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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

6/12/23: Total chaos as Trump faces 536 years, MAGA defends

-- On the Show: -- The one thing that President Joe Biden needs to do to win re-election in 2024 -- Failed former President Donald Trump has been indicted on 37 federal counts and faces a hypothetical 536 years in prison -- Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed judge, will be overseeing Donald Trump's indictment, raising major concerns -- A deflated Donald Trump delivers a low energy speech to a North Carolina crowd ahead of his second arrest -- Donald Trump pleads his innocence in a waffle restauran...

Jun 12, 20231 hr 4 min

6/9/23: Trump federally indicted on at least 7 counts

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump is indicted in the special counsel’s classified documents probe, marking the first time a US president has been federally charged -- Donald Trump responds to news of his indictment on Truth Social -- Fox News host Mark Levin throws a temper tantrum over news that Donald Trump has been federally indicted -- Caller talks about pronouns and trans issues -- Caller discusses the right-wing culture war -- Caller wants to know who is to blame for ...

Jun 09, 20231 hr 4 min

6/8/23: Pence launches campaign as Trump arrest looms, CNN CEO fired

-- On the Show: -- Steve Schmidt, American political strategist, commentator, and founder of The Warning, joins David to discuss the Biden presidency, the state of the 2024 Republican primary, the future of the MAGA movement, and much more... -- CNN is truly in shambles as it fires its relatively new CEO Chris Licht after only one year after ratings declines and a disastrous Donald Trump town hall -- Former Vice President Mike Pence launches his 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign with...

Jun 08, 20231 hr 4 min

6/7/23: Chris Christie goes hard on Trump as trans ban blocked by judge

-- On the Show: -- Yet another loss for the so-called anti-woke movement as a judge blocks the Florida law that banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth -- A Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago employee reportedly drained a pool into the surveillance room, destroying surveillance footage related to the Trump classified documents investigation -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie comes out strongly swinging at Donald Trump at his first town hall event -- Donald Trump is wildly t...

Jun 07, 20231 hr 2 min

6/6/23: Bizarre Pence speech bores crowd as 2nd Trump arrest coming

-- On the Show: -- Dylan Burns, streamer and aspiring war journalist with a current emphasis on Ukraine, joins David just back from Ukraine to discuss the situation there with Vladimir Putin's invasion, Dylan's time with a de-mining crew, and much more -- A deep look at the American economy in June of 2023 reveals the sky is not falling, despite right-wing claims that the economy is a disaster -- Former Vice President and current 2024 Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence gives a bizarre ...

Jun 06, 20231 hr 6 min

6/5/23: Anti-woke in shambles as drag ban collapses, 24 GOP primary goes nuclear

-- On the Show: --Utah's right wing book ban backfires as the Bible is now banned in some schools, and the Book of Mormon is being considered for a ban -- The anti-woke movement suffers another defeat as the Tennessee drag ban is found unconstitutional -- Donald Trump's Fox News town hall goes so terribly, even friendly host Sean Hannity can't make Trump look good -- Donald Trump holds a disastrous series of speeches in different parts of Iowa -- Donald Trump is confronted by an anti-vaccine lun...

Jun 05, 20231 hr 4 min

6/2/23: Fox Host tries facts while Trump attacks former staffers

-- On the Show: -- Steve Doocy inserts facts into a Fox & Friends discussion about the 2024 Republican primary, upsetting his cohosts -- Brian Kilmeade calls Donald Trump's attack against Kayleigh McEnany "insane" -- Caller talks about the Trump CNN town hall -- Caller wonders why the other Republican candidates aren't attacking Trump -- Caller points out the dangers of another Trump presidency -- Caller is progressive in a red state and doesn't know what to do -- Caller talks about the right's ...

Jun 02, 20231 hr

6/1/23: Pence and Chris Christie running against Trump, Trump tape spells big trouble

-- On the Show: -- Robert Greene, author of seven international bestsellers including The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and more, joins David to discuss his writing process, the impact of social media on thinking and society, how to find the right media diet, and much more. Get his latest book, The Laws of Human Nature, here: https://amzn.to/3IR5aKO -- Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to soon announce that he's running for president against his former boss -- F...

Jun 01, 20231 hr 2 min

5/31/23: DeSantis ramps up the crazy as Trump promises to violate Constitution

-- On the Show: -- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis gives a 2024 campaign speech in Iowa so deranged, it challenges Trump's absurd speeches -- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis wants to make America more like Florida, but this would actually be a disaster -- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has gained 15% in Republican primary polling since his announcement, while Trump has lost 5% -- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis promises to "destroy leftism" if he is elected P...

May 31, 20231 hr 1 min

5/30/23: DeSantis floats Trump pardon, debt ceiling goes toxic

-- On the Show: -- David explains why he hasn't covered the comings and goings of the most recent debt ceiling debate -- A deeper look at the issue of "men in women's sports," also known as transgender women in women's sports -- Newt Gingrich inadvertently admits the devastating reason that Donald Trump will win the 2024 Republican nomination -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis admits that he would consider pardoning Donald Trump if DeSantis became President -- Donald Trump's ...

