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Cheat Sheet Podcast from The Daily Beast

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The top 5 things you need to know to start your day. Check out The Daily Beast’s other podcasts: The New Abnormal, Fever Dreams, The Last Laugh and Life Behind Bars. Just search 'The Daily Beast' on your favorite podcast app. 


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. 


Fever Dreams: Our top reporters take you inside the right’s push to retake power, from the conspiracy-slingers to the MAGA acolytes to the straight-up grifters.


The Last Laugh: Matt Wilstein interviews top-tier comedy stars peeling back the curtain on their inspirations, frustrations, challenges, and triumphs. 


Life Behind Bars: Two of the world’s foremost drink experts, Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich, talk about cocktails and spirits. 

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Episodes

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Feb. 8, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Kansas City Chiefs had one job and failed; The U.S. will be dominated by the faster-spreading mutation of COVID-19; A Yale graduate student is shot and killed; Long-time politician George Shultz dies at 100; A man attempted to steal a car in Kansas while a girl was in the backseat; Marilyn Manson’s wife is allegedly harassing actress Evan Rachel Wood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 08, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Feb. 5, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: U.S. citizens are deported without birth certificates; Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal team just got a whole lot weirder; A new documentary will focus on the abuse allegations of Woody Allen; Former President Trump wants to travel around the country and bash Republicans who don’t like him; Former Vice President Mike Pence does not realize how boring he is and wants to create a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

Feb 05, 20214 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Feb. 5, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Rep. Greene gets a political smack in the face; Instagram scammers tried to take over accounts for money; A snowstorm in Iowa leaves hundreds of drivers stranded; A car with a key still in the ignition gets jacked—along with 30 vials of the coronavirus vaccine; MyPillow is about to have a massive pillow fight—and we’re here for it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 05, 20214 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Police who handcuffed the 9-year-old girl in Rochester allegedly knew that she was having a mental-health breakdown; A district attorney in Pennsylvania abused his position of power to exploit clients for sexual favors; Looks like people who pushed the voter-fraud narrative may have to pay up; Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyers are playing “Monkey in the Middle” with their defendant; People really don’t like Chris Pratt. Hosted on Aca...

Feb 04, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The future of the Republican Party is a bit uncertain; Prosecutors lost Kyle Rittenhouse—the 17-year-old who was arrested for shooting and killing two people last summer; A New York Times star Journalist gets called out by colleagues for racist behavior; A medical center in Georgia is punished for not adhering to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule; The CEO of Parler has been fired; The QAnon Shaman is hungry for organic food. Hoste...

Feb 04, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A COVID-19 vaccine could do more than just protecting vaccinated people from getting infected—it could slow transmissions of the virus; An archaic law in New York City is finally repealed; Republicans can keep whining about metal detectors outside of the Capitol, but they’ll have to pay a fine if they don’t adhere to security screenings; A Capitol rioter actually gets permission to go on vacation; Banana bread is mistaken for ...

Feb 03, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right: Former President Trump really believes in his rigged election lie; Trump aides are mad at the wrong person that they’re losing their benefits; Even though Steve Bannon was pardoned for federal offenses, he could still be charged on state crimes; Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is just the fifth private citizen to ever be honored in the Capitol Rotunda; Fox News is tanking; South Carolina state regulators OK a massive rave—no...

Feb 03, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Democrats don’t understand how an attempt to overthrow the government is not an impeachable offense; Former President Trump’s legal team says that he was practicing “free speech” at the “Save America Rally,” so who cares if he incited a mob; During the Capitol insurrection, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accepted that she could be killed; Confederate flags on license plates in North Carolina will soon be a thing of the past; A ...

Feb 02, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Feb. 2, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Biden press team fields questions from reporters ahead of briefings; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republicans utilized “tactics of abusers” after the Capitol insurrection; Dolly Parton could’ve been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom but declined; Accusations against Marilyn Manson are now affecting his career; A Capitol insurrectionist thinks she deserves a vacation to Mexico; The...

Feb 02, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Feb. 1, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Soon, it’ll be a whole lot easier to administer our own COVID-19 tests at home; People are still doing blackface and think it’s OK, Mexican American teenagers in Texas battle a major conflict of interest when it comes to career endeavors; Former President Trump still has too much power over the GOP; If you’re dealing with a little cabin fever during the pandemic, here are some hot places you can visit if you’re feeling a bit a...

