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The David Pakman Show

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The David Pakman Show is one of the most-watched independent progressive programs in the country. Hosted by David Pakman, the show offers a fresh perspective on the stories shaping our world through thoughtful commentary and compelling interviews with our nation’s leaders. With new episodes dropping every weekday, David delivers sharp, insightful, and fact-based analysis on politics, current events, and social issues. Whether you're looking for deep dives into major political events, in-depth conversations with experts and newsmakers, or sharp-witted breakdowns of the latest headlines, The David Pakman Show has you covered

Episodes

8/8/23: GOP primary is almost over, top staffers become trial witnesses

-- On the Show: -- Julia Keller, author of the book "Quitting: A Life Strategy: The Myth of Perseverance," joins David to discuss the history of quitting, social connotations, when quitting is the right thing to do, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/44XCTvm -- The 2024 Republican primary remains all Donald Trump, as Ron DeSantis loses support, the Vivek Ramaswamy surge appears to have ended, and other candidates are failing -- Many viewers believe Donald Trump has absolutely no chance...

Aug 08, 20231 hr 2 min

8/7/23: Trump threatens prosecutor, Pence admits to the whole thing

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump threatens special prosecutor Jack Smith, leading to a request for a protective order from the Department of Justice -- Failed former President Donald Trump's fourth indictment is reportedly imminent, this one expected in the state of Georgia -- Donald Trump has a deranged Sunday morning meltdown over the multiple indictments against him, confirming how scared he truly is -- Former Vice President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence admits that he ...

Aug 07, 20231 hr 1 min

8/4/23: Fox begs Trump to debate, Sheriff determined to mugshot Trump

-- On the Show: -- Florida Republican Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom, making the announcement during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity -- Fox News executives reportedly had dinner with Donald Trump this week to effectively beg him to participate in their upcoming Republican presidential primary debates -- Georgia Sheriff Pat Labat says that if Donald Trump is indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, ...

Aug 04, 202358 min

8/3/23: Giuliani shock audio as Trump faces 561 years in prison

-- On the Show: -- Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to Donald Trump and author of the book "REVENGE: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics", joins David to discuss the latest third indictment and arrest of Trump, Trump's likely state of mind, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OeUyrc -- Donald Trump is facing a hypothetical maximum 561 years in prison, and he is attempting to fundraise off of this possibility -- Rudy Giuliani is exposed in...

Aug 03, 20231 hr

8/2/23: Trump indicted AGAIN, MAGA collapsing, economy keeps rolling

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump is indicted again, a third time, this time for his actions while President related to the attempts to overturn the 2020 election, which Trump lost to President Joe Biden -- Donald Trump explodes in reaction to his third indictment, even going as far as to say that the charges are reminiscent of Nazi, Germany -- Donald Trump former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is identified as one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the latest Trump indictment -- T...

Aug 02, 20231 hr 2 min

8/1/23: Biden bribery falls apart, DeSantis fails interview as Trump panics

-- On the Show: -- The conclusion to David's interview with Vivek Ramaswamy, entrepreneur and 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate, who joins David to discuss his campaign, how he plans to defeat Donald Trump, how he would defeat Joe Biden if he were to be the Republican nominee, and much more -- The much-awaited Devon Archer testimony related to Joe and Hunter Biden completely flops -- Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor investigating Donald Trump, says that charges -- whatever they a...

Aug 01, 20231 hr 1 min

7/31/23: Vivek Ramaswamy joins David, Trump calls Biden b*tch

-- On the Show: -- Vivek Ramaswamy, entrepreneur and 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate, joins David to discuss his campaign, how he plans to defeat Donald Trump, how he would defeat Joe Biden if he were to be the Republican nominee, and much more -- Failed former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania during which he insults Joe Biden, tells corrosive lies, and generally makes a fool of himself -- Trump rally attendees are interviewed outside his Erie, Pennsylvan...