May 30, 20231 hr 2 min

5/29/23: Trump arrest as progressives claim major victories in WI and Chicago (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 4/5/23)

MEMORIAL DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM APRIL 5, 2023 -- On the Show: -- Liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz defeats conservative opponent Dan Kelly, giving liberals control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years -- Progressive organizer Brandon Johnson wins the Chicago Mayoral election -- Failed former President Donald Trump is arrested and perp-walked, charged with 34 felonies to which he pleaded not guilty -- Donald Trump is potentially facing 136 years in prison per many medi...

May 29, 202356 min

5/26/23: MAGA rioter gets 18 years, Pence getting his own town hall

-- On the Show: -- Radical Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is potentially implicated in covering up child abuse perpetrated by her soon-to-be former husban, Jayson Boebert -- Former Trump Vice President Mike Pence will get getting his own CNN town hall despite the fact that he is not at this time a presidential candidate -- Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for his involvement in the January 6th Trump MAGA riots -- Caller asks whether Kari Lake is a true...

May 26, 20231 hr

5/25/23: DeSantis launch event collapses, global humiliation

-- On the Show: -- David Auerbach, writer, technologist, and author of the book "Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities," joins David to discuss the problematic structure of online networks. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3IGcTeZ -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launches his 2024 Republican presidential campaign on Twitter alongside Elon Musk, and it goes so horribly wrong from a technical standpoint that it immediately becomes a ...

May 25, 20231 hr 4 min

5/24/23: DeSantis launching campaign, Trump loses it, Tim Scott pathetic

-- On the Show: -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is launching his 2024 presidential campaign on Twitter, alongside Elon Musk -- Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake does Donald Trump's dirty work and starts the character assassination of Ron DeSantis ahead of his campaign launch -- Donald Trump explodes on Truth Social in reaction to Ron DeSantis' 2024 campaign announcement -- Republican Senator and 2024 presidential candidate Tim Scott brutally fails when asked...

May 24, 202359 min

5/23/23: Fox gushes about Tim Scott as Trump sued for more defamation

-- On the Show: -- Tom Gabor, criminologist and author of five books on gun violence including "American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence," joins David to discuss gun violence, prevention, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3qbMPla --Republican Senator Tim Scott's 2024 Republican presidential campaign starts off as cringeworthy as you might imagine in South Carolina -- Fox & Friends hosts are gushing about Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott, seemingly desperate ...

May 23, 20231 hr 1 min

5/22/23: Is this what the country will look like until 2025?

-- 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 undocumented immigrants that completely made up -- Republican Se...

May 22, 20231 hr 4 min

5/19/23: DeSantis destroying Florida, MTG's latest conspiracy theory

-- On the Show: -- Ron DeSantis is turning Florida into a right-wing nightmare of a state -- Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene wrongly claims that "Antifa killed a cop" during a recent hearing -- Caller is a progressive member of the military -- Caller looks at the American culture war from an international perspective -- Caller wonders how the Republican presidnetial nominee will appeal to the general public -- Caller talks about the right's reaction to trans shooters -- T...

May 19, 20231 hr 3 min

5/18/23: Troubling Dianne Feinstein audio, DeSantis loses BIG

-- On the Show: -- Tim Maudlin, Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics, and Professor of Philosophy at New York University, joins David to discuss the origins and foundations of metaphysics -- Audio is released of Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein seemingly not understanding or remembering that she was gone from the Senate for 3 months, generating another round of demands that she resign -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' two endorsements this ...

May 18, 20231 hr 4 min

5/17/23: DeSantis collapse continues as Musk, Palin, Trump lose their minds

-- On the Show: -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign continues to collapse before it even starts, with his polling continuing to decline -- Elon Musk defends his tweets, calls himself "pro-Semite," and defends his conspiratorial claims about a recent mass shooting during a bizarre interview with CNBC's David Faber -- Failed former President Donald Trump, in a bad mood, is interviewed by fired Fox News hots Dan Bongino, where both Trump and Bongino lie badly abo...

May 17, 20231 hr 3 min

5/16/23: Rudy & Trump accused of selling pardons, DeSantis weasels out again

-- On the Show: -- Christopher Key, notorious advocate of urine therapy and other unproven "treatments," joins David to try to defend his claims that drinking or injecting urine is effective for treating or preventing COVID-19 -- Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former attorney, is accused in a lawsuit of trying to sell presidential pardons, demanding sex from a staffer, and much more -- Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani are accused of trying to sell presidential pardons for $2 million each, but is th...

May 16, 20231 hr 6 min

5/15/23: Republican informant "missing" as border crossings down 50%

-- On the Show: -- Republicans are in shambles as the predicted "disaster" at the border hasn't happened after Titles 42 restrictions expired -- The supposed bombshell Republican "informant" about the alleged "crimes" of Joe Biden has now gone "missing" -- A House Republican report finds no evidence of wrongdoing by President Joe Biden -- Could James Buchanan, not Donald Trump, be the worst President in American history? -- Despite Donald Trump's rally in Iowa being cancelled, the dangerous and ...

