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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

10/6/23: Rudy sues Biden and denies alcoholism, Trump property auction could happen

-- On the Show: -- Rudy Giuliani denies his alcoholism at a strange press conference where he also announces that he is suing Joe Biden -- A legal expert believes that it's likely Donald Trump's properties will be auctioned off after his fraud trial -- Callers asks about the future of the Republican Party after Donald Trump -- Caller discusses Joe Biden's reelection chances -- Caller talks about economic difficulties -- Caller points out how right-wingers are hypocrites on fentanyl -- Caller ask...

Oct 06, 20231 hr 1 min

10/5/23: Jim Jordan runs for Speaker, Nikki surges past Vivek

-- On the Show: -- Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joins David to discuss electric vehicles, renewable energy, public transit, his viral moments on Fox News and during Congressional hearings, and much more -- Radical Republican Congressman Jim Jordan, as well as Congressman Steve Scalise, announce that they are running for the newly-vacated position of Speaker of the House -- According to a rule already passed by House Republicans, Donald Trump is ineligible to be Speaker of the House...

Oct 05, 20231 hr 2 min

10/4/23: Kevin McCarthy REMOVED as Speaker, MAGA demands Trump replace him

-- On the Show: -- Total chaos hits the House of Representatives as eight Republicans join Democrats in a vote that has removed Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House -- Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy delivers an outrageous press conference after being ousted as Speaker -- MAGA Republicans are rallying around the idea of failed former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House -- Former Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has filed paperwork to run for Senator f...

Oct 04, 202358 min

10/3/23: Trump furious after court appearance, more electric car lies

-- On the Show: -- Taylor Lorenz, columnist for the Washington Post and author of the new book "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet," joins David to discuss the world of influencing and modern social media. Get the book: https://amzn.to/45arpny -- Fox News host Charles Payne tells a stunning number of lies about electric vehicles in a very short amount of time -- A slurring, confused failed former President Donald Trump speaks in Iowa, tells one of hi...

Oct 03, 20231 hr 4 min

10/2/23: Newsom names Feinstein's replacement, GOP missing single piece of Biden evidence

-- On the Show: -- Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein passes away at age 90, and Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom has named Laphonza Butler as Feinstein's replacement -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott says Texas will pursue a border wall on the border with the US state of New Mexico -- Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace fails hard when asked by right-wing Fox host Maria Bartiromo for a single piece of evidence of Biden wrongdoing -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis' c...

Oct 02, 202359 min

9/29/23: Republicans see Trump as most religious, bad voter registration takes

-- On the Show: -- New polling shows that Republicans see Donald Trump as more of a "person of faith" than even Mitt Romney, whose Mormon identity is the most recognizable thing about him -- Ken Blackwell, a Republican with a history of making it harder to vote, says that automatic voter registration actually takes away people's rights in an unintelligible rant -- Caller worries the term "social democracy" sounds too much like socialism -- Caller asks about Briahna Joy Gray's progressive purity ...

Sep 29, 202357 min

9/28/23: 2nd GOP debate goes really poorly, Trump holds fake union event

-- On the Show: -- Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks and author of the new book "Justice Is Coming: How Progressives Are Going to Take Over the Country and America Is Going to Love It" joins David to make the case that Joe Biden cannot possibly win re-election in 2024, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/46uUwmK -- Despite not even attending, Donald Trump easily wins the 2nd Republican presidential debate, as the debate itself becomes a farcical reality show not useful to any of the candid...

Sep 28, 20231 hr 3 min

9/27/23: Judge orders Trump's business dissolved for fraud, Biden joins picket line

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden joins striking UAW workers on the picket line and delivers encouraging remarks to them -- California doubles taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school security -- A judge rules that Donald Trump committed fraud in his business dealings and orders the dissolution of the Trump Organization -- Failed former President Donald Trump absolutely loses his mind over a judge's ruling that his business has to close -- Liberal Fox News host Jessica Tarlov brings u...

Sep 27, 20231 hr

9/26/23: Biden will join picket line, Trump's brain fails badly

-- On the Show: -- Yascha Mounk, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, founder of the digital magazine Persuasion, Contributing Editor at The Atlantic, Host of the Good Fight podcast, and author of the new book, The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time," joins David to discuss what Mounk claims is the left's turn towards identitarianism. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3PUQApT -- President Joe Biden will become the first president to join ...

Sep 26, 20231 hr 5 min

9/25/23: Rough Biden poll looks terrible, but is it? Dem Senator indicted

-- On the Show: -- A new ABC poll panics Democrats as it has Joe Biden losing to Donald Trump by nearly 10, but is this a reliable poll? -- Democratic Senator Bob Menendez and his wife are indicted on very serious bribery charges -- Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz melts down during an appearance on Fox News and attacks fellow right-wing host Maria Bartiromo -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is exposed as having benefited from the very birthright citizenship that he oppo...

