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The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast Podcast

By: The Daily Beast Joanna Coles
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The Daily Beast Podcast is as wildly exciting, energizing, and entertaining as the topics it covers. Hosted by Joanna Coles, Chief Content Officer of the Daily Beast, each episode delivers the people and politics coverage you need—straight from the Daily Beast newsroom. Conversations have featured voices like John Oliver, Mary Trump, and Governor Gavin Newsom, alongside sharp, incisive takes each week from show regular David Rothkopf. It’s like the best dinner party you’ve ever been to, just without the food. New episodes every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; early drops on YouTube. If you’re not already a subscriber to The Daily Beast, it’s easy! Just go to thedailybeast.com to sign up.The Daily Beast Politics & Government
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  • I Know Why Trump’s ‘Mad King’ Act Is Spiraling

    I Know Why Trump’s ‘Mad King’ Act Is Spiraling
    Apr 20 2026
    Joanna Coles welcomes back Kurt Andersen to dissect what he argues may be Donald Trump’s most unhinged week yet, from surreal AI depictions casting himself as Jesus to a deepening spiral of contradictions, conspiracies, and political theater that even longtime observers find startling. Drawing on decades of watching Trump up close, Andersen revives his now-infamous “Venn diagram” of lies, ignorance, and instability—warning that the overlap is expanding in real time—while unpacking the bizarre collision of religion, ego, and power now shaping the MAGA movement. The conversation covers the Pope’s unexpectedly deft pushback to the growing discomfort inside Trump’s own coalition, before zeroing in on RFK Jr.’s chaotic tenure, public health fallout, and a trail of denials that mirror Trump’s own reality-warping playbook. As cabinet figures maneuver, allies hedge, and whispers of exits and fractures grow louder, Andersen paints a picture of a political universe edging toward something far more volatile than spectacle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • I Know Why Trump’s Lost the Plot With Rage: Wolff

    I Know Why Trump’s Lost the Plot With Rage: Wolff
    Apr 19 2026
    Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/DAILYBEAST to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. #ad Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles summarize a confounding week in Trumpworld with a blunt reality: no one, not even Donald Trump, seems to know what’s happening as a volatile war disrupts global markets and threatens the Strait of Hormuz. Wolff describes Trump ricocheting between declaring victory and hinting at escalation, while figures like JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Jared Kushner struggle to keep up with a shifting, unclear strategy. As midterms approach, Trump leans on rising markets even as his coalition fractures, clashing with the Pope and drawing pushback from voices like Tucker Carlson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Why Trump’s Delusions Are So Dangerous: Therapist

    Why Trump’s Delusions Are So Dangerous: Therapist
    Apr 18 2026
    Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/BEAST to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. #ad Joanna Coles welcomes back psychologist Dr. John Gartner as the conversation takes a chilling turn, with Dr. Gartner arguing that Donald Trump has crossed from grandiosity into full-blown psychosis, pointing to a barrage of erratic late-night posts—including AI images portraying himself as Jesus—as evidence of a manic, delusional spiral unfolding in real time. Dr. Gartner lays out a stark clinical case, connecting sleep disruption, cognitive decline, and escalating “messianic” fantasies to dangerous decision-making on the global stage, from impulsive foreign policy moves to a growing appetite for conflict. What emerges is a portrait of a leader increasingly detached from reality, alienating his own base while doubling down on grandiose claims, as insiders scramble, critics demand cognitive testing, and the stakes climb toward something far more consequential than political controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 mins
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miss moody i love your straight talk you got 0 fucks to give and i love you on this and mary trumps podcast i could listen to just you for hours stay strong my proud black sister much love for the entire podcast 👑🙏💙🌊🇺🇸💯🎤🎤🎤

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A must podcast to listen to to stay informed about politics! The hosts are smart and funny!

Informative, insightful, and humorous!

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Unnecessary profanity -- the badge of proving this is Leftist speak. The 'Hunter Biden Laptop Story' was never about 'Dick Pics', bad as that topic alone is, it is more about national security and the Big Man owned by the CCP, which unleashed Wokesters do not think that topic is an issue at all. Elon Musk was and never had been a right wing fanatic. This discussion is the one story that didn't age well in this podcast... Like how 'Elon has routinely been unsuccessful in business once again loses his ass in his latest acquiring of Twitter,' WHAT? So unsuccessful he is the richest person in the world kind of failure? That kind of misguided failure? I predict Twitter will become a massive success. in just a month, it has already proven to have significantly improved in users with a fraction of the staff, and instead of stamping out free speech, asks users live what kind of company they want Twitter to be? Trump has never said "Set the Constitution aside," and anoint me king. For any of Walker's fallibilities one only has to look at the Woke voted-for 'not fit to serve, but is,' condition of Fetterman and / or Biden's Brain. It amuses me to no end how many Jews do exactly what Ye accuses them of doing immediately after his AJ interview, and every one takes the actual context of the interview out of context through ad nauseum clips of single words as -- irony of all ironies --Ye proves the new "N-Word" is co-opted from Blacks by Jews for their own use. (No one on this podcast admits to watching the actual full AJ interview for reference.) For example, Nick Fuentez admitted during the interview that he was not an invited guest at the Trump dinner, he tailgated the coattails of Ye to gain access. For all the Trump-hate and following Trump's demise podcasting, technically, years later you STILL cannot call him a criminal. Through dozens of investigations, criminal investigations, and raids, Trump smells like a rose and Leftists hate that more than life itself. And at least follow enshrined Woke rules, at least one can call Ye by the name he asks to be called. Talk about right projection? The funny thing is, facts have proven over and over again how the Left wears Projection like the best badge of honor. Just checking into the other side as "I really try to get a full picture of who these people really are."

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Does no one listen to these podcasts before Joanna Coles motor mouths her way to embarrassment? Its soironic that Joanna calls out RFK Jr and Pete Hegseth's insanity when she sounds like she breaking the world spped and inaccuracy recordsy78

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