Jul 31, 20231 hr 5 min

7/28/23: More Trump indictments, Rudy admits to lying

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump is expected to soon be indicted over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6th Capitol riots -- Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy debunks his co-hosts over alleged Biden corruption -- Rudy Giuliani admits to making false statements about 2020 election workers in Georgia -- Caller talks about impeaching Supreme Court justices -- Caller discusses ranked choice voting -- Caller delves into Toaster Strudel fundraising -- Caller suspects ki...

Jul 28, 20231 hr 3 min

7/27/23: GDP growth spikes, UFO hearings explode

-- On the Show: -- Valerie Fridland, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada-Reno and author of the new book "Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English," joins David to discuss changes in language, the use of discourse-marking words, the relativism of language, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3q7fw3e -- Bidenomics continues to charge forward with Q2 GDP coming in 33% higher than expected at 2.4% -- The House of Representatives holds its much-anticipated...

Jul 27, 20231 hr 1 min

7/26/23: Biden impeachment plan develops, Trump BEGS Republicans for help

-- On the Show: -- Republicans are building a plan to impeach President Joe Biden, even if it isn't clear what they would impeach him for -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis now fires 1/3 of his remaining campaign staff -- Vaccine conspiracies burst after Lebron James' son, Bronny James, suffers cardiac arrest -- Correspondent Adam Mockler interviews supporters of Donald Trump at Trump's recent rally -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr holds a Fox News town hall hosted by Sean Hannity, an...

Jul 26, 20231 hr 3 min

7/25/23: The post-birth abortion lie, DeSantis loses 40% of his support

-- On the Show: -- Thom Hartmann, host of the Thom Hartmann Program and author of the new book "The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living," joins David to discuss democracy, happiness, forms of government, traditional societies, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3QhD93X -- Despite claims from Republicans to the contrary, not a single US state allows so-called "post-birth abortions" -- Florida Republican Governor and 2024 Republican presid...

Jul 25, 20231 hr 4 min

7/24/23: GOP polling shakeup as Pence, Trump, DeSantis all humiliated

-- On the Show: -- In new 2024 Republican polling, Donald Trump is down, Ron DeSantis is down, and Vivek Ramaswamy is gaining -- New polling shows Donald Trump losing to Joe Biden, even if Joe Manchin runs third party under the "No Labels" heading -- If Donald Trump were to run third party in 2024, he would immediately destroy the chances of the Republican Party -- Donald Trump might be charged like a mobster under racketeering law, based on new reporting -- Donald Trump is asked about religion ...

Jul 24, 20231 hr 3 min

7/21/23: No Labels is a disaster, the real 2-tiered justice system

-- On the Show: -- No Labels wants to fund a third-party "centrist" candidate in 2024 -- George Santos gets the terms of his bail modified to better allow him to shop and go out to eat -- Caller really likes the show -- Caller talks about private air travel's impact on the climate -- Caller wonders if Trump believes the nonsense he talks about -- Caller suspects Ron DeSantis is more dangerous than Donald Trump -- Caller questions the veracity of the Trump "they came to me with tears in their eye...

Jul 21, 20231 hr 2 min

7/20/23: Whistleblower hearing goes wrong, DeSantis living in 2020

-- On the Show: -- Matt Lewis, Senior Columnist for The Daily Beast and author of the new book "Filthy Rich Politicians: The Swamp Creatures, Latte Liberals, and Ruling-Class Elites Cashing in on America," joins David to discuss the book and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3rsZa5c -- The Republican "IRS whistleblower" hearings go horribly wrong, backfiring terribly -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis continues slamming non-existent vaccine mandates as his campaign crumbles...

Jul 20, 20231 hr 2 min

7/19/23: Trump criminally notified, 3rd arrest imminent, DeSantis fails interview

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump is notified he is a criminal target of special prosecutor Jack Smith's January 6 investigation -- Failed former President Donald Trump announces that he will be arrested again -- Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Jr complain and flip out about Donald Trump's seemingly imminent third arrest -- The fake Michigan Donald Trump electors have been criminally charged -- Donald Trump's Fox News town hall was s...