Sep 25, 20231 hr 2 min

9/22/23: Taylor Swift voter registration explodes, DeSantis falls to 5th place in NH

-- On the Show: -- Taylor Swift quickly becomes one of the most powerful forces in voter registration this election cycle -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy puts his surgeon wife, Apoorva Ramaswamy, in an impossible position over the COVID-19 vaccine -- Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has fallen to a humiliating 5th place in new polling out of New Hampshire -- Caller asks about general immigration policy -- Caller talks about Trump'...

Sep 22, 202358 min

9/21/23: Buttigieg confrontation goes wrong, Trump cracks at Iowa speech

-- On the Show: -- Emily Monosson, a trained toxicologist who now writes about our impact on the natural environment and author of several books, joins David to discuss her book "Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic". Get the book: https://amzn.to/45ZVIOO -- Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz delivers what is possibly the most unhinged rant in Congressional history during hearings with testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland -- Republican Congressmen, including Eric Burlison, atte...

Sep 21, 202358 min

9/20/23: Biden impeachment collapsing, Trump surges to historic lead

-- On the Show: -- The nascent impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is already imploding -- A Texas teacher is fired for assigning her class an illustrated edition of Anne Frank's diary -- Former prosecutor Andrew Weissmann explains on MSNBC that Donald Trump unwittingly admitted to two more crimes during his recent interview with NBC's Kristen Welker -- Donald Trump Jr announces Donald Trump's death on Twitter and also calls President Joe Biden the n-word as his account is apparently ha...

Sep 20, 202358 min

9/19/23: Boebert could cost GOP the House, Giuliani sued by his own lawyer

-- On the Show: -- Mitchell Green, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and author of the book "Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge," joins David to discuss what it means to "know," free will and our identities as people, how we mislead ourselves, sometimes willingly, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Rr6oS8 -- Based on new 2024 House forecasts, Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's public sex act could end up costing Republicans control of th...

Sep 19, 20231 hr 2 min

9/18/23: Trump brain breaks in new interview, Russell Brand brutally accused

-- On the Show: -- Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace is again asked for evidence supporting Joe Biden's impeachment inquiry, and is able to provide none, and then Congressman Michael McCaul also faceplants on the same question -- Russell Brand is accused of sexual assault of a minor, in addition to a number of other sex crimes by multiple victims, and his denial is not exactly a profile in courage -- Failed former President Donald Trump is interviewed by Kristen Welker, and it goes so poorly t...

Sep 18, 20231 hr 1 min

9/15/23: State tries taking Trump off ballot, Chris Christie to confront Trump

-- On the Show: -- A Trump-appointed judge rules against Trump by requiring him and his lawyers to only review classified documents in a secure location -- A progressive group sues to kick Donald Trump off the ballot in Minnesota, citing the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie says he plans to find and confront Donald Trump on the campaign trail -- Caller asks if the Biden impeachment inquiry will backfire on Republicans -- Caller wonders...

Sep 15, 202357 min

9/14/23: Still no evidence against Biden, new 2024 conspiracy is dumbest yet

-- On the Show: -- Dr Phil Plait, astronomer, science communicator, and author of several books on space and our place in it, joins David to discuss astrology, and why it is patently bogus pseudoscience -- Another Republican can come up with nothing when asked whether they have any evidence at all to support an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, this time Republican Congressman Mike Waltz -- Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi struggles to explain why so many Democrats don't want Joe ...

Sep 14, 20231 hr 3 min

9/13/23: McCarthy launches Biden impeachment inquiry, Hannity begs RFK to run 3rd party

-- On the Show: -- Clancy Martin, writer and philosophy professor, joins David to discuss his book "How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind," a book about his multiple suicide attempts. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3LiRXfa -- Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announces an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, despite still having no evidence against him -- Yet another Republican, this time Ken Buck, says he has still not seen any evidence indicating Presid...

Sep 13, 20231 hr 3 min

9/12/23: Biden impeachment thumbs up, Trump threatens dictatorship

-- On the Show: -- Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden -- Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace admits that Republicans have no actual EVIDENCE against Joe Biden in support of impeachment -- President Joe Biden makes a deal with Iran and Republicans predictably attack him and criticize the deal -- Failed former President Donald Trump openly threatens to become a dictator, and Republicans cheer it -- Failed former President Don...

Sep 12, 20231 hr

9/11/23: We went to the Trump rally, Vivek surge is over

-- On the Show: -- The supposed "surge" of Vivek Ramaswamy appears to be over and is being supplanted by a small Nikki Haley surge, and meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has lost 36% of the support he once had -- Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans vaccine mandates, despite there not being any in Arkansas -- Failed former President Donald Trump tries a rally in South Dakota between arrests and court appearances, and it does not go well -- Trump MAGA cult members are interview...

