Inside Trump's Head

By The Daily Beast, Michael Wolff and Joanna ColesSociety & Culture News

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May 01, 2025 Trump’s Spanx Secrets and OnlyFans Meets Politics
Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee get the skinny on Donald Trump’s new body and a lot more from legendary White House correspondent April Ryan—who reveals her very painful “manx” theory about the slimmerline leader. And Ryan dives into the jaw-dropping moment her own colleagues confused her with another Black woman who covers Trump, NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor. Joanna and Sam ask left-field California governor candidate Stephen Cloobeck about following in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s footsteps. They quiz the timeshare billionaire on his OnlyFans model ex and their messy public split. Cloobeck reveals a new twist in their affair—and spills on what happened when he spoke to possible rival Kamala Harris.
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50 min
April 24, 2025 Abby Phillip Spills Secrets of CNN's Wildest Show
CNN star Abby Phillip tells Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee what really happens on CNN Newsnight—the show where angry clashes, shouting matches and even expulsions go viral every night. Phillip spills on whether Scott Jennings is really like that when the cameras stop rolling, names its most-famous viewer and reveals how she gets a word in edgewise. The millennial anchor says whether she watches TV herself and gives her verdict on turning to TikTok. And she has a warning for bosses who bow to Trump: He’ll just want more from you. Joanna and Sam break down the latest on Pete Hegseth’s inability to keep battle plans to himself and on Kristi Noem’s inability to hang on to her purse.
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1 hr 2 min
April 17, 2025 Andrew Cuomo's NYC Comeback Bid
Joanna Coles and guest host Isaac Mizrahi sit down with Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who is attempting a huge comeback by running for New York City mayor. They ask tough questions about his resignation over allegations of sexual harassment, his controversial book about Covid and what he will do to clean up the city's subways. And they get him to dish on former brother-in-law RFK Jr., what he really thinks of Donald Trump and whether AOC is a radical. Mizrahi also spills on the truth about his "grand" life, what he and JFK Jr. got up to with Cindy Crawford—and Joanna has some views on Lauren Sánchez and her girl squad's brief encounter with the edge of space.
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1 hr 8 min
April 10, 2025 White Lotus' Deepest Secrets Revealed
Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee get the most incredible inside gossip on White Lotus direct from its executive producer, David Bernad. Daily Beast Senior Entertainment Editor Kevin Fallon joins Joanna and Sam to probe for what really happened in the show which has everyone talking. Bernad spills what really happened on set and reveals exactly how creator Mike White came up with the plot for the hit third season. He also dishes on off-set drama with the composer of the theme tune and delivers a very unfiltered verdict on the tunesmith. And Sam and Joanna get the latest on the Elon Musk feud which is rocking the White House—and have a big reveal about what's happening on next week's show.
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55 min
April 03, 2025 Joanna & Sam LIVE with Don Lemon
Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee go in front of a live audience at exclusive New York members' club Zero Bond to interview Don Lemon. The CNN-star turned independent media pioneer tells the real story about his firing, what he would do if Trump invited him to Mar-a-Lago and why he can't keep MAGA friends. Joanna spills about her top-secret encounter with the most powerful people in the country and explains why they're "giddy" about Donald Trump. And Samantha answer's an audience question about whether she would bring back her Alternative White House Correspondents Dinner after the real one fired Amber Ruffin for what she said on the previous episode of The Daily Beast Podcast.
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1 hr
March 27, 2025 MAGA Meltdown Cancels Amber Ruffin's WH Dinner
Comedian Amber Ruffin has entered the chat with Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee—ahead of hosting the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Ruffin shares how she will pre-game for comedy’s toughest gig and least receptive audience, and the challenge of roasting both sides in D.C. Commentator Steve Hilton discusses his provocative new book “Califailure” about California’s future. And Joanna and Samantha break down the unreal fallout from Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and many others’ secrets being leaked by… themselves.
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1 hr 9 min
March 20, 2025 Trump, Sex, Usha and Max Mutchnick & David Kohan
Samantha Bee and Joanna Coles float an explosive theory: Is Donald Trump "post-sex?" They break down the incendiary memoir "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Facebook executive who is lifting the lid on Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. The two relish into Usha Vance's trip with JD to the Kennedy Center. Daily Beast legal columnist Shan Wu breaks down if we're in a constitutional crisis thanks to Trump. And Beasts of the Week Max Mutchnick and David Kohan talk about their new Hulu show "Mid-Century Modern" which they call the "gay 'Golden Girls'."
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57 min
March 13, 2025 Elon Musk Mystery and Iliza Shlesinger’s Pants
Sam Bee and Joanna Coles wonder just how long Elon Musk could last in the Trump administration. Then, the Daily Beast’s Executive Editor Hugh Dougherty joins the show to catch every one up on the latest in Trumpworld, including “first buddy” Musk. Plus! Iliza Shlesinger talks her “divisive” pants in her latest comedy special and how she got those abs eight months after having a baby.
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1 hr 14 min
March 06, 2025 Meghan Markle, Marco Rubio and Ben Meiselas
Sam Bee jokes she’s the “Chief Content Officer of Lauren Boebert’s spray tan” before diving into Trump’s speech, which Coles calls “magnificent television” but warns he’s entering his “Castro phase” of seven-hour speeches. Bee slams Republicans as “half too dumb to pound sand,” while Coles dubs Usha Vance a “mini clapper.” They torch Meghan Markle’s Netflix show—“It’s an Instagram feed, not a show”—and question sprinkling flowers on donuts. Ben Meiselas of MeidasTouch—who recently surpassed Joe Rogan on the Apple podcast charts—calls Marco Rubio a “defeated man,” adding, “He was the rising star… now he’s slouching for Zelensky.”
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1 hr 7 min
February 27, 2025 Michael Wolff: MAGA Meltdown and Melania’s Game
Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell All or Nothing, rips open the turmoil behind Trump’s campaign: “They hate each other.” His staff is locked in a ruthless survival game, “all leaking.” Trump was “terrified of dying on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane,” and Melania “doesn’t live with him.” Instead, “she’s cashing in.” He berates his lawyers, “Have you heard of Perry Mason?” Wolff calls his latest strategy “bigger provocations” and predicts Elon Musk will last “six months, tops.” Joanna Coles rocked sneakers at the SAG Awards while celebs endured “Ozempic-fueled starvation.” People president Leah Wyar says Hollywood’s hottest skincare trend is “salmon sperm injections—yes, really.”
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1 hr 7 min

About Inside Trump's Head

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Character is destiny and no character has defined or deformed the 21st century more than Donald Trump. In this new podcast series, the definitive Trump biographer Michael Wolff joins forces with the Daily Beast’s provocateur-in-chief Joanna Coles to crack open the psyche of the man the world can’t stop watching. Coles and Wolff balance candor with curiosity as they dissect Trump’s thoughts and actions and try to answer the ultimate question: what drives the most powerful man alive? This is the analysis no one else has the access, authority, or ambition to deliver. Ignore it at your peril.