Episodes
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In the aftermath of Donald Trumpâs victory in the 2024 election, co-host Samantha Bee has some tough talk for President Joe Biden and his team. Former Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon joins the podcast to discuss the lessons learnt from his own run for Congress, and comedian Michael Ian Black has news for everyone.
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This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie arenât pinning a lot of the blame on Kamala Harrisâ election loss on the vice president. Plus! Podcaster Jared Yate Sexton joins the show to discuss how Trump will affect the country years beyond his upcoming term. Then, Nicholas Grossman, an international relations professor at the University of Illinois and senior editor of Arc Digital, discusses his latest piece, âAmerica Chose This.â
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An exploration of why people have started leaving the former presidentâs rallies early. Then, a conversation with Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires author Douglas Rushkoff about Elon Musk and the increasingly weird obsessions of the ultra wealthy. Plus! Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, joins the program to discuss the rise of the Christian right and its wholehearted embrace of Trump.
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Steve Bannon told Laura Loomer this week that the left is having a meltdown at the prospect of Donald Trump giving her a job in the White House if he wins next weekâs election. Plus! W. Kamau Bell joins The New Abnormal to talk about his new viral video, Whoâs Gonna Catch Your Kid?
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This week on The New Abnormal, writer and editor at The Lever, Lucy Dean Stockton, tells us all about her recent piece covering Trumpâs promise to appoint Musk, which could allow for a special tax benefit available only to government officials. Then, Gabriel Snyder, the editor in chief of The Fine Print, is here to tell us about his seven steps to surviving election night.
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Journalist and author Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee on this weekâs episode to offer insight into the jockeying egos on Donaldâs Trump âmanicâ campaignâand that MSG rally. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker calls in from the Harris trail, and Daily Beast Special Correspondent Harry Lambert recaps party animal Jeff Bezosâ social calendar amid much turmoil at his newspaper, The Washington Post.
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Jay Willis, the editor-in-chief of
nonprofit legal journalism outlet Balls & Strikes, joins the program to discuss why Elon Musk has gone all in on Trump. Plus! A conversation with Phoebe Petrovic, an investigative reporter with the nonprofit outlet Wisconsin Watch, about her latest piece: âThe genesis of Christian nationalism: How the religious right came to influence the 2024 election.â
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The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy sound off on Tucker Carlsonâs bizarre diatribe on Wednesday in Georgia, where the former Fox News host compared a second Donald Trump presidency as akin to a father coming home to give his little âgirlââthe countryâa âvigorous spanking.â Then, a conversation with Daniel Nichanian, the editor-in-chief of Bolts, who joins the pod to break down the outletâs Cheat Sheet to the 2024 General Elections, explaining which local races are the ones to keep an eye on.
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The New Abnormalâs Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy are baffled. Donald Trump meets the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed to, and seemingly has no understanding of the concept of rule of law. So why are so many Americans still intent on voting for him? Also on the pod this week: Geoffrey Fowler, a Washington Post journalist, who talks about Metaâs covert operation to shadowban political content. Plus! Denny Carter, the founder of the Bad Faith Times, who has an astute comparison to draw between an NFL quarterback and this yearâs presidential election.
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With less than two weeks until Election Day, Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee are joned by political strategist James Carville for intelâand an insiderâs takeâon the state of the presidential race. They speak with Daily Beast Special Correspondent Harry Lambert about media kingpin Joe Rogan as well as would-be political kingpin RKF Jr., and bemoan the state of âshrillâ women in media.
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As Elon Musk unveils his latest scheme, a proposed plan to give away $1 million each day to registered voters in battleground states, the co-hosts of The New Abnormal have just one question: Where is U.S Attorney General Merrick Garland? Plus! A talk with Brian Merchant, a former technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Merchant, the author of âBlood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech,â breaks down exactly how Muskâs tech projects have become inseparable from his authoritarian aspirations.
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The New Abnormal team shines a light on Trumpâs strategy when he is asked about a topic he doesnât want to address. Plus! Dr. Alice Chen, the founder of Doctors for Harris, joins the Bonus Podcast to talk about the many ways that Donald Trump and the storm of misinformation he brings with him everywhere he goes, is actually incredibly bad for your health and your families.
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âSomething is clearly not rightâ with the former president, The New Abnormal co-hosts agree. Then, The Washington Postâs national columnist Philip Bump joins the program to discuss his approach to covering Trumpâwhich Levy says is a ârare bright spotâ in the genre. Plus! A talk with Charlie Warzel, a staff writer at The Atlantic, about his most recent piece, titled âIâm Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is,â and the crisis of misinformation currently plaguing America.
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On this weekâs The Daily Beast Podcast, guest John Oliver and co-host Samantha Bee take a trip down late-night TV memory lane, sharing fun times and lessons learned from their time as correspondents on âThe Daily Show.â Joanna Coles and Sam dive deep into the Beastâs exclusive story of the consultant making serious bank on Trumpâs campaign payroll, and obsess over Kanye Westâs sexploits as well as other, unrelated sex toys.
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This week on The New Abnormal, David Noll, a professor of law at Rutgers Law School, is here to talk about the new book he co-authored, âVigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy.â Then we'll talk to journalist Gareth Gore about his new book, âOpus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church.â
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The New Abnormal team have skewered the former presidentâs comments that women love him, calling them âsick on every level.â Plus! Talia Lavin joins the podcast to talk about her new book Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America.
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This week on The New Abnormal, when we should have taken Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene seriously. Plus! Semaforâs National political reporter, Dave Weigel, expands on the Republican partyâs fresh new hell. Then, author Jonathan Metzl joins the show to talk about the MAGA mentality, and how we got here.
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This week, Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee talk all things Melania and share the latest scoop on Silicon Valley with Jessica Lessin, CEO of The Information. Sam shares her experiences with menopause and Joanna talks celeb sightings at opening night of the new Robert Downey Jr. play on Broadway.
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Melania Trumpâs recent revelation that she supports abortion rightsâin clear opposition to her husbandâs own positions on the issueâmay have shocked some, but The New Abnormal co-host Danielle Moodie wasnât surprised or moved by the admission. Then, senior political reporter at Rolling Stoneâand former Daily Beast reporterâAsawin Suebsaeng joins the program to discuss his most recent piece, ââAmerican Death Squadsâ: Inside Trumpâs Push to Make Police More Violent.â Plus! A conversation with Katya Schwenk, a reporter at The Lever, about her recent story, âThe Toxic Loophole Behind a Chemical Plant Disaster.â
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The New Abnormal hosts flame Melania Trump over her defense of abortion. Plus! ProPublica investigative reporter Ava Kofman and Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC) in Washington, D.C., take listeners on an in-depth look at the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States and its effect on the right-wing.
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