The New Abnormal
The Daily Beast
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APR 30, 2024
What We Are Seeing on College Campuses Is Truly Disturbing
This week on The New Abnormal, co hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss the overblown response to pro Palestine protests on college campuses. Plus! The Nation's justice correspondent, Elie Mystal, joins the show to talk about the many problems with the U.S. Supreme Court. Then, Democratic candidate for Congress in Florida's 13th congressional district, Whitney Fox, shares why she’s joining the fight.
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61 MIN
APR 28, 2024
MAGA Host Alex Stein Can’t Stop Talking to Lara Trump About Anal Sex
In what can only be described as a race to the bottom, right-wing comedian Alex Stein appears obsessed with talking to the president’s daughter-in-law about sodomy. Plus! Danielle Moodie talks to Brazilian journalist Adriana Carranca on her new book Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims.
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28 MIN
APR 26, 2024
Trump’s Campaign Shifts Strategy for Its Part-Time Candidate
The Daily Beast’s political reporter Jake Lahut tells The New Abnormal’s co-host Danielle Moodie that some Republicans were hopeful that the former president would still be able to host events like fundraisers while his trial takes place but they have had to go back to the drawing board to work out how he can connect with voters in key battleground states. Plus! Mike Masnick, the founder and editor of Techdirt and CEO of The Copia Institute, talks to The New Abnormal about the newly signed law that could see TikTok banned in the United States.
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58 MIN
APR 23, 2024
Trump's Hush-Money Judge Has Already Made Some Good Rulings
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie take a deep dive into the first week of Trump’s historic trial in New York. Plus! Former White House Social Secretary Deesha Dyer is here to talk about her new book and reflect on her time in the West Wing. Then, Mother Jones’ national voting rights correspondent, Ari Berman, joins the show to discuss his new book—and how the 1787 Constitutional Convention still affects us today.
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65 MIN
APR 21, 2024
Trump Isn’t a Style Icon. That Title Belongs to This Pair
The New Abnormal team give their picks for the most fashionable former president and first lady—and it is not Donald and Melania Trump. Plus! Mexican historian Ana Raquel Minian talks to Andy Levy about her new book In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States.
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25 MIN