is s...

How Silicon Valley’s Sociopath CEOs Are Just Like Trump from 2020-07-10T10:00

Recode co-founder Kara Swisher has this thing she likes to call the “prick to productivity ratio”—how big of a jerk a particular executive is, verus how much he gets done. And these days, both in S...

The Trump Family’s Civil War Could Blow Us All Up from 2020-07-07T10:00

Mary Trump legal battles against her uncle might seem like a fun little political soap opera. It’s way more than that, Mary’s lawyer Ted Boutrous explains on the latest episode of The New Abnormal....

Ben Stiller Dishes on Trump’s Obsession with Zoolander from 2020-07-03T10:00

Ben Stiller had no idea he was casting a future president when he grabbed Donald Trump and Melania for a quick cameo in Zoolander. But Trump apparently never forgot about it, Stiller tells Molly Jo...

Did Trump Blow Off Some Sketchy Intel? Or Commit Treason? from 2020-06-30T10:00

Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast have some thoughts on the matter in the latest episode of The New Abnormal. “It's not just treason. It's historic treason,” Rick says about the revelation that the R...

Is Agent Margaritaville On MySpace For Fascists? from 2020-06-26T10:00

Digital soldiers. Agenta Margaritaville. Laura Ingraham. What do all these things have in common? They’re all part of the world of QAnon, where up is down, down is right and the end goal is seeing ...

Does Henry Winkler Have an Antifa Membership? from 2020-06-23T10:00

The Henry Winkler Antifa rumors can finally be put to rest. In episode 19 of The New Abnormal, the Barry actor—who went viral this weekend for proving that he, too, can drink a glass of water with ...

What the Hell Is John Bolton? from 2020-06-19T10:00

Molly Jong-Fast, like the rest of us, is rather confused. On the latest episode of The New Abnormal, Rick Wilson and Molly try to puzzle through the mystery of Donald Trump’s mustachioed menace. Pl...

Can You Force Fox News To Be Less Racist? from 2020-06-16T10:00

There’s so much packed into the latest edition of The New Abnormal, it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s see… Molly Jong-Fast heralds the return of Matt “Hot Tub Crime Machine” Whittaker, the on...

BONUS - Rep. Katie Porter on How Working Moms Are Wiping Congress' Ass from 2020-06-14T10:00

Surprise! As a bonus for our listeners, we have released an interview with Congresswoman Katie Porter who represents California’s 45th District. She tells us about how single mothers are changing c...

Will Bill Barr Go to Jail When This Is All Done? from 2020-06-12T10:00

Attorney General Bill Barr was in on Trump’s scheme to bribe and lean on Ukraine’s president. He let his boss’ criminal cronies off the hook. But the worst part, former DOJ prosecutor Glenn Kirschn...

DC Mayor: We Had to ‘Defend Our Borders’ from Trump’s Troops from 2020-06-09T10:00:20

Trump sent in goons from the Bureau of Prisons, and National Guardsmen from as far away from Utah to take over her town. On the 15th episode of The New Abnormal, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser...

Are We All Trapped in Tom Cotton’s Authoritarian Wet Dream? from 2020-06-05T10:00

Lindsey Graham’s new, Trumpy bouffant. Bill Barr’s little authoritarians’ playbook. Tom Cotton’s statist masturbation.They’re all featured on a very not-safe-for-Democracy edition of The New Abnorm...

Justice Is Not White Folks’ Possession to Give from 2020-06-02T10:00

You might look at the way some of these cops are going after nonviolent protesters, and think it’s a one-of-a-kind horror. Princeton Prof. Eddie Glaude has a different perspective. “I was looking a...

How To Screw Up a Vice Presidential Pick from 2020-05-29T10:00

Steve Schmidt and Philippe Reines worked on the McCain/Palin and Clinton/Kaine campaigns. So they know a little something about sub-stellar Veep picks. On the latest edition of THE NEW ABNORMAL, Sc...

Julian Castro on Why Everyone Hates Ted Cruz from 2020-05-26T10:00

On the latest episode of THE NEW ABNORMAL, the former presidential candidate talks to Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson about Trump’s chances to take Texas in 2020 (not great!), Biden’s “you ain’t bl...

Eric Swalwell: 'We Aren't Being Told the Truth About Russia' from 2020-05-22T10:04

Rep. Eric Swalwell brought the real talk on the latest episode of THE NEW ABNORMAL. He told Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson that he’s “afraid” America’s intelligence agencies aren’t telling “the tr...

Why Michelle Malkin Is Den Mother of the Alt-Right Dipsh*ts from 2020-05-19T10:00

On the latest episode of THE NEW ABNORMAL, Rick Wilson explains why he’s avoiding sushi, tea, helicopters, and, perhaps, knives. Molly Jong-Fast wonders what is going on in Michelle Malkin’s mind, ...

Adam Schiff on Bob Mueller’s Biggest Mistake from 2020-05-15T10:00

On the eighth episode of THE NEW ABNORMAL, the House Intelligence Committee Chairman talks about the moment Devin Nunes went off the rails, Paul Manafort’s suspiciously-timed release, and the serio...

How George Conway Moved Into Donald Trump’s Head from 2020-05-12T10:00

In this episode of THE NEW ABNORMAL, Republican lawyer George Conway reveals to Rick Wilson and Molly-Jong-Fast what irks him the most about Donald Trump, and how he’s managed to troll the presiden...

Gretchen Whitmer’s Chilling Call With the White House from 2020-05-08T10:00

On the latest episode of THE NEW ABNORMAL, Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast talk with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about the protesters who stormed the Michigan capitol, the sheriffs who refuse to enforce ...

Jared Kushner, Our First Android Vampire President from 2020-05-05T06:00

In the latest episode of The New Abnormal, Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast discuss Baby Trump’s high chair, his low-rent supervillain of a Treasury Secretary, and whether Jared the K is undead or j...

BONUS - Extended Interview With The Atlantic's James Hamblin from 2020-05-03T06:00

Surprise! As a bonus for our listeners, we have released an extended interview culled from our second episode of The New Abnormal with Dr. James Hamblin. Dr. Hamblin goes further in-depth on the CO...

What’s Next for Andrew Yang — And How to Stop the Trumpy Apocalypse from 2020-05-01T06:00

In this episode of The New Abnormal, Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast talk to Andrew Yang about whether he’d take a gig in a Biden administration, and why he’s talking to Mike Bloomberg’s team (hint...

The White House's Racist Kool-Aid Man Episode from 2020-04-28T06:00

In the third episode of The New Abnormal, Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast discuss goat blood, Donald Trump's 4th Filet o' Fish of the day, and how to put the fancy in sycophancy. Then the dynamic d...

Mitch Antoinette and the Goldfish Brain from 2020-04-24T06:00

In the second episode of The New Abnormal, Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast contemplate Mitch McConnell in a bodice, Judge Jeanine Pirro in a lovely Korean pink hanbok, and George governor Bria...

Dope Fiend For The Dow Jones from 2020-04-21T11:00

On the first episode of The New Abnormal by The Daily Beast, Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast talk Trump, Tiger King, and why asking grandma to die for the sake of the stock market may not be t...

The New Abnormal Trailer from 2020-04-15T22:10:07

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