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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

11/17/23: Fox ignores Trump cognitive decline, Trump lawyers battle

-- On the Show: -- As Donald Trump's brain continues to fail, Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany focuses on Joe Biden forgetting a CBS reporter's name -- Video reveals Sidney Powell discussing the "screaming matches" she had with Rudy Giuliani -- Caller wonders if Republicans have hit rock bottom yet -- Caller asks about responsible platforming -- Caller asks about when Republicans will come up with a new pet issue -- Caller is undecided between Trump and Biden -- Caller asks about belief in science...

Nov 17, 20231 hr 3 min

11/16/23: City bans homosexuality, desperate Republican melts down over party's failure

-- On the Show: -- Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, Professor at the University of California Berkeley, and Co-Founder of Inequality Media joins David to discuss President Joe Biden's record on labor, the 2024 election, the modern Republican Party and much more. Check out Robert's Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/ -- The Tennessee city of Murfreesboro has effectively banned being gay in public and appears to be starting to enforce the law -- Despera...

Nov 16, 20231 hr 5 min

11/15/23: Vivek Ramaswamy back for round 2, Republican Senator tries to fight Senator

-- On the Show: -- Vivek Ramaswamy, 2024 Republican presidential candidate, joins David to discuss his campaign, his recent attacks on Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, his private meetings with Donald Trump, recent polling and much more -- Republican Congressman James Comer melts down during a Congressional hearing when Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz brings up his own intra-family loan -- Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin attempts to fight Senate witness and Teamsters President Sean O'Bri...

Nov 15, 20231 hr 9 min

11/14/23: Inflation was ZERO last month, Fox defends Trump Nazi comment

-- On the Show: -- New inflation numbers show zero inflation last month, lowering year-over-year inflation to 3.2% -- In the wake of the Clarence Thomas ethics fiascos, the Supreme Court adopts a code of ethics with no mechanism for enforcement -- Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is confronted by former David Pakman Show guest Republican Tim Miller -- Jacob Chansley, a Trump rioter also known as the "Q-Anon Shaman," is running for Congress -- Fox News host John Roberts...

Nov 14, 20231 hr 4 min

11/13/23: Tim Scott ends campaign as bloodthirsty MAGAs demand Trump

-- On the Show: -- Republican Congressman James Comer, who is leading the persecution of Joe Biden, is revealed to have paid his own brother $200,000, something he claims is evidence of Joe BIden's guilt -- Republican Senator Tim Scott ends his Republican presidential campaign after failing to get any traction -- Failed former President Donald Trump has a major cognitive episode during an authoritarian dystopian rally in Claremont, New Hampshire -- Concern over Donald Trump's cognitive decline h...

Nov 13, 20231 hr 4 min

11/10/23: Tucker as Trump's VP, Republicans subpoena Hunter Biden

-- On the Show: -- During a new interview, failed former President Donald Trump says he would consider Tucker Carlson as Vice President and expresses a desire to be immune from criminal prosecution -- House Republicans have subpoenaed Hunter Biden in the apparently revived Joe Biden impeachment inquiry -- Caller may not vote for Joe Biden over the Israel-Hamas war -- Caller imagines what another four years of a Trump presidency would look like -- Caller argues that Trump was "tough on China" -- ...

Nov 10, 20231 hr 3 min

11/9/23: GOP debate falls flat, Trump skips it and still wins

-- On the Show: -- Miles Lagoze, US Marine veteran and author of "Whistles from the Graveyard: My Time Behind the Camera on War, Rage, and Restless Youth in Afghanistan," joins David to discuss his time deployed in Afghanistan and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/469NrqO -- Republicans hold their final Presidential primary debate before the first votes are cast, and Donald Trump wins despite skipping the debate in favor of an unhinged rally -- Vivek Ramaswamy calls Ron DeSantis and Nikki...

Nov 09, 20231 hr 4 min

11/8/23: Dems win almost everything last night, MAGA melting down

-- On the Show: -- Democrats have a strong showing on election night 2023, securing abortion rights in Ohio, re-electing Democratic Governor Andy Beshear in Kentucky, and a number of other wins -- Donald Trump's endorsement of Republican Daniel Cameron for Kentucky Governor goes down in flames as MAGA melts down over election losses -- Republican Brad Benson is charged with felony child pornography charges just hours before his election to the Granbury, Texas city council -- Fox News host Jeanin...

Nov 08, 20231 hr 2 min

11/7/23: Obama advisor calls on Biden to drop out, Trump testimony goes horribly wrong

-- On the Show: -- David Axelrod, former advisor to President Barack Obama, calls on President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race based on the recent New York Times/Siena polling data -- Is President Joe Biden the most successful President of the last 50 years? -- Failed former President Donald Trump melts down while testifying in his civil fraud trial, leading Judge Arthur Engoron to direct Trump's attorneys to "control" their client -- Failed former President Donald Trump explodes in court...

