The New Abnormal

By The Daily Beast

News & Politics

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Blunt truth and dark humor for a world in chaos. A Daily Beast podcast hosted by Danielle Moodie & Andy Levy. Tune in every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Media is Ignoring Trump...

11.28.2023

New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac joins The New Abnormal to unpack the civil war currently roiling OpenAI. Plus! A conversation with Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella about Joe Biden's chances in the 2024 election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...

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11.28.2023 The Media is Ignoring Trump’s Advanced Age at Our Peril New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac joins The New Abnormal to unpack the civil war currently roiling OpenAI. Plus! A conversation with Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella about Joe Biden's chances in the 2024 election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
11.26.2023 Jan. 6 Officer Says U.S. Must Be Saved From Trump’s Return Former Capitol Police Officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells The New Abnormal that democracy is on the ballot in the next election and that America must be protected from a second Trump presidency. Plus former Daily Beast journalist turned communications consultant, ...
11.24.2023 Why Eric Is Most Likely Trump’s Second Favorite Child David Roth and Jeb Lund play the Thanksgiving edition of “America 20 Questions,” including answering how thankful they think Donald Trump is for each of his kids. Plus! Danielle Moodie talks to Amelia Nagoski about the book she co-authored with ...
11.21.2023 Elon Musk Has Become the Very Thing He Hates Most Media Matters President Angelo Carusone joins The New Abnormal to talk through his organization’s recent sparring with Elon Musk and his social media platform, X. Plus! A conversation with award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor about her transformational africanfuturism and the importance ...
11.19.2023 How This Iconic Black Model Changed the Fashion Industry Bethann Hardison broke barriers in the 1970s by appearing in the top fashion magazines. Her new documentary Invisible Beauty shows how she championed diversity for a new generation of Black models. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.17.2023 Why GOP Won’t Stop Tuberville’s Military Nominees Tantrum Veteran Jason Kander tells The New Abnormal there are two main reasons why Republicans are afraid to take on Senator Tommy Tuberville’s military blockade. Plus, Andy Norma, founder of CIRCE, or the Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative, talks about the Mental ...
11.14.2023 Trump’s Recent Rhetoric Is Just as Scary as It Seems Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman stops by the program to talk about Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—and why Congress should consider scrapping it entirely. Deepa Iyer of the Building Movement Project stops by the podcast to share ...
11.12.2023 The Rebels Who First Fought Big Tech Were on to Something Tech columnist Brian Merchant tells The New Abnormal the Luddites got a bad rap following the Industrial Revolution but all they were trying to do was hold big tech to account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.10.2023 Biden’s Meeting With Xi Could Thaw ‘Deep Freeze’ With China Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi tells The New Abnormal that Joe Biden’s sit down with the Chinese President next week will be the first in almost a year and the best chance to ease increased Chinese aggression. Plus, The Daily Beast’s Deputy ...
11.07.2023 Team Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Keep Its Wildest Plans Secret Brian Kaylor, the president and editor-in-chief of Word&Way;, joins The New Abnormal to discuss new House Speaker Mike Johnson—and why he thinks the longtime religious activist should be classified as a Christian nationalist. Plus! A conversation with reporter Anat Rubin ...
11.05.2023 Why No One Cared About the War in Afghanistan Until We Lost Marine combat photographer Miles Lagoze tells The New Abnormal why Americans were more concerned about the optics of exiting Afghanistan than the mission itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.02.2023 Why Libs of TikTok Is a Ticking Time Bomb Michael Edison Hayden tells The New Abnormal why Chaya Raichik, the woman behind Libs of TikTok, is so dangerous and why the Anti-Defamation League needs to stand up against her. Plus, The Daily Beast’s political reporter Jake Lahut discusses Congressman ...
10.31.2023 What If We Tried Treating Donald Trump Like Everyone Else? The U.S. justice system is handling former President Donald Trump with kid gloves, The New Abnormal host Danielle Moodie says. Plus! A discussion about the disconnect between an increasingly technology-reliant world and the aging lawmakers who do not seem to ...
10.29.2023 Why This Election Is the Most Crucial Since the Civil War Matt Bennett, co-founder of national think-tank Third Way, tells The New Abnormal why a second Trump presidency would be a “catastrophe” and leave America “unrecognizable.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.27.2023 MAGA Mike Johnson Is Shameless in More Ways Than One This week on The New Abnormal, Semafor’s Washington Bureau Chief Benjy Sarlin tells us the who, what, and why that is the Republican Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson. Then, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner breaks down all the ...