Jul 19, 20231 hr 1 min

7/18/23: DeSantis accused of staged events, Chris Christie 3rd place in NH

-- On the Show: -- John Kiriakou, former CIA officer who blew the whistle on post-9/11 CIA torture, discusses with David when Rudy Giuliani allegedly quoted him "$2 million" for a presidential pardon from Donald Trump -- MAGA is panicking over Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's seat as her opponent, Adam Frisch, raised three times more money than she did -- Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis' recent campaign events raise questions about whether protes...

Jul 18, 20231 hr 6 min

7/17/23: Biden fundraising explodes, RFK Jr loses it

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden's Q1 fundraising blowout saw him raise more than twice what Donald Trump raised, and more than every Republican candidate combined -- Robert F Kennedy Jr is caught on video saying that COVID is "ethnically targeted" at whites and blacks and to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie continues to go after Donald Trump, and Trump is increasingly triggered and terrified by it -- 2024 Republican president...

Jul 17, 20231 hr 2 min

7/14/23: Biden expected to outlive Trump, George Santos compares himself to Rosa Parks

-- On the Show: -- An actuarial analysis expects Joe Biden to outlive Donald Trump, despite Biden being older -- Disgraced Republican Congressman George Santos compares himself to Rosa Parks in his latest disgusting statement -- Caller wants the Democratic Party to listen to the concerns of black Americans more -- Caller talks about a Trump or DeSantis presidency's effect on trans people -- Caller explains the scenario of Trump losing the primary and then running third party -- Caller asks about...

Jul 14, 20231 hr 2 min

7/13/23: Fox News brutally sued again, FBI hearings implode

-- On the Show: -- Ruth Ben-Ghiat, internationally acclaimed historian, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, and author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present," joins David to discuss the authoritarian slide of the Republican Party, and much more. Get her book: https://amzn.to/3JW3aSq -- Republican FBI hearings, meant to make FBI Director Christopher Wray look bad, backfire spectacularly -- Fox News is hit with another major lawsuit, this time from Ray Epps, who has ...

Jul 13, 20231 hr 4 min

7/12/23: DeSantis failing, Christie punding Trump as inflation declines massively

-- On the Show: -- The conclusion to David's interview with Richard Dawkins, renowned evolutionary biologist who has revolutionized our understanding of genes, memes, and the origins of life, and host of the podcast The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins -- Inflation declines again to 3% year over year, the lowest since March of 2021 -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie once against goes after Donald Trump -- A Trump supporter says she never sees homeless Hispanic people,...

Jul 12, 20231 hr 2 min

7/11/23: Richard Dawkins on the show, Republican defends white nationalist

-- On the Show: -- Richard Dawkins, renowned evolutionary biologist who has revolutionized our understanding of genes, memes, and the origins of life, and host of the podcast The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins, joins David to discuss a number of important issues -- A discussion of the instinct to "check out" and stop paying attention to the political and news world -- Larry Nassar, the former sports medicine doctor convicted of serial child molestation and rape, is stabbed multiple times...

Jul 11, 20231 hr 2 min

7/10/23: Newsom brutal, Clarence Thomas corrupt, Trump malfunctions, Biden economy keeps going

-- On the Show: -- Rosie O'Donnell, television icon, actress, comedian, and host of the podcast Onward with Rosie O'Donnell, joins David to discuss American politics, Trump, Biden, Gavin Newsom, and much more -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is accused of even more corruption through receiving gifts -- California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom says that Fox News contributes to the mental health crisis in the United States -- Fox News host Steve Doocy goes off script again, admitting th...

Jul 10, 20231 hr 3 min

7/7/23: Armed man tries going to Obama's house, Trump desperate for protests

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump posted what was supposedly Barack Obama's home address, and a man showed up with a gun -- Donald Trump is increasingly desperate for people to protest in the streets for him, but he is struggling to find willing participants -- Caller talks about the politicization of the Supreme Court -- Caller is a former right-winger who was reformed by watching TDPS -- Caller compares Ron DeSantis to Donald Trump -- Caller suspects Ron DeSantis isn't ready for primetime -- Cal...

