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No One Can Be More Disappointed in Ron DeSantis Than His Wife Casey Jan 23, 2024

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This week on The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy discuss the end of Ron DeSantis’ 2024 dreams. Then, Protect Democracy Editor Amanda Carpenter walks us through a report she co authored about what we can expect from another Trump presidency. Plus! Author Ben Herold is here to tell us all about his new book,\ “Disillusioned Five Families and the Unraveling of American Suburbs.”

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We Need an Interpreter to Work Out Trump’s ‘Debanking’ Rant Jan 21, 2024

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The former president’s latest rant about “debanking” and electric cars has left The New Abnormal team scratching their heads. Plus! Danielle Moodie talks to Keith Boykin, the political commentator, film producer and Bill Clinton’s former White House aide, about his new book Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? 25 Arguments That Won’t Go Away.

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Listen Closely: Trump Wants to Be a ‘Messiah’ Figure for Evangelicals Jan 19, 2024

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The former president has been ramping up the “spiritual” language he uses on the campaign trail, according to author and this week’s guest on The New Abnormal, Sarah Posner. Plus! A talk with professor and author Jason Stanley about his book “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.”

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Trump’s New Slogan Sums Him Up Perfectly Jan 16, 2024

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On The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy

discuss the problem with Trump’s newest slogan. Then, Frankie Miranda, the president and

CEO of the Hispanic Federation, tells us about the importance of the Latinx vote. Plus! We talk

to the New Republic’s Timothy Noah, who explains the wild ride that started with billionaire Bill

Ackman’s vicious Twitter campaign against then-Harvard President Claudine Gay, and then

snowballed.

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My Time Inside MAGA World Showed Me All Its Secrets Jan 14, 2024

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Journalist Tina Nguyen tells The New Abnormal how her time inside America’s political right-wing showed her how it captures young hearts and minds.

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Christie Has One Move Left That May Save Us From Trump Jan 12, 2024

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The Bulwark editor Jonathan Last tells The New Abnormal that if Chris Christie really believes that Donald Trump must be stopped at all costs, then he has one card left to play. Plus! Anat Shenker-Osorio, host of the Words to Win By podcast, tells The New Abnormal co-host Danielle Moodie, how Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign messaging is landing with voters.

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Media Exhaustion May Be All Trump Needs to Squeak Out a Win in 2024 Jan 09, 2024

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Daily Beast media reporter Justin Baragona joins The New Abnormal to discuss how the news media is dealing with the former president’s repeated threats to upend American democracy. Plus! Daily Beast political reporter Riley Rogerson joins the podcast to share her experience reporting on Rep. Lauren Boebert’s falling political fortunes.

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A Supreme Court With Common Sense Would Disqualify Trump Jan 07, 2024

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Constitutional law professor Michael Gerhardt tells The New Abnormal that a plain reading of the 14th Amendment would deny Donald Trump’s bid to be president again.

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Why Biden Is Likely to Bridge Polling Gap Against Trump Jan 05, 2024

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The Daily Beast’s senior political reporter Roger Sollenberger tells The New Abnormal why Trump’s lead in the polls compared with Biden is set to narrow as the election nears. Plus! Danielle Moodie talks to psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl about his new book What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms. Moodie will also host Metzl at the Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn on Feb. 5 where they will further explore how our collective failure to stop mass shootings is betraying the democracy envisaged by the framers of the Constitution.

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The Far Right Will Only Get Louder and More Powerful in 2024 Jan 02, 2024

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The coming year is set to be a trying time for America, at least according to Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, whose new book God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America traces the history of right-wing terrorism in the U.S. Then, former NYPD officer—and the highest-ranking whistleblower in department history—Edwin Raymond joins The New Abnormal to discuss his recent memoir, An Inconcenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America.

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