10.24.2023 The Case for Arnold Schwarzenegger Being Speaker of the House This week on The New Abnormal, Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella makes sense of the clown show that has become the Republican Party—which he used to be a part of—and its attempt to find a new Speaker of the House. Then, ...
10.22.2023 How the Pentagon Changed the Plot of ‘Top Gun’ Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Walter Hickey explains how movies and TV affect everything from our biology to our beliefs and what happens when governments get involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.20.2023 The Republican Party Is Self-Destructing Before Our Very Eyes CNN commentator S.E. Cupp joins The New Abnormal to discuss her recent article about how the right is broken–and nothing is being done to fix it. Then, psychiatrist and author Dr. Jonathan Metzl talks about the connection between the rise ...
10.17.2023 Trump’s Lawyers Aren’t Even Trying to Win His NY Fraud Case Trump’s legal team seems more concerned with leaving landmines in the court record than winning his New York fraud trial, The Daily Beast’s Jose Pagliery says on this week’s The New Abnormal. Plus! A frank talk about the current state ...
10.15.2023 Trump Is Going Even Further Down the QAnon Rabbit Hole On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy call out the former president for his latest rallying cry to white supremacists. Plus, Katherine Stewart details her observations since publishing The Power Worshippers: Inside the ...
10.13.2023 GOP Hits the Bottom of the Barrel to Dredge Up New Speaker On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, Republicans have been scrambling to figure out who they could dredge up as House Speaker. Plus! U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) adds her thoughts on GOP efforts to replace Kevin McCarthy. Then, ...
10.10.2023 Violence-Ready’ Militia Group Says Jan. 6’ers are Idiots On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, extremism and violent terrorism researcher Alexander Ritzman describes the new, male only movement infiltrating America–and their thoughts on Jan. 6. Plus! NBC News Justice reporter Ryan Reilly provides an in-depth look into ...
10.08.2023 How the God Complex of 4 Billionaires Could Destroy Society Author Jonathan Taplin tells The New Abnormal how Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen, are providing the tools to let fascism flourish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.06.2023 The Theme of Trump’s Existence Summed Up in Three Words On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, professor and author Jennifer Taub gives us all the details on Trump's fraud case happening right now in New York. Plus! Journalists and podcasters Jeb Lund and David J. Roth talk to ...
10.03.2023 Don’t Feel Bad for Kevin McCarthy—He Dug His Own Grave Don’t cry for Kevin—he knew what he was getting into when he took the job as House Speaker, The New Abnormal hosts argue. Then, an interview about dystopian police technology with WIRED staff writer Dhruv Mehrotra. Hosted on Acast. See ...
10.01.2023 Youngkin’s White House Dream May Push Virginia Further Right Aaron Kleinman, Director of Research for The States Project, tells The New Abnormal that if Republicans are able to win both houses in November’s state election, prepare to see a radical raft of policies by Gov. Glenn Youngkin as he ...
09.29.2023 Eric Swalwell Says Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA Team Is a Bunch of Creeps On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell talks to us about Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s latest shocking rant and how he contends with some of the louder members of the Republican Party on the ...
09.26.2023 Right-Wingers in Congress Won’t Win Their Wacky Shutdown Fight On this episode of The New Abnormal: Why Joe Biden is right to let Republicans shoot themselves in the foot during yet another idiotic shutdown fight. Plus! A look at Trump’s weekend of manic posting on Truth Social. Hosted on ...
09.24.2023 Not Crazy or a Nazi? Liberal Org Wants you for School Board Run For Something has just pumped $10 million into electing left-leaning school board members. Co-founder Amanda Litman tells The New Abnormal the basic credentials you need. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.22.2023 In Georgia, Donald Trump May Have Just Met His Match in Battle On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner talks about Donald Trump’s latest legal challenges. Then a talk with Freedom of the Press Foundation executive director Trevor Timm about how the U.S. trying Julian Assange ...
09.19.2023 Far-Right Anti-Science Conspiracies Are Literally Killing Us Dr. Peter Hotez joins The New Abnormal this week to discuss his new book, “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science”—and why anti-vaccine conspiracies are so dangerous. Plus! An interview with labor reporter and author Kim Kelly about the United Auto Workers ...
09.17.2023 GOP Keeps Embarrassing Itself Trying to Justify Biden Inquiry This week’s episode of The New Abnormal highlights how Republicans are tying themselves up in knots while attempting to explain why we need an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.15.2023 Lauren Boebert Proves the One Thing She Needs is Class On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie delve deep into the lack of class shown by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) this week. Then, author Mike Rothschild is here to tell us all about ...