Jul 07, 20231 hr 5 min

7/6/23: White House cocaine hysteria as jobs numbers double expectation

-- On the Show: -- June jobs numbers are stunning, with 497,000 new jobs created despite an expectation of only 220,000 -- Donald Trump's fundraising explodes, raising $35 million in the 2nd quarter of 2023 -- Mark Zuckerberg's Meta releases its Twitter competitor Threads, immediately triggering Elon Musk, but we wonder whether this is the right direction for social media in general -- Cocaine has been found at the White House in a visitors room accessible to members of the public taking tours o...

Jul 06, 20231 hr 1 min

7/5/23: More crimes, more boos, more interviews

-- On the Show: -- Dr. Ami Klin, Director of the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare in Atlanta, joins David to discuss autism, including prevalence, diagnosis, causes, treatment, and much more -- Failed former President Donald Trump reportedly shared secrets on the Mar-a-Lago patio -- In yet another line of possible investigation, Donald Trump reportedly trying pressuring Doug Ducey, the then-Governor of Arizona, to overturn the results in 2020 ...

Jul 05, 20231 hr 4 min

7/4/23: Is this what the country will look like until 2025? (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 5/22/23)

INDEPENDENCE DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM MAY 22, 2023 -- On the Show: -- An increasingly desperate Ron DeSantis is now telling Republican donors that Donald Trump "can't win" in 2024 -- The NAACP warns black and LGBT folks not to travel to Florida as it is increasingly hostile to minority groups -- An absolutely disgusting interview with an anti-transgender mom on CNN goes terribly -- Fox News host Laura Ingraham casually mentions that a story she and the network pushed for days about undocumente...

Jul 04, 202359 min

7/3/23: Biden whistleblower evaporates, Trump facing 45 more charges

-- On the Show: -- Jamie Raskin presents a transcript of the alleged Joe Biden "bribery" "whistleblower" admitting he never spoke to Joe Biden -- Fox News host Sandra Smith asks former Trump staffer Larry Kudlow to explain why the economy is actually terrible under Joe Biden, and Kudlow is unable to do so -- Donald Trump is reportedly facing up to 45 additional charges related to the classified documents fiasco -- Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake wildly claims that she...

Jul 03, 20231 hr 3 min

6/30/23: Trump demanded documents back, Fox host off script on Biden crimes

-- On the Show: -- The Supreme Court rejects race-based affirmative action at colleges as unconstitutional -- A new report reveals that failed former President Donald Trump demanded "my documents" back despite being warned by lawyers that he would be indicted -- Fox News host Steve Doocy briefly interjects logic and reason, explaining that there is no actual evidence at this time that President Joe Biden committed any crimes -- Caller discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential run -- Caller ...

Jun 30, 202359 min

6/29/23: Bidenomics speech explodes, Trump fantasized about Ivanka

-- On the Show: -- Eliezer Yudkowsky, Founder and Senior Research Fellow of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, joins David to discuss artificial intelligence, machine learning, and much more -- President Joe Biden delivers a major speech on Bidenomics in Chicago, crushing the nonsense of right wing trickle down economics -- Due to concerns about President Joe Biden's indented face, the White House makes a medical disclosure about Biden wearing a CPAP mask for sleep apnea -- 20324 Democ...

Jun 29, 20231 hr 4 min

6/28/23: Howard Stern endorses David Pakman, Trump crumbles, DeSantis pathetic

-- On the Show: -- Ron DeSantis doesn't answer a question about Donald Trump and the January 6 riots by saying that since he wasn't in DC that day, he doesn't know what happened -- Donald Trump glitches badly when confronted by a reporter in New Hampshire about the leaked recording in which he admits to crimes -- Donald Trump gives a speech in New Hampshire that goes terribly -- Donald Trump now claims that he wasn't actually showing anyone documents when he refers to showing people documents in...

Jun 28, 202359 min