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Cheat Sheet Podcast from The Daily Beast

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The New Abnormal: Editor-at-large Molly Jong-Fast has fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media, politics, and science that help make what’s happening in the country and world clearer. 


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Episodes

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Nov. 25

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Millions of Americans are ignoring COVID-19 guidelines to travel for Thanksgiving, the White House is mulling plans to lift COVID-19 travel ban on Europeans and others, a car covered in anti-globalization messages crashed in to the gate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office, McConnell and Trump plotted Barrett SCOTUS nomination on the might Ginsburg Died, Georgia’s Secretary of State says he feels betrayed after voting f...

Nov 25, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Nov. 25, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Rudy Giuliani and Pennsylvania GOPers plan ‘hearing’ on election ‘issues,’ with Trump expected to attend, California approved $140 Million in unemployment benefits for 20,000 prisoners, including death row murderers, Zuckerberg flipped secret switch favoring credible news outlets on Facebook after the election, 32 bus passengers in multiple states potentially exposed to COVID-19, Netflix says executives have not been arrested ...

Nov 25, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Joe Biden finally—and officially—grabs Pennsylvania, actor Randy Quaid appears to be the remnants of President Trump’s dwindling support system, Michigan canvassers reportedly receive threats over their jobs in the election, Sweden is struggling with the coronavirus—and herd immunity is not helping, a Brooklyn synagogue will be fined for breaking coronavirus restrictions, someone in Trump’s administration may be mulling over a...

Nov 24, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump’s team finally gives in to the election results—everybody but the president, of course; an OAN reporter dances on a line of being legal assistance to Trump’s election efforts; New York City’s first and only Black mayor was in office from 1989 to 1993; mask mandates can save both “lives and livelihoods;” Ghislaine Maxwell was possibly exposed to the coronavirus while being detained in the Metropolitan Detention ...

Nov 24, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Nov. 23, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump has no friends, no arrests have been made in a San Jose church stabbing, exotic olive oil is a lot more dangerous than you think, Fox News may be up for grabs—politically, Trump doesn’t want the names changed on some military bases—take a guess on which ones, a MAGA maniac breathes on two women, and good things come in 3’s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 23, 20209 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Nov. 23, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump’s political team contradicts itself on who’s a lawyer and who isn’t, a Pennsylvania judge boots Trump’s challenge to election results—and the president is not happy, Joe Biden’s cabinet roll call to happen on Tuesday, a secret Hasidic wedding in New York hosted more than 7,000 guests, Pat Quinn helped raise millions of dollars in ALS research before passing away Sunday, and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow says C...

Nov 23, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Nov. 20, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump’s election tantrums are supposedly in response to Democrats doubting his presidency in 2016, workers in a PPE factory in China have no days off and cannot leave on their own, a man in Germany may have made a meal out of his date, Pfizer wants to get the ball rolling on distributing its COVID-19 vaccine to the public, a Fox News correspondent wants to the name coronavirus vaccine after Trump...no. Hosted on Acas...

Nov 20, 20204 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Nov. 20, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: House Democrats are pretty fed up about the White House’s lack of transitioning power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, here’s the reason why Donald Trump probably is so adamant to remain president, a top Pentagon official seemingly contracted the coronavirus from a world leader, it seems as if leading world medical organizations are torn over the COVID-19 drug Remdesivir, the lawyers of the only female inmate on federal death r...

Nov 20, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: U.S. jobless numbers climb after the coronavirus makes a national comeback, the White House denied mental health care to migrants who were victims of family separation, Michigan lawmakers try to backtrack, drinking breast milk could be a solution of immunity to the coronavirus, and Facebook is in for a rude awakening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 19, 20204 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet is watching right now: The number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. could become even more grim as time moves along, an employee of a Nebraska bar recorded the governor not wearing a mask around a group of women, a Trump aide just so happened to change her mind about the president—who she initially considered to be “an American fascist,” the Senate confirmed an unqualified Trump nominee to a lifetime judgeship, Will Smith finally sits down to talk with t...

Nov 19, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The White House has been warned that coronavirus death counts could get much scarier by the end of the year, the person in charge of the presidential transition in the Trump administration is crying crocodile tears over the amount of pressure she’s facing, Boeing is making another attempted comeback with its 737 MAX aircraft, Harvey Weinstein may or may not have the coronavirus, and President Trump wants a recount only of the ...

Nov 18, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: What Trumpworld thinks is a win for their campaign ends up being a political smack in the face, Rudy Giuliani rambles about nonsensical topics during a hearing in Pennsylvania, President-elect Joe Biden makes a political move that “feels like a betrayal” to a supporter of the Green New Deal, a Kentucky woman is arrested after her amateur legal adviser was found dead in his home, Americans are now able to do rapid COVID-19 test...

Nov 18, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President-elect Joe Biden is not concerned with prosecuting Donald Trump once he takes his role in the White House; Rudy Giuliani must think that he’s some sort of reality show star to be paid this much money for his daily services with the Trump campaign; Georgia Republicans fear that Trump could be a liability; the secretary general for NATO says it would be a stupid idea for Trump to lower the number of American troops in A...

Nov 17, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump leads the U.S. on the brink of war with Iran just months before he’s supposed to leave the White House, a Trump campaign lawyer admits on his firm’s website that Joe Biden won the election, a former leader of the Congressional Black Caucus takes a role in the Biden administration, North Dakota mandates mask-wearing after the pandemic spirals out of control, hate crime murders boost during Trump’s presidency, an...