09.12.2023 Middle America Gives Trump the Finger at Iowa Football Game On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, a reminder that the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend. Plus! A status check on the various groups protesting Atlanta’s “Cop City” project and a chat with Meagan Burrows of ...
09.10.2023 U.S. Leaders Ignored Warning Signs That Musk Would Help Putin The Daily Beast columnist David Rothkopf tells The New Abnormal’s Danielle Moodie that U.S. politicians should rethink their support of Elon Musk after his intervention to help Russia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.08.2023 How Elon Musk Can Change the World With One Flick of a Switch On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie are shocked by just how much control billionaire Elon Musk has over the world. Plus! Executive Director of reproductive justice group the Yellowhammer Fund, Jenice Fountain, ...
09.05.2023 Trump Contemplates Jailing Opponents Amid Legal Trouble On this episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss how crazy it is that Donald Trump keeps talking about jailing his political opponents and everyone has just accepted it as normal. Dare we say, the ...
09.03.2023 Why Castrated Mad Hatter Murdered Lincoln’s Killer Comedian Jesse Joyce tells The New Abnormal how his fascination with “the guy who cut his own balls off with a pair of scissors and then killed John Wilkes Booth” forced him into writing his new book. Hosted on Acast. ...
09.01.2023 It’s Grotesque to Keep Putting Mitch McConnell Out There On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Andy and Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss the ramifications of Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s latest freeze. Plus! National opinion columnist for the “Philadelphia Enquirer,” Will Bunch, talks to us ...
08.29.2023 Comparing Trump to Tupac and MLK is Offensive and Wrong On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, why Trump’s mugshot does nothing to endear him to the Black community—despite the insistence of a number of Fox News hosts. Plus, Ari Cohn, the free speech counsel at TechFreedom, joins the ...
08.27.2023 Controversial Climate Solution May Cool Earth, but at What Cost? Professor Ted Parson tells The New Abnormal how we already have the technology to help cool the Earth by 1 degree within years and why lawmakers are fearful of embracing it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.25.2023 Vivek Ramaswamy Filled the Void Left by Trump at Republican Debate On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Andy and Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss the fallout from the first Republican primary debate of the 2024 election season. Plus! Author Dr. Steven Hassan stops by to talk to us ...
08.22.2023 This Constitutional Clause Could Ruin Trump’s 2024 Plans On this episode of The New Abnormal, Law Dork newsletter’s Chris Geidner tells co-host Andy Levy about a Constitutional amendment that could prevent Trump from running again, and what it would take for that clause to actually be enacted against ...
08.20.2023 Why the Tucker Carlson Biography Sales Are So Pathetic In this episode of The New Abnormal, Daily Beast editor Andrew Kirell gives an inside look at one of the right’s biggest grifts: inflating conservatives’ crappy book sales, specifically to get on the New York Times’ bestseller lists, and breaks ...
08.18.2023 Mary Trump’s Horror Prediction if a Republican Wins 2024 On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, Mary Trump joins us to talk all about her uncle’s latest legal woes and her future predictions for both the Republican and Democratic parties. Plus! CNN legal analyst Elie Honig walks us ...
08.15.2023 This Is the Only Thing That Will Shut Trump Up Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick is noticing a tone change when it comes to how people are reacting to Donald Trump’s indictments. She describes this change on this latest episode of The New Abnormal podcast along with a huge decision ...
08.13.2023 Should DeSantis Do Mushrooms to Become a Cooler Candidate? In this episode of The New Abnormal podcast, hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie listen to some clips, which includes a right-winger who has a drug-related suggestion to make Ron DeSantis more human, Matt Gaetz speaking nonsense to get Trump ...
08.11.2023 Ohio Is a Sign That Republicans Should Be Worried On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, how the latest Ohio election should be a wake-up call to Republicans. David Pepper, the former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, joins to discuss. Plus! Nick Suplina, senior Vice President of ...
08.08.2023 Trump Has No Reason to Believe He Will Face Consequences The New Abnormal is back from vacation! And what a week to recap. A certain orange person named Donald Trump has been charged for alleged criming again and hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie unpack it all. They also discuss ...
08.07.2023 From Tools and Weapons: Connecting Africa’s Youth to the World This week, we're sharing an episode from our friends at the Tools and Weapons podcast, hosted by Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. Tools and Weapons features conversations with leaders in government, business, and culture that explore the world’s ...

