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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

5/13/24: Biden tariff dumps, rabid crowd cheers Trump and leaves

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden will announce new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles -- Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is interviewed by Fox News' Maria Bartiromo and goes completely off the rails -- Republican Senator JD Vance is challenged by CNN host Dana Bash over his claim that Donald Trump couldn't possibly be antisemitic -- Republican Senator Lindsey Graham sets the stage to deny the results of the 2024 Presidential election -- Failed Arizona Republican Gubernato...

May 13, 20241 hr 1 min

5/10/24: Voter ID implosion, the value of jail for Trump

-- On the Show: -- Fox News host Sean Hannity wrongly links ID to vote with ID to buy alcohol -- Failed former President Donald Trump wildly attacks Jews on his way into court for cross-examination of Stormy Daniels at his criminal trial -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's spokesperson, is probably correct that being jailed for violating his gag order would likely help Trump -- Caller thinks David isn't accurately representing the right-wing view on abortion -- Caller has Trump-supporting family...

May 10, 202457 min

5/9/24: Worm ate RFK's brain, Biden goes for it on job creation

-- On the Show: -- Dr. Elizabeth Landsverk, dementia and Alzheimer's disease expert, joins David to discuss cognitive concerns about former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden with regard to their age and brain function -- President Joe Biden is on the offensive against Donald Trump on the issue of jobs on the heels of a major announcement about an AI center on the site of Trump's failed Foxconn deal -- Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson feels that illegal immigrants are vot...

May 09, 202456 min

5/8/24: Kristi Noem PANICS, Stormy Daniels testifies

-- On the Show: -- South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem lashes out at Fox News host Stuart Varney, telling him that he needs to stop asking about her supposed meeting with Kim Jong Un -- Despite having dropped out of the presidential race months ago, Nikki Haley appears to be getting even more popular, recently taking more than 20% of the Indiana Republican primary vote from Donald Trump -- Donald Trump scores a major win as Judge Aileen Cannon delays Trump's criminal documents trial ind...

May 08, 20241 hr 1 min

5/7/24: Kristi Noem keeps it going, Trump says he's ready for jail

-- On the Show: -- Johann Hari, author of three New York Times best-selling books, and author of the new book "Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs," joins David to discuss Ozempic, including his own experience with it, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3UyHtfH -- South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem again refuses to answer whether her anecdote about meeting North Korean dictator Kom Jong Un is true -- Kristi Noem, Republican Gove...

May 07, 202459 min

5/6/24: Kristi Noem implosion continues, confused Trump can't answer questions

-- On the Show: -- Ali Velshi, author of the forthcoming book "Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy," joins David to discuss immigration, idealism, democracy, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/44tb0Mg -- Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem implodes in follow-up interviews about her new book, including collapsing in a pathetic word salad when asked whether she really met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as she claims in her book -- Kristie Noem, ...

May 06, 20241 hr 3 min

5/3/24: Trump already hates his lawyer, what are these colleges doing to protesters?

-- On the Show: -- A new report from the New York Times reveals that failed former President Donald Trump is already furious with his criminal lawyer Todd Blanche, regularly questioning what he pays him for -- In Freeland, Michigan, Donald Trump delivers a speech so glitchy and disoriented that the attendees became confused -- Caller asks about protests affecting the national conventions -- Caller is happier living in a blue state than a red state -- Caller asks why David doesn't interview more ...

May 03, 202458 min

5/2/24: Kristi Noem defends puppy killing, Trump glitches badly at sick rally

-- On the Show: -- Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and author of the new book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation," joins David to discuss how to deal with the housing crisis, cost of living, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3JHxzTO -- Jason Miller, advisor to Donald Trump, appears to confirm that Trump is okay with states monitoring the pregnancies of women if that's what states want to do -- Fox News quietly deletes the ...

May 02, 202459 min

5/1/24: Biden to reschedule cannabis, Trump wants to monitor women's pregnancies

-- On the Show: -- Kyle Sweetser, a former Trump supporter from Alabama, joins David to discuss what changed his mind into ultimately supporting Joe Biden in 2024 -- The Biden administration will have cannabis rescheduled from Schedule I to Schedule III, a major victory for advocates of ending the drug war -- Donald Trump suggests he's okay with the monitoring of women's pregnancies and the potential prosecution of women who obtain abortions -- Failed former President Donald Trump is held in con...

May 01, 20241 hr 2 min

4/30/24: Hunter sues Fox News, Kristi Noem VP chances plummet

-- On the Show: -- Fox News host Sean Hannity admits that Donald Trump's tax plan punished residents of blue states, and he ended up paying more taxes as a result -- Republican Congressman James Comer says that President Joe Biden's impeachment and indictment are taking a long time because there is so much evidence against him -- Hunter Biden will reportedly sue Fox News -- Charlie Kirk, a Donald Trump operative, admits that the Trump campaign is not well organized and potentially collapsing -- ...

Apr 30, 20241 hr 3 min

4/29/24: Fertility hits rock bottom, Barr admits Trump assassination plans

-- On the Show: -- The US fertility rate drops to its lowest in a century, and we discuss the implications of the declining birth rate on the environment, economy, and foreign policy -- William Barr, Donald Trump's former Attorney General, appears to accidentally admit that Donald Trump regularly floated the idea of assassinating people he didn't like -- Howard Stern interviews President Joe Biden -- A new CNN poll shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden by 9 points, and despite being an outlier, t...