Nov 17, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Nov. 16, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A new vaccine is on the way as the U.S. tops a million additional COVID-19 cases in less than a week, coronavirus be damned—people still want to have their turkey with family and friends outside of their households for the holidays, El Paso hires inmates to move dead bodies—all for a batshit wage of $2 an hour, a journalist who reported on the early days of the pandemic in China faces possible prison time, and Van Jones explai...

Nov 16, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Nov. 16, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Trump campaign seemingly drops one of its major election-fraud allegations, two Democratic governors are the 11-million milestone of coronavirus cases in the U.S. very seriously, four astronauts are heading for a 6-month stay on the International Space Station, the attorneys for victims say the Boy Scouts has had more cases of abuse than the Catholic Church in the last few decades, and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson sel...

Nov 16, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Nov. 13, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The coronavirus reaches new, scary levels in the U.S.; President Trump is literally wasting our time and he knows it; the White House is trying to figure out how more than a hundred Secret Service staffers have been infected or possibly exposed to COVID-19; a law firm said to be helping Trump in his Pennsylvania-election fight dropped out; team Trump finally puts Sharpiegate to rest; and history has been made as the first woma...

Nov 13, 20207 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Nov. 13, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Democrats practically have no faith in the Trump administration’s transition team, the lawyer who represented former President George W. Bush in the Bush v. Gore case says it’s time for the Trump administration to give it up, Republican Sen. Rand Paul is spreading unproven immunity claims about COVID-19, Tropical Storm Eta claims four lives, and a naked man goes for a swim in a pond near a school in South Carolina. Hosted on A...

Nov 13, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Former President Obama says that his time in office led to the hate-filled bigotry that is Donald Trump’s presidency, President Trump has plans to compete with Fox News once his stint in the White House is over, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 cases surge past New York City when it was at its height during the pandemic, Trump threw a tantrum after Pfizer released the news about its coronavirus vaccine, and Ivanka and Jared Kushner got CO...

Nov 12, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A major enabler is keeping President Trump from conceding in the presidential election, Trump’s refusal to allow the Biden administration to conduct a proper transition is preventing proper work to be done on the coronavirus pandemic, Joe Biden selects a long-term political ally as his chief of staff, the already-bigoted Proud Boys appear as if they’re going to become even more racist, a rapp...

Nov 12, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020

Good afternoon from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump’s team needs to tell him the truth about their election-results fight, immigrant women who alleged a doctor performed unwanted surgeries on them have been deported by the Trump administration, Pope Francis vows to “uproot evil” from the Catholic Church, Hong Kong lawmakers band together, and Ticketmaster has a plan for when the world is remotely back to normal and people wan...

Nov 11, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Trump administration is in heavy denial about its election loss, the Biden transition team is using mystery resources to fund its next move, contributors leave MSNBC for other opportunities, a Staten Island man is really upset with Democrats and Joe Biden supporters, a Las Vegas mom seemingly harvested her kids for their organs, and the Pfizer CEO made a move on Monday that was not a good...

Nov 11, 20207 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020

Good afternoon from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump looks for a new way to retain power after his presidency diminishes, the Vatican admits it promoted a cardinal despite claims of abuse and pedophilia, another storm is surging in the Atlantic, Pentagon officials are dropping like flies, and the mother of Kyle Rittenhouse—the brat who decided to shoot protesters in Wisconsin—takes no responsibility for her son killing two peo...

Nov 10, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The document that team Trump has compiled on alleged election fraud is slim on fraudulent details, a top Justice Department official quits his job after Attorney General William Barr gives authorization for authorities to investigate voter irregularities, the Trump administration continues their battle with climate change by firing a top scientist, any hints of pages related to Steve Bannon g...

Nov 10, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Nov. 9, 2020

Good afternoon from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Pfizer announces a vaccine for the coronavirus; the Trump administration is being really petty with the Biden transition team; the vote-counters in Philly receive death threats; Mark Esper is fired from his role as defense secretary in the Trump White House; and the federal vaccine chief joins the Biden coronavirus advisory board. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 09, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Nov. 9, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Trump-leaning, election conspiracy theorists think votes were changed by a computer; even though he lost his bid for the Senate, Doug Collins will play a part in Georgia’s runoff race in January; the Trump campaign tries to capitalize off of a fake headline; Utah’s governor finally realizes that people have to be mandated to wear masks to prevent further spread of COVID-19; an Arkansas police...

Nov 09, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Nov. 6, 2020

Good afternoon from The Daily Beast. These are the stop stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Trump campaign has no plan to concede just yet; a beloved weather forecaster reveals that he has cancer; speculations arise that Russia’s Vladimir Putin is ill; Georgia really becomes a battleground state as officials announce plans to do a recount of votes; and Fox News keeps sucking up to President Trump—professional, political protocol be damned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Nov 06, 20205 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Nov. 6, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Things can get worse if Joe Biden wins the election and President Trump rejects the final results, Pennsylvania voters were urged to cast mail-in-ballots on behalf of President Trump on Thursday—two days after Election Day, Steve Bannon has been booted from Twitter after making an Elizabethan-era-related tweet, the rate of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is truly out of control, arrests have b...

Nov 06, 20206 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020

Good afternoon from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The trial of the cops involved in the death of George Floyd will be televised, the U.S. gains its first ever nonbinary state legislator, Jared Kushner’s property management company pushes to evict people in the middle of a deadly pandemic, and a Fox & Friends host has some sound advice for the president regarding social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 05, 20204 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Nov. 5, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump is not going down without a fight; protests erupt around the country in the aftermath of election ambiguity; Jared Kushner went to the Fox News head to complain about the network calling Arizona leaning in Joe Biden’s favor; five women will sit on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the first time in its history; COVID-19 is not going away—in fact, it seems to be g...

Nov 05, 20206 min
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