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The New Abnormal episodes:

The Media is Ignoring Trump’s Advanced Age at Our Peril

Jan. 6 Officer Says U.S. Must Be Saved From Trump’s Return

Why Eric Is Most Likely Trump’s Second Favorite Child

Elon Musk Has Become the Very Thing He Hates Most

How This Iconic Black Model Changed the Fashion Industry

Why GOP Won’t Stop Tuberville’s Military Nominees Tantrum

Trump’s Recent Rhetoric Is Just as Scary as It Seems

The Rebels Who First Fought Big Tech Were on to Something

Biden’s Meeting With Xi Could Thaw ‘Deep Freeze’ With China

Team Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Keep Its Wildest Plans Secret

Why No One Cared About the War in Afghanistan Until We Lost

Why Libs of TikTok Is a Ticking Time Bomb

What If We Tried Treating Donald Trump Like Everyone Else?

Why This Election Is the Most Crucial Since the Civil War

MAGA Mike Johnson Is Shameless in More Ways Than One

The Case for Arnold Schwarzenegger Being Speaker of the House

How the Pentagon Changed the Plot of ‘Top Gun’

The Republican Party Is Self-Destructing Before Our Very Eyes

Trump’s Lawyers Aren’t Even Trying to Win His NY Fraud Case

Trump Is Going Even Further Down the QAnon Rabbit Hole

GOP Hits the Bottom of the Barrel to Dredge Up New Speaker

Violence-Ready’ Militia Group Says Jan. 6’ers are Idiots

How the God Complex of 4 Billionaires Could Destroy Society

The Theme of Trump’s Existence Summed Up in Three Words

Don’t Feel Bad for Kevin McCarthy—He Dug His Own Grave

Youngkin’s White House Dream May Push Virginia Further Right

Eric Swalwell Says Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA Team Is a Bunch of Creeps

Right-Wingers in Congress Won’t Win Their Wacky Shutdown Fight

Not Crazy or a Nazi? Liberal Org Wants you for School Board

In Georgia, Donald Trump May Have Just Met His Match in Battle

Far-Right Anti-Science Conspiracies Are Literally Killing Us

GOP Keeps Embarrassing Itself Trying to Justify Biden Inquiry

Lauren Boebert Proves the One Thing She Needs is Class

Middle America Gives Trump the Finger at Iowa Football Game

U.S. Leaders Ignored Warning Signs That Musk Would Help Putin

How Elon Musk Can Change the World With One Flick of a Switch

Trump Contemplates Jailing Opponents Amid Legal Trouble

Why Castrated Mad Hatter Murdered Lincoln’s Killer

It’s Grotesque to Keep Putting Mitch McConnell Out There

Comparing Trump to Tupac and MLK is Offensive and Wrong

Controversial Climate Solution May Cool Earth, but at What Cost?

Vivek Ramaswamy Filled the Void Left by Trump at Republican Debate

This Constitutional Clause Could Ruin Trump’s 2024 Plans

Why the Tucker Carlson Biography Sales Are So Pathetic

Mary Trump’s Horror Prediction if a Republican Wins 2024

This Is the Only Thing That Will Shut Trump Up

Should DeSantis Do Mushrooms to Become a Cooler Candidate?

Ohio Is a Sign That Republicans Should Be Worried

Trump Has No Reason to Believe He Will Face Consequences

From Tools and Weapons: Connecting Africa’s Youth to the World

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