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Rolling Stone's Mile Klee joins The New Abnormal to talk the myth of "go woke. go broke."
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Erin Reed joins the New Abnormal to talk the lastest in laws targeting transgender rights.
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The EFF's Cindy Cohn joins The New Abnormal to talk cyber security.
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Gary Marcus joins The New Abnormal to discuss the dangers of AI.
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Will Sommer joins The Daily Beast's The New Abnormal to talk the America first movement.
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The Daily Beast's Kelly Weill joins The New Abnormal to talk the reputation laundering of the Allen, TX mall shooter.
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Itâs the final episode of Fever Dreams. After sharing some of their favorite moments from the podcastâs years-long run, the hosts tackle the right-wing obfuscation of a mass shooterâs extremist history and a viral prank on the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
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Fever Dreams examines the recent headline-grabbing actions of right-wing media darling Steven Crowder, who was outed this week for allegedly exposing his genitals repeatedly to employees. Plus! The latest on Ammon Bundyâs latest brewing standoff attempt.
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On this weekâs Fever Dreams, a look at the ecosystem of grifters and gadflies who made a living appearing on Tucker Carlsonâs Fox News showâand what comes next for them. Plus! What is pronatalism, and why are all the Silicon Valley dudes talking about it?
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Fever Dreams hosts Kelly Weill and Will Sommer examine a classic style of right-wing outrageâwhich never seems to back itself up with evidence. Plus! A conversation with Aaron Kleinman of the States Project about all the wacky, extreme characters inhabiting Americaâs state houses.
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Laura Loomer has been spewing hate online for yearsâand now Trump apparently wants to hire her. Plus! A look at the way technology has aided the rise of the far right over the past 40 years.
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On this weekâs episode of Fever Dreams, hosts Will Sommer and Kelly Weill discuss how Trumpâs decision to fly to New York instead of hunkering down in Mar-a-Lago to face his historic arraignment had the markings of a political schemeâone which denied stoppedDeSantis from making his own big patriotic stand against the charges. Then, national political reporter for Semafor, David Weigel, joins the podcast and weighs in on the latest Trump drama.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is up to her old tricksâthis time, protesting a routine ATF inspection of a Georgia gun store Monday under the guise that there apparently were too many agents from âblue statesâ conducting the operation. Then, investigative reporter Luke OâBrien joins the podcast to talk about the ongoing trial of Douglass Mackey, a 33-year-old âalt-rightâ figure dubbed the âDisinformation Kingâ by the Southern Poverty Law Center.. Despite the fact that Mackey allegedly engaged in election interference, heâs become a cause cĂ©lĂšbre in right-wing circlesâeven garnering a number of segments on Tucker Carlsonâs primetime Fox News show. Plus! Benny Johnson, the former Buzzfeed writer who was fired for plagiarism before becoming a right-wing media star, ditches Newsmax in order to pursue an independent career.
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While prosecutors appear to be closing in on Donald Trump and preparing to file formal charges, heâs been posting up an absolute storm on Truth Social. Itâs all happening amid the backdrop of a potential arrest for the former presidentâwhich some pundits predict will bolster his re-election campaign. The Fever Dreams team isnât so sure. Plus! Daily Beast reporter Jake Lahut joins the program to talk about his recent reporting on what appears to be DeSantisâ fledgling campaignâincluding a number of troubling anecdotes about the Florida governorâs ability to make small talk and press the flesh at his early stops in Iowa and elsewhere.
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If Tucker Carlson seems a little lost at the momentâthatâs because he is. At least, thatâs what Media Matters researcher Kat Abughazaleh says, and she has to watch the fire-breathing Fox News host every day for work. Then, Fever Dreams digs into the obfuscation being performed by Fox and others in the conservative media after one of the countryâs worst banking collapses. Plus! In the podcastâs Fresh Hell segment, Weill and Sommer discuss the worst dressed man in North AmericaâJordan Petersonâand how exactly he styles the atrocious outfits heâs recently become known for.
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This yearâs Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), long a mainstay in Republican politics, wasnât quite the A-list event of years past. Isaac Arnsdorf joins the podcast to talk about his own CPAC experience, along with breakout star, Kari Lake, who failed to win Arizonaâs governor race last November but propelled herself to MAGA stardom with a Big Lie-style campaign at the state level. Plus, in the podcastâs Fresh Hell segment, Weill gives an update on the legal woes of Andrew Tate, the misogynist influencer and alleged human trafficker currently detained in a Romanian prisonâas well as the bizarre rumor that he has lung cancer.
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Hosts Will Sommer and Kelly Weill unpack the QAnon connections behind newly elected Michigan GOP leader Kristina Karamo, who declared Michigan as âground zero for the globalist takeover of the United States of America.â A wave of more than 100 deaths over the past two years at Fort Bragg has rocked the U.S. militaryâcaused in part by an increasing number of overdoses, says Rolling Stone investigative reporter Seth Harp on this weekâs episode of The Daily Beastâs Fever Dreams podcast. Plus, a look into both hostsâ personal history with the comic Dilbertâand its embattled artist, Scott Adams, who sparked a firestorm last week by going on a racist rant and calling Black people a âhate group,â among other things.
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On this weekâs Fever Dreams, James OâKeefe gives his fans and foes a truly memorable send-off, while the Libertarian Party continues to its slide to the right. Plus, co-host Will Sommer discusses his years of reporting on QAnonâas well as his new book Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America.
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For it's 100th episode, Fever Dreams unpacks all the drama engulfing right-wing undercover video operation Project Veritas, including a number of claims about the difficult workplace culture fostered under founder James OâKeefe. Then the podcast is joined by labor reporter and author Kim Kelly, who talks about how her experience as a fan and critic of metal music helped her better understandâand report onâfar-right extremists across the U.S.
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What if there was an atomic bomb about to detonate and kill millions of peopleâand the only way to defuse it was to have an Artificial Intelligence chatbot say a racial slur? Also on the podcast Weill and Sommer interview Trevor Aaronson, the host of the investigative podcast the Alphabet Boys, which tells the story of FBI informant Mickey Windecker, who almost single-handedly derailed the Black Lives Matter movement in Denver. Plus! Weill and Sommer recap a bombshell investigation into Eliza Blue, an overnight internet sensation who rose to prominence by becoming an ombudsman for victims of human trafficking.
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