Feb 01, 20217 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Feb. 1, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Former President Donald Trump manages to find lawyers to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial; Sen. Mitch McConnell took whatever former President Trump said with a grain of salt; A state of emergency has been declared in Myanmar; A former adviser to John McCain and John Kasich has been accused of sending unwanted sexual messages; Rochester police complain of a 9-year-old girl “acting like a child” while arresting her...

Feb 01, 20217 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: KGB Operatives Urged Trump to Go Into Politics During Late 1980s Russia Visit, Ex-Agent Claims, Trump Has Become Obsessed With Getting Rid of Impeachment-Backing Rep. Liz Cheney, QAnon Shaman: Let Me Testify Against Trump at Impeachment Trial, Robinhood Raises $1 Billion of Emergency Funding to Help it Ride Out GameStop Frenzy and Biden Administration Blocks Trump’s Desperate Last-Gasp Pentagon Appointments. Hosted on Acast. S...

Jan 29, 20214 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Jan. 29, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Lin Wood Says He Must Take Mental Exam to Keep Law License, Republican Rep. Peter Meijer: GOP ‘Nearing Its End’ if It’s the ‘Party of Conspiracy Theories’, COVID-19 Kills 9 Retired Nuns in Michigan Within Weeks, Second Daughter Ella Emhoff Signs Modeling Contract With IMG, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Still Won’t Admit Election Was Fair and DOJ Investigating SpaceX Over Hiring Discrimination Complaint. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Jan 29, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Another 847,000 Americans Filed for Unemployment in Week Biden Became President, Coronavirus Vaccine Team Gets Stuck in Snow, Gives Out Shots to Stranded Drivers, Convicted Killers of American Journalist Daniel Pearl Told They Can Go Free, Man Who Sent White Powder and Death Threat to Trump Gets Nine Year Sentence and Two Texas 14-Year-Olds Arrested, Charged With Stabbing UberEats Driver to Death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Jan 28, 20214 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Hundreds of Millions in Funds to Fight Infectious Diseases Squandered, Republican Party Won’t Encourage Trump to Run Again, Emmett Till’s Chicago Home Is Officially a Landmark, Bill Would Force Gov. Kristi Noem to Reveal $$ Spent on Her Jet-Setting, Subway’s Tangy Tuna Has ‘Anything but Tuna’ in It and Amanda Gorman, Poet Who Stole the Show at Inauguration, to Perform at Super Bowl LV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Jan 28, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Proud Boys Leader Repeatedly Worked Undercover for Law Enforcement, Says Report, Russian Police Carry Out String of Raids on Navalny’s Home and Offices, Washington State Man Murdered Daughter’s BF Over Curfew Rule, Bill Gates Says He’s Shocked by ‘Evil’ Microchip Coronavirus Vaccine Theories, Baseball Hall of Fame Decides No One Deserves to Be Inducted This Year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 27, 20213 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Justice Department Rescinds ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy That Led to Family Border Separations, Senate to Move Forward With Impeachment But Most Republicans Vote It’s Unconstitutional, Philly COVID Vaccination Group CEO Took Home Doses in Plastic Bag, Nurse Alleges, IRS Agent Stole Identity of His Own Target to Rake in Cash, Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Liked’ Facebook Posts Calling to Execute Dems Before Running for Office and Trump-Ap...

Jan 27, 20214 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Acting Capitol Police Chief Apologizes, Says They ‘Should Have Been More Prepared’ for Riot, Black Woman Whose Family Was Handcuffed at Gunpoint Sues Colorado Cops, Google Says It Won’t Donate to Any Lawmaker Who Tried to Block Certification of Biden’s Victory, MAGA Pillow Salesman Mike Lindell Thrown Off Twitter Forever for Election Conspiracy Theories, Washington Post’s Top Editor Marty Baron to Retire and Italian Prime Mini...

Jan 26, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Biden: Trump Impeachment Trial ‘Has to Happen’, First Case of Fast-Spreading Brazilian COVID-19 Variant Detected in U.S., National Association of Black Journalists Calls on CBS to Fire Two Execs After Racism Claims, Feds Say Woman Who Allegedly Stole Pelosi's Laptop in Capitol Riot Encouraged Others to Destroy Evidence, Apollo CEO to Step Down After Board Discovers He Actually Paid Jeffrey Epstein $150 Million, D.C. Riot Suspe...

