Episodes

  • Adam Grant's Post-Election ‘Antidote to Helplessness’

    Adam Grant's Post-Election ‘Antidote to Helplessness’
    Nov 14 2024
    Organizational psychologist and author Adam Grant joins this week’s podcast to help unpack America’s political baggage, sharing leadership advice and coping strategies for the current moment. The Daily Beast’s executive editor Hugh Dougherty offers insight into the “patio power games” playing out at Mar-a-Lago as president-elect Donald Trump assembles his new administration—which may be filled with outlandish, cable TV personalities, but is ruled behind the scenes by a 67-year-old grandmother in aviator shades.

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    13 mins
  • Trump Isn’t Going to Help Make the Cost of Eggs Any Cheaper

    Trump Isn’t Going to Help Make the Cost of Eggs Any Cheaper
    Nov 12 2024

    A week after the U.S. presidential election, The New Abnormal co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie reflect on what Kamala Harris could have changed in her campaign strategy. Plus! Dean Obeidallah, host of the The Dean Obeidallah Show on Sirius XM Radio is here to talk about his recent piece posted to their substack.



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    52 mins
  • Trump’s Likely AG: ‘We’re Going to Put Kids in Cages’

    Trump’s Likely AG: ‘We’re Going to Put Kids in Cages’
    Nov 10 2024

    Mike Davis, the man who many expect to be Donald Trump’s Attorney General, has outlined who exactly is on the president-elect’s hit list. Plus!

    Davis told Johnson he has five lists ready to go but appeared to only name four. Plus! Former Los Angeles Times journalist and President of Media Guild West Matt Pearce joins the podcast to talk about the purpose of the press during the second Trump administration.


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    32 mins
  • Sam Bee on Biden's Big Fail, John Avlon on His Own

    Sam Bee on Biden's Big Fail, John Avlon on His Own
    Nov 8 2024
    In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, co-host Samantha Bee has some tough talk for President Joe Biden and his team. Former Daily Beast editor-in-chief Joe Avlon joins the podcast to discuss the lessons learnt from his own run for Congress, and comedian Michael Ian Black has news for everyone.

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    14 mins
  • The Hard Truth About Why Harris Was the Wrong Choice for America

    The Hard Truth About Why Harris Was the Wrong Choice for America
    Nov 8 2024
    This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie aren’t pinning a lot of the blame on Kamala Harris’ election loss on the vice president. Plus! Podcaster Jared Yate Sexton joins the show to discuss how Trump will affect the country years beyond his upcoming term. Then, Nicholas Grossman, an international relations professor at the University of Illinois and senior editor of Arc Digital, discusses his latest piece, “America Chose This.”

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • People May Finally Be Getting Tired of Trump’s Shenanigans

    People May Finally Be Getting Tired of Trump’s Shenanigans
    Nov 5 2024
    An exploration of why people have started leaving the former president’s rallies early. Then, a conversation with Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires author Douglas Rushkoff about Elon Musk and the increasingly weird obsessions of the ultra wealthy. Plus! Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, joins the program to discuss the rise of the Christian right and its wholehearted embrace of Trump.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Left-Wing Scared of Loomer Getting White House Job: Bannon

    Left-Wing Scared of Loomer Getting White House Job: Bannon
    Nov 3 2024
    Steve Bannon told Laura Loomer this week that the left is having a meltdown at the prospect of Donald Trump giving her a job in the White House if he wins next week’s election. Plus! W. Kamau Bell joins The New Abnormal to talk about his new viral video, Who’s Gonna Catch Your Kid?

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    34 mins
  • Donald Trump Could Be Elon Musk’s Ultimate Cash Cow

    Donald Trump Could Be Elon Musk’s Ultimate Cash Cow
    Nov 1 2024
    This week on The New Abnormal, writer and editor at The Lever, Lucy Dean Stockton, tells us all about her recent piece covering Trump’s promise to appoint Musk, which could allow for a special tax benefit available only to government officials. Then, Gabriel Snyder, the editor in chief of The Fine Print, is here to tell us about his seven steps to surviving election night.

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    1 hr and 1 min