Nov 07, 20231 hr 4 min

11/6/23: New polls strike fear in sane people's minds, progressives turn on Bernie

-- On the Show: -- Misinformation rapidly spreads about President Joe Biden supposedly being abandoned by Democratic voters over his handling of the situation in Israel and Gaza -- A new poll says Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five important swing states, and we take a deeper look at the poll -- Failed former President Donald Trump has a plan to immediately deploy the military to American streets if he is re-elected President -- Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders tells some obvious truths abou...

Nov 06, 20231 hr 5 min

11/3/23: Don Jr testifies, Trump lawyer discusses risk of jail

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump Jr struggles to remember much during his testimony in the New York civil fraud trial, insisting frequently that he "does not recall" -- Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump's current lawyers, is asked about the possibility that Trump gets sent to jail for violating gag orders, attacking witnesses, court personnel, judges, and prosecutors -- Caller talks about the constitutionality of Roe vs. Wade -- Caller asks why the Capitol pipe bomber hasn't been found -- Caller d...

Nov 03, 20231 hr 3 min

11/2/23: Shock poll says RFK 22%, Republicans turn on Republicans

-- On the Show: -- Tobias Rose-Stockwell, author of the book "Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy―And What We Can Do About It," joins David to discuss the book, social media, echo chambers, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/49jnhEY -- Republican Senators Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham turn on fellow Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville over his refusal to allow military promotions because he is against abortion -- A stunning new Quinnipiac University poll...

Nov 02, 20231 hr 5 min

11/1/23: Nikki Haley surges, Wolf Blitzer stunned by IDF admission

-- On the Show: -- JL Collins, known as The Godfather of Financial Independence and author of three books including The Simple Path to Wealth, joins David to discuss personal finance, the state of the economy, and much more. Get his book: https://amzn.to/476pKRu -- CNN's Wolf Blitzer is visibly shocked that an IDF spokesperson admits that Israel bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in order to potentially kill one Hamas commander -- Antisemitism explodes, but many on the left aren't interested in h...

Nov 01, 20231 hr 3 min

10/31/23: Trump rioter tackled in court, DeSantis confronted

-- On the Show: -- Republican Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has the lowest approval rating of any Arkansas Governor in 20 years -- Police tackle Trump rioter Vitali GossJankowski during an attempted escape from a Washington DC courtroom -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is confronted by Patrick Bet-David about allegations that he wears high heels to appear taller -- Failed former President Donald Trump is gagged again by a judge after threatening Mark Meadows -- Donald Trump explodes, ...

Oct 31, 20231 hr 6 min

10/30/23: Most dangerous Speaker in history as Trump's brain fails badly

-- On the Show: -- Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is, by far, the most dangerous and extreme Speaker in modern political history -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is interviewed by NBC's Kristen Welker and the interview goes horribly wrong for DeSantis -- Failed former President Donald Trump forgets what city he is in during an event in Sioux City, Iowa, yet another apparent cognitive incident -- Failed former President Donald Trump once again rants about "humm...

Oct 30, 20231 hr

10/27/23: Trump rages at Michael Cohen as questions persist about GOP endgame

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump seemingly violates his gag order again, calling the judge in the New York case "radical left" and one of the witnesses a "sleaze bag" -- Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell claims prosecutors extorted her into taking a plea deal -- Caller talks about the possibility that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't try to stop Hamas's attack -- Caller asks how to get sympathy for Palestinians -- Caller claims people are taking down their Trump flags -- Caller ...

Oct 27, 20231 hr 3 min

10/26/23: Republicans select MAGA Speaker, Trump storms out of courtroom

-- On the Show: -- 22 are dead and 50 injured in a horrifying mass shooting in Maine -- Fox News propagandist Sean Hannity's plan to not get shot includes martial arts -- Republicans elect MAGA extremist election denier Congressman Mike Johnson to be Speaker of the House and Donald Trump takes credit for it -- Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz correctly points out that MAGA is still in power, as evidenced by the election of MAGA Republican Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House -- Republicans shou...

Oct 26, 20231 hr 2 min

10/25/23: Mark Meadows flips on Trump, Michael Cohen testifies

-- On the Show: -- Greg Lukianoff, First Amendment attorney, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and co-author of "The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution," joins David to discuss speech, cancel culture, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/45LUINm -- Another Republican "frontrunner" for Speaker of the House drops out within hours of "winning" the nomination -- Mark Meadows, for...

Oct 25, 20231 hr 6 min

10/24/23: A framework for Israeli-Palestinian peace, Trump heckled badly

-- On the Show: -- Neil Howe, acclaimed historian, economist, demographer, and the New York Times bestselling author of "The Fourth Turning is Here" joins David to discuss Strauss-Howe generational theory. Get the book: https://amzn.to/493VbNU -- An updated framework for Israeli-Palestinian peace -- Republicans seem to have forgotten that they were going to impeach President Joe Biden -- Candace Owens appears on Bill Maher's podcast, and both say many things that make absolutely no sense -- Fail...

Oct 24, 20231 hr 5 min

10/23/23: STILL no Speaker of the House, Fox admits Biden speech was good

-- On the Show: -- The Republican Party continues in crisis, now seeing nine different candidates for Speaker of the House as they are unable to coalesce behind any one candidate -- President Joe Biden's speech a few days ago was so good, that even Fox News hosts and anchors have no choice but to admit it -- New audio reveals billionaire Anthony Pratt admitting that President Donald Trump revealed secret information to him in private -- Judge Arthur Engoron fines Donald Trump and threatens him w...

