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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

8/25/23: Trump arrest and mugshotted, says jail was "terrible"

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump is arrested in Georgia, receives a mugshot, and delivers a lie-riddled speech before getting back on his plane home -- Donald Trump says jail was "terrible" in an insane post-arrest interview with Newsmax's Greg Kelly -- Donald Trump hilariously claims to weigh 215 pounds at his arrest in Atlanta, Georgia -- 2024 Green Party presidential candidate Cornel West is confronted about his owed taxes and child support payments, and his response is...

Aug 25, 20231 hr 2 min

8/24/23: 1st GOP debate a farcical disaster, Trump/Tucker counter-programming goes wrong

-- On the Show: -- Alissa Quart, Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and author of the book "Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream," joins David to discuss the concept of bootstrapping, the American dream, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3R9L7wv -- The first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate takes place, and quickly become a competition for which candidate can prove they are the most extreme and unhinged -- A visibly depressed...

Aug 24, 202359 min

8/23/23: Teacher fired for reading book, Trump's lawyer arrested

-- On the Show: -- Teacher Katie RInderle is fired in Georgia for reading a book containing a non-binary character to her class -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that a quote about 9/11 was incorrect, but now the audio has been released confirming the quote is accurate -- One of Donald Trump's lawyers, John Eastman, has been arrested in Georgia -- A bombshell report reveals that Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former Chief-of-Staff, ratted Trump ou...

Aug 23, 202358 min

8/22/23: Thursday Trump arrest is happening, DeSantis reminds us why he's losing

-- On the Show: -- Rachel Bitecofer, election forecaster and author of the forthcoming book "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game," joins David to discuss the upcoming 2024 election, the primary elections, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3QPMGiP -- Donald Trump voters say they trust Trump more than their own friend and family in a recent poll -- Donald Trump will be arrested for the fourth time on Thursday, this time in Georgia -- Do...

Aug 22, 20231 hr 3 min

8/21/23: GOP debates this week as Trump still leads, DeSantis collapses

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump is still surging in 2024 Republican primary polling, while Ron DeSantis' campaign continues to fail, and Vivek Ramaswamy sees a modest increase to his level of support -- 66-year-old southern California store owner Laura Ann Carleton was shot and killed by a man who objected to an LGBT pride flag that she displayed at her clothing store -- A terrified Donald Trump backs out of all debates and cancels his own supposedly "blockbuster" press conference -- When Donald...

Aug 21, 20231 hr 2 min

8/18/23: DeSantis debate strategy leaked, Christie surging in polls

-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Farron Balanced and Ring of Fire, fills in for David -- Donald Trump complains that Fox News is using pictures of him that make him look "big" and "orange" -- Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, a Trump supporter, is accused of threatening to kill Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over Trump's federal 2020 election case -- Donald Trump's lawyers are urging him not to hold a press conference addressing the Georgia indictments -- Congresswoman Marjorie ...

Aug 18, 202359 min

8/17/23: Trump supporters dox grand jury, indicted lawyers thrown under the bus

-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Farron Balanced and Ring of Fire, fills in for David -- Trump allies are working hard to get the charges dropped in Georgia against Trump and his 18 co-conspirators -- Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is getting racist threats following Trump's social media posts about her -- Trump supporters dox members of the Georgia grand jury that indicted the former president -- Donald Trump didn't pay the 2020 election lawyers who've now gotten indicted...

Aug 17, 202359 min

8/16/23: Trump melts down over indictment, GA governor trashes his defense strategy

-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Farron Balanced and Ring of Fire, fills in for David -- Donald Trump goes bonkers on Truth Social reacting to news of his latest indictment -- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp criticizes Trump's criminal defense strategy of attempting to prove the 2020 election was stolen -- The latest Trump indictment contradicts the timeline of events put forward by Mike Pence -- The co-conspirators indicted in Georgia alongside Trump can either flip on him or risk being s...

Aug 16, 20231 hr 1 min

8/15/23: Trump indicted in Georgia, Lindsey Graham warns Democrats

-- On the Show: -- Jesse Dollemore, host of Dollemore Daily, fills in for David -- Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia on 13 felony counts, including racketeering; 18 other conspirators including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell are indicted as well -- Geoff Duncan, former lieutenant governor of Georgia, calls Donald Trump the worst candidate in the history of the Republican Party -- Senator Lindsey Graham warns Democrats about charging Donald Trump -- Donald Trump sends out a bizarre campaign vi...

Aug 15, 20231 hr 3 min

8/14/23: Hunter Biden special counsel, Trump bests DeSantis in Iowa

-- On the Show: -- Producer Pat Ford fills in for David -- Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints special counsel David Weiss to investigate Hunter Biden's alleged crimes weeks after his plea deal is rejected by a judge -- Republicans including Senators Ted Cruz and Chuck Grassley decry the special counsel investigating Hunter Biden, even though they requested it a few weeks ago -- Republican candidates show up to the Iowa State Fair and Donald Trump upstages Ron DeSantis -- Trump supporters ...

Aug 14, 202358 min

8/11/23: Chris Christie mocks Trump, Matt Gaetz wants Trump above the law

-- On the Show: -- Luke Beasley, TDPS correspondent and host of The Luke Beasley Show, fills in for David -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose goes on Fox & Friends and accidentally makes the left sound good when talking about policy issues -- Congressman Matt Gaetz wants to use Congress to make Donald Trump immune from prosecution -- Congressman Greg Steube wants to file an impeachment resolution against Joe Biden for “involvement in drugs and prostitution” -- Trump lawyer and unindicted co-...

Aug 11, 20231 hr

8/10/23: Trump lashes out at prosecutors, Republicans uncertain about impeaching Biden

-- On the Show: -- Luke Beasley, TDPS correspondent and host of The Luke Beasley Show, fills in for David -- Joe Biden mocks Lauren Boebert for praising the infrastructure project in her district that she voted against -- Former conservative judge J. Michael Luttig calls out Donald Trump's threat to democracy -- Donald Trump lashes out at prosecutors during a Newsmax interview with Eric Bolling -- House Republicans can't decide whether they want to pursue bogus impeachment charges against Joe Bi...

Aug 10, 20231 hr 5 min

8/9/23: Pathetic Trump defenses and DeSantis keeps dropping

-- On the Show: -- Producer Pat Ford fills in for David -- Donald Trump speaks in New Hampshire about stop and frisk, whether he'll debate, Chris Christie's weight, and much more -- The claim that it's unfair that Donald Trump is being prosecuted by his political opponent doesn't make sense, as it would effectively put him above the law -- Special counsel Jack Smith doesn't need to prove Trump knew he lost the 2020 election to get a conviction -- Ron DeSantis replaces his campaign manager Generr...

Aug 09, 20231 hr

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