May 15, 20231 hr 4 min

5/12/23: The future of CNN post-Trump town hall, Mike Pence's cowardly interview

-- On the Show: -- What happens to CNN after its deranged Trump town hall? -- Former Vice President Mike Pence reacts to Trump's sexual assault liability by saying he hasn't personally seen Donald Trump assault anyone -- Caller wonders if Donald Trump could bring an end to the Republican Party -- Caller talks about the right's obsession with trans people -- Caller asks if Donald Trump would try to stay in power for longer than a term -- Caller discusses how Republican leadership will respond to ...

May 12, 20231 hr 1 min

5/11/23: Trump CNN town hall goes horribly wrong, George Santos' unhinged press conference

-- On the Show: -- Matt Desmond, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and author of the book "Poverty, By America," joins David to discuss poverty in the United States, including its causes, changes over time, and ways to eradicate it. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3VWTQlG -- Failed former President Donald Trump lies uncontrollably during a CNN Town Hall hosted by Kaitlan Collins in front of a sycophant crowd -- CNN's Donald Trump town hall was a total disgrace, pushing journalism clos...

May 11, 20231 hr 4 min

5/10/23: Inflation lowest in 2 years, Trump liable for sexual assault

-- On the Show: -- Inflation drops to its lowest level in 2 years as we take a broader look at the US economy -- Tucker Carlson announces that he is re-launching his show on Twitter after being fired from Fox News -- Lying, disgraced Republican Congressman George Santos was arrested and taken into custody today on federal charges including fraud, money laundering, theft, and making false statements -- Donald Trump is found liable of sexual assault and defamation of E. Jean Carroll by a jury in t...

May 10, 20231 hr

5/9/23: 2024 might set record for dumb, doctored footage questions surface

-- On the Show: -- Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) joins David to discuss the debt ceiling fight, the state of politics in the US, and her Senate campaign for the seat currently held by Dianne Feinstein -- Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr is interviewed by Fox News propagandist Sean Hannity and it goes terribly badly -- Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy channels Trump, telling a story about a supposed MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporter who cried at Vivek's ev...

May 09, 20231 hr 4 min

5/8/23: 11 mass shootings this weekend, DeSantis can't handle it

-- On the Show: -- 11 mass shootings and more than 300 shootings total in the United States this past weekend -- Gun-loving former police officer Steven Spainhouer says it's time to do something about guns after the latest Texas mass shooting -- Republican Representative Keith Self says that prayer does work to stop mass shootings in a totally unhinged rant -- The latest jobs report is a blowout as black unemployment hits an all-time low in the United States -- A top rated poll from ABC says tha...

May 08, 20231 hr 4 min

5/5/23: They won't stop on trans, another arrest likely

-- On the Show: -- Florida Republicans pass anti-trans bills related to bathrooms and gender-affirming care -- Donald Trump is likely to be charged with another crime this summer, this time over his call to Georgia election officials pressuring them to "find 11,780 votes" following the 2020 election -- Caller talks about the US lifting the COVID vaccine requirement for international travelers -- Caller argues there are only two genders -- Caller thinks Republicans are only consistent in being ra...

May 05, 202358 min

5/4/23: Republicans accuse Biden of bribery, Putin says US droned Kremlin

-- On the Show: -- Russia claims that the United States is behind the failed drone "attack" on the Kremlin, and says it will retaliate -- Republicans wildly accuse President Joe Biden of bribery, even calling for his impeachment, but present absolutely no evidence -- Florida Republicans have passed a disgusting, and arguably unenforceable, "pronoun" bill -- Will they target LGBT teachers next? -- Caller talks about how people are more aligned on politics than they think -- Caller wants to see pr...

May 04, 20231 hr 4 min

5/3/23: CNN town hall promotion goes haywire, Tucker's latest replacement no good

-- On the Show: -- Bob Zeidman, the software engineer who debunked MyPillow Mike Lindell's election fraud allegations and has claimed the offered $5 million reward, joins David to discuss the entire fiasco -- Right-wing content creator Steven Crowder and right-wingers would like women to have to stay married if they can't point to "fault" for a divorce -- CNN is promoting their forthcoming Donald Trump town hall as if Trump is a normal person who was not arrested and did not incite a riotous ins...

May 03, 20231 hr 1 min

5/2/23: Bernie triggers GOP, Republicans reveals their horrifying priorities

-- On the Show: -- Senator Bernie Sanders proposes taxing all income above $999 million at 100% -- A new poll reveals Republican voters' priorities for 2024, and it's as horrifying as you imagine -- Tucker Carlson slams Fox Nation in newly leaked behind-the-scenes video -- Tucker Carlson's latest replacement, Lawrence Jones, attempts a "hardball" interview of 2024 Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, and it goes horribly wrong -- Donald Trump is increasingly obsessed with Ron DeSant...

May 02, 20231 hr 3 min