Oct 23, 20231 hr 2 min

10/20/23: The televised trial of Donald Trump, the 2024 spoiler possibility

-- On the Show: -- Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit election interference in Georgia -- Antisemitic right-winger Elijah Schaffer attempts to use David's content to generate even more antisemitism -- Failed former President Donald Trump's criminal trial -- one or more of them -- might be televised live globally -- Caller compares Donald Trump to Ron DeSantis -- Caller has difficulty dealing with their Trump-supporting family -- Ca...

Oct 20, 20231 hr 4 min

10/19/23: Functional Biden actually does stuff, Jim Jordan loses AGAIN

-- On the Show: -- Jonathan Conyers, author of "I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here," entrepreneur, and neonatal pediatric specialist known by many as one of the best speech and debate coaches, joins David to discuss debating and influencing people. Get the book: https://amzn.to/46Ep6L8 -- After initial reports blamed Israel for the bombing of a hospital in Gaza, all evidence now points to Palestinians, and this further fuels the propaganda war -- President Joe Biden has a functional and successful tri...

Oct 19, 20231 hr 3 min

10/18/23: Shock poll shows RFK helps Biden, Gaza hospital bombed

-- On the Show: -- A hospital in Gaza is bombed and blame is traded about who is responsible, Israel, Hamas, or Islamic Jihad -- Republican Congressman Jim Jordan loses the first House Speaker vote, despite Trump's confidence that Jordan will win -- A stunning new poll appears to confirm that Robert F. Kennedy Jr running as an independent is bad for Donald Trump and good for Joe Biden -- Elon Musk will start charging new users of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, $1 per year to tweet --...

Oct 18, 20231 hr

10/17/23: Biden outraises Trump by almost 2x, judge gags Trump again

-- On the Show: -- Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker whose latest project "The American Buffalo," catalogs the animal's 10,000 history in the United States, and talks with David about his approach and method when producing documentaries -- A random 6-year-old boy has been murdered in Chicago because he is Muslim, and his mom was also injured -- Bloodthirsty Fox News host Jesse Watters gets shut down by a Navy Seal who explains to Jesse that his Palestinian deathwish for revenge is inappropriate -...

Oct 17, 20231 hr 3 min

10/16/23: Iran & US enter Hamas-Israel situation, Jared Kushner's lie fest

-- On the Show: -- The latest on the Hamas-Israel conflict, including Joe Biden's latest requests of Israel, the almost-cancellation of David, the notice to Gazans to head south, and much more -- Failed former President Donald Trump forgets who is President, is corrected by Brian Kilmeade, and blames Hamas terror on a "stollen" election -- Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, appears on the Lex Fridman podcast and tells endless lies -- Lying Republican Congressman George Santos is reportedl...

Oct 16, 202359 min

10/13/23: Senator charged as foreign agent, more bad news for Trump

-- On the Show: -- New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez faces new changes of accepting bribes on behalf of a foreign government -- Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville falls down the stairs exiting an airplane after making fun of President Biden for falling numerous times -- Prosecutors claim they can prove Donald Trump's motive in the classified documents case -- Caller asks about voter turnout in the 2024 election -- Caller reflects on Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential run -- Caller argues that Fox New...

Oct 13, 20231 hr 1 min

10/12/23: Trump turns on Netanyahu, Republicans might expel George Santos

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump loses again, this time seeing his pick for Speaker of the House, Jim Jordan, lose to Steve Scalise among the Republican conference -- A discussion of Eric Levitz's New York Magazine article, "A Left That Refuses to Condemn Mass Murder Is Doomed" -- Some Republicans turn on lying Republican Congressman George Santos after a superseding indictment is piled onto the charges against him -- Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, announces he is running for President, des...

Oct 12, 20231 hr 1 min

10/11/23: Israel/Hamas update, more George Santos indictment, Fox turns on RFK Jr

-- On the Show: -- Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government at Harvard University and author of the book "Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point," joins David to discuss democracy, his book, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3RUdFuf -- Hamas has reportedly murdered more than 40 babies, including beheading some, in the attack on Israel -- Hamas is holding American citizens hostage, and President Joe Biden issues a statement -- Fox News propagandist S...

Oct 11, 20231 hr 3 min

10/10/23: Vile reaction to Hamas attack, RFK independent run scares MAGA

-- On the Show: -- Both the MAGA right and the far left react disgustingly to the Hamas attack on Israel in which the death toll has or soon will surpass 1000 -- Failed former President Donald Trump's Israel-related information leak is now under scrutiny after the Hamas attack on Israel -- Donald Trump says "hummus" attacked Israel in a bonkers series of speeches in Iowa -- MAGA Trumpists are now panicking over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential run as he may take more votes from T...

Oct 10, 20231 hr 3 min

10/9/23: GOP primary is almost over, top staffers become trial witnesses (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 8/8/23)

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM AUGUST 8, 2023 -- 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...

Oct 09, 20231 hr 2 min