The Daily Beast Podcast

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Trump’s Recent Rhetoric Is Just as Scary as It Seems Nov 14, 2023

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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 her unique way of visualizing social movements as entire ecosystems—with each person playing a distinct role in various movements and communities. Plus! Guest host Maura Quint who serves as campaign and communications work for Americans For Tax Fairness.

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The Rebels Who First Fought Big Tech Were on to Something Nov 12, 2023

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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.

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Biden’s Meeting With Xi Could Thaw ‘Deep Freeze’ With China Nov 10, 2023

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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 Politics Editor Sam Brodey breaks down the “Idiot Symposium” otherwise known as this week’s Republican presidential debate.

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Team Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Keep Its Wildest Plans Secret Nov 07, 2023

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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 about her recent story in ProPublica about Louisiana’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Why No One Cared About the War in Afghanistan Until We Lost Nov 05, 2023

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Marine combat photographer Miles Lagoze tells The New Abnormal why Americans were more concerned about the optics of exiting Afghanistan than the mission itself.

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Why Libs of TikTok Is a Ticking Time Bomb Nov 02, 2023

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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 Dean Phillips' not so great start to his presidential campaign.

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What If We Tried Treating Donald Trump Like Everyone Else? Oct 31, 2023

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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 understand the systems that make society tick.

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Why This Election Is the Most Crucial Since the Civil War Oct 29, 2023

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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.”

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MAGA Mike Johnson Is Shameless in More Ways Than One Oct 27, 2023

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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 latest developments

in the many legal troubles of Donald Trump.

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The Case for Arnold Schwarzenegger Being Speaker of the House Oct 24, 2023

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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, The Intercept’s Natasha Lennard tells us about how Scholastic has caved to the far right and made it easier for schools to ban diverse books at their book fairs.

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