Jan 26, 20214 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Jan. 25, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Biden to Replace Doctor Who Misled Public About Trump’s COVID Treatment, Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani for $1 Billion in Damages Over Baseless Election Fraud Claims, Newsom to Ditch California’s Stay-at-Home Order as Explosive Spike Starts to Ease, School Board Members Refuse Request to Wear Masks to Honor Teacher Who Died of COVID, Hawaii Republican Official Quits Over Much-Mocked ‘QAnoners Just Love America’ Tweets a...

Jan 25, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, Jan. 25, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Biden to Reverse Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Members, Fox News Drops Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ahead of Arkansas Governor Run, Asia Argento Says ‘Fast And the Furious’ Director Rob Cohen Sexually Assaulted Her, Megyn Kelly Casts Blame on CNN for Capitol Riot: ‘They Hated’ Trump ‘So Much’, Miami Heat Using COVID-Sniffing Dogs on Fans, Tacoma Police Car Speeds Into Crowd of Pedestrians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Jan 25, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Jan. 22, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Biden looks out for families during the coronavirus pandemic; The CDC was not proactive in handling COVID-19; Sen. Schumer announces former President Trump’s impeachment trial will begin next week; Lawmakers look for official ways to keep far-right extremist conspiracy theories from growing; Guess clothing brand’s mission to empower women is questionable; The guy wearing face paint and a horn headdress to storm the C...

Jan 22, 202110 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Jan. 22, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Lawmakers toss National Guard troops aside when they have no more use for them; A gun is discovered after a congressman from Maryland sends Capitol metal detectors into a frenzy; A not-so-intelligent insurrectionist returns to the scene of the crime; Joe Biden’s inauguration had more views than Donald Trump’s; A doctor in Texas tries to stash coronavirus vaccines for himself; Dave Chappelle cancels comedy shows after testing p...

Jan 22, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Joe Biden inherited a White House nightmare; Dr. Anthony Fauci is back and he’s talking to the World Health Organization; President Biden wants to ensure a “fair and effective immigration enforcement system;” Racists are going to defend racism; Do the views of conspiracy theorists ever really die?—Not really. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 20218 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: QAnon conspiracy theories are waking up to reality; President Biden is so scarred by the lack of decency in the Trump administration that he’s going to task to make sure his crew upholds ethical standards; Donald Trump already misses the limelight; A New York City pickup artist is arrested for his role in the Capitol insurrection—after he bragged about it on social media; A pork processing plant gets more pandemic funds that u...

Jan 21, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The United States gets a new president; A woman finally takes a leading role in running the country; Twitter has no shame in immediately awarding Joe Biden with a POTUS account; A young poet shakes the inaugural crowd with her moving words; Former President Trump is still in denial about his election loss; Former first lady Melania Trump did not care enough to even write goodbye notes to her own staff. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Jan 20, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: In the final moments of his presidency, Donald Trump rolls out pardons in the wee hours of Wednesday; National Guards members have ties to extremist right-wing views; Trump wants to maintain an influence in national politics even after he leaves the White House; The woman who allegedly swiped Nancy Pelosi’s laptop could get 20 years in prison; The senators who faced scrutiny for possibly trading stock on private information ah...

Jan 20, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Service members are removed from their Inauguration Day duties due to ties with extremist organizations; The woman who has been accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop has been arrested by the FBI; President-elect Biden chooses the first openly-transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate; The College Board scraps portions of the SAT; Taco Bell sides with a “God-fearing Christian” when it comes to employment of...

Jan 19, 20216 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Twenty-five-thousand National Guardsmen have been sent to Washington, D.C., out of fear of more pro-Trump rioting—and they have not been vaccinated for COVID-19; President Trump has not seemed to accept that he can’t make rules after Jan. 20; Under a Biden policy, millions of undocumented immigrants could be on the path to citizenship; Basketball player Stephen Jackson says a number of celebrities vow to help the daughter of G...

Jan 19, 20215 min

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, Jan. 15, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: House Republicans deal with political and personal threats after President Trump’s impeachment; Who thinks to bring bear mace to a riot?—MAGA supporters; An Army veteran wanted to take hostages during the attempted siege of the U.S. Capitol; The Department of Justice will be investigated for its involvement and response to the Jan. 6 political insurrection; President Trump does not want to ask President-elect Biden for any fav...

Jan 15, 20215 min
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