Sep 11, 20231 hr 3 min

9/8/23: Bret Weinstein goes full conspiracy, Trump launches insane attack

-- On the Show: -- Bret and Heather Weinstein of the Dark Horse Podcast go full conspiracy mode about COVID tests and "secret" vaccines for Joe and Jill Biden -- Failed former President Donald Trump launches an outrageous attack on Special Prosecutor Jack Smith after Smith raises concerns of jury tampering -- Caller asks why right-wingers care so much about birth rates -- Caller talks about the "Think Like a Detective" book sales -- Caller discusses Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign and the availabilit...

Sep 08, 20231 hr 1 min

9/7/23: Project 2025 would make Trump dictator, Biden polling crisis grows

-- On the Show: -- A review of how the right wing broke America, including through elections, courts, culture, and more -- A look at Project 2025 and Agenda 47, which if implemented after the potential election of Donald Trump in 2024, would turn the United States into a dictatorship, with Trump as the dictator -- President Joe Biden is entering a polling crisis on the basis of some disastrous new polling and approval numbers, raising new questions about a 2024 Democratic presidential primary --...

Sep 07, 20231 hr 1 min

9/6/23: Proud Boy gets 22 years, Elon Musk blames the Jews

-- On the Show: -- Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is sentenced to 22 years in prison, the stiffest sentence so far among the defendants related to the 2021 insurrection -- The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to take a case related to Donald Trump's eligibility to hold public office again in the context of possible violations of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution -- Elon Musk, of Twitter/X, Tesla, and Spacex fame, is now blaming the Jewish civil rights group Anti-Defamation League fo...

Sep 06, 20231 hr 3 min

9/5/23: Tucker predicts Trump killing, Biden hits hard on Labor Day

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden hits Trump hard on Labor Day, confirming what we already know about their respective jobs records -- Failed former President Donald Trump is clearly terrified that he will be disqualified from running for President for violating the 14th Amendment to the Constitution -- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' 2024 Republican presidential campaign appears to be crumbling as a Super PAC has already stopped doorknocking in critical states -- Alina Habba, Don...

Sep 05, 20231 hr 1 min

9/4/23: Fox News brutally sued again, FBI hearings implode (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 7/13/23)

LABOR DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM JULY 13, 2023 -- 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 m...

Sep 04, 202358 min

9/1/23: DeSantis threatens looters with shooting, Trump overstated net worth by $2+ billion

-- On the Show: -- Ron DeSantis threatens to shoot looters in the wake of Hurricane Idalia -- Donald Trump reportedly overstated his net worth by $2.2 billion according to the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James -- Post-debate polls show that Donald Trump skipping out on the first Republican primary debate had essentially no impact on his chances -- Caller asks why Donald Trump wanted to hold onto classified documents -- Caller wonders if many Americans aren't smart because of our ...

Sep 01, 20231 hr 1 min

8/31/23: Trump lawyer admits to crime, McConnell health event again

-- On the Show: -- The conclusion to David's interview with Dennis Prager, right wing radio host, writer, and co-founder of Prager U, who joins David to discuss whether Donald Trump won the 2020 election, his views on transgender rights, the woke culture wars, and much more -- Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has another "freeze" on live television, believed to be either some kind of seizure or stroke, once again leading to calls for McConnell's resignation -- John Eastman, Dona...

Aug 31, 20231 hr

8/30/23: Vivek brutally confronted, Trump's lawyer off the rails in sick interview

-- On the Show: -- Dennis Prager, right wing radio host, writer, and co-founder of Prager U, joins David to discuss whether Donald Trump won the 2020 election, his views on transgender rights, the woke culture wars, and much more -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is called out for his lies during an interview with journalist Andrea Mitchell -- Deranged right-winger Stew Peters delivers a bloodthirsty rant that calls for the killing of numerous people, including Dr. Anthon...

Aug 30, 20231 hr

8/29/23: Fake Biden beer limit, Trump down 6 since debate

-- On the Show: -- Right wingers wrongly rally around the claim that President Joe Biden will limit them to two beers per week -- Fox News host Laura Ingraham realizes and admits that Cornel West's Green Party candidacy may serve to help Donald Trump -- Donald Trump is already down 6 points in a post-debate poll since the first Republican primary debate -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramawasmy is interviewed by Fox News propagandist Sean Hannity, and it does not go well for him ...

Aug 29, 202357 min

8/28/23: Bernie is back in NH, MAGAs confuse black women, Trump melts down

-- On the Show: -- White supremacist targeting black people kills 3 in Florida -- Bernie Sanders rallies for Joe Biden and attacks Cornel West -- Trump supporters confused prosecutor Fani Willis with a different black woman and chant that she be "locked up" -- Could Donald Trump already be disqualified from running in 2024? -- New Hampshire becomes the first state to move towards banning Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot -- Donald Trump retains his massive lead in the 2024 Republican primary aft...

Aug 28, 202359 min