Apr 29, 20241 hr 2 min

4/26/24: Toxic politics expands, evangelical leader crushes MAGA

-- On the Show: -- Evangelical Christian pastor Loran Livingston absolutely destroys the brand of fake Christianity being espoused by people like Donald Trump and Lee Greenwood through their Bible sales -- A Trumpist wearing a Trump flag is interviewed by Fox News' Lawrence Jones, and she breaks down in tears when talking about Trump facing criminal charges, reminding us about the cultish nature of MAGA -- Caller wonders if the Israel/Gaza war will affect the election outcome -- Caller discusses...

Apr 26, 20241 hr 1 min

4/25/24: Rudy Giuliani and fake electors indicted, AZ House votes to repeal abortion law

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive comparing and contrasting the allegations of criminality against Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton -- 11 fake electors in Arizona have been indicted, along with Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, for their attempt at stealing Arizona's electoral votes from Joe Biden for Donald Trump -- The Arizona House has voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban, making the Arizona Senate the next obstacle -- Conspiracy website owner Jim Hoft of The Gateway Pun...

Apr 25, 20241 hr 2 min

4/24/24: Romney drops hammer on MAGA, Trump desperate for protesters

-- On the Show: -- Pregnant women are being turned away in emergency rooms in Texas, Florida, and other red states as medical providers are fearful of restrictive abortion laws -- Republican Senator Mitt Romney goes after Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, and the MAGA movement as he prepares to exit politics -- David Pecker, a critical witness in the criminal trial of Donald Trump, drops a bombshell during testimony on the second day of the trial -- Failed former President Donald Trump leave...

Apr 24, 202459 min

4/23/24: Trump attacks trial witnesses as Biden takes lead

-- On the Show: -- Joseph Stiglitz, economist, Professor at Columbia University, Nobel laureate, and author of the new book "The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society," joins David to discuss markets, rights, freedom, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3JwodtT -- President Joe Biden surpasses Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election betting markets and comes in 9 points ahead of Trump in a new poll -- After the first day of Donald Trump's criminal trial, he loses his mi...

Apr 23, 20241 hr 3 min

4/22/24: Poll shows RFK backfire, Trump criminal trial begins

-- On the Show: -- Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is absolutely destroyed in a hearing by Dr. Timothy Snyder, an actual expert on Russia, Eastern Europe, and more -- Kristi Noem, the Republican Governor of South Dakota, agrees there should be no abortion exceptions for rape or incest during an unhinged CNN interview -- A new poll finds that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential candidacy may hurt Donald Trump more than it hurts President Joe Biden -- One Trump juror in his first ...

Apr 22, 20241 hr 3 min

4/19/24: They're cheering AZ abortion law, Clarence Thomas suddenly reappears

-- On the Show: -- David Farnsworth, a Trump-endorsed Republican State Senator in Arizona, says that the 1864 abortion law that is the law of the land is the best possible law -- A dismissed juror in Donald Trump's first criminal trial says that Trump looked yellow, not orange, in court -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suddenly reappears at the Supreme Court with no explanation whatsoever for his recent absence -- Caller comments on when to tip and when not to -- Caller scrutinizes Trump...

Apr 19, 20241 hr 2 min

4/18/24: Biden crimes hearing goes nuclear, Mayorkas impeachment already over

-- On the Show: -- Nathan Price, an ex-Trump voter, joins David to discuss what changes his mind, whether his political principles have changed, and much more -- A House hearing about President Joe Biden's elusive "crimes" explodes, with Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin demanding Republican James Comer state which crimes he believes President Biden has committed -- MAGA operative Charlie Kirk admits that the Biden ground game is crushing the Trump ground game so far in the 2024 campaign -- Ri...

Apr 18, 20241 hr 4 min

4/17/24: Book bans explode, Trump sleeping in court again

-- On the Show: -- Book bans explode with 4,000 so far in the 2023-2024 school year -- Republicans deliver their failed, dead-on-arrival impeachment articles for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to the US Senate -- President Joe Biden brutally attacks failed former President Donald Trump in a campaign speech -- Failed former President Donald Trump falls asleep again in court, and is threatened by jail by the judge -- Donald Trump lashes out at a juror during jury selection and i...

Apr 17, 20241 hr

4/16/24: Trump sleeping in court, Clarence Thomas missing

-- On the Show: -- Congressman Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from New York, joins David to discuss the 2024 election, the state of political discourse in the US, mental health policy, and much more -- The Bidens release their 2023 tax returns, and despite there being no controversy over their content and the Bidens' joint income of $620,000, some are reacting as if it's some kind of smoking gun -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is unexpectedly missing from court without an explanation -- Fai...

Apr 16, 20241 hr 3 min

4/15/24: Trump criminal trial begins, major Tesla layoffs

-- On the Show: -- Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce -- Something very serious appears to have gone wrong with Jimmy Dore, formerly considered a left wing host, who has now bought in to every major conspiracy theory -- Former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial starts today with jury selection in New York in the election interference and hush money case -- Just minutes before the start of his criminal trial, failed former President Donald Trump explodes in an ou...

Apr 15, 20241 hr 1 min

4/12/24: Trump's plan to prosecute Biden, another attack on American Jews

-- On the Show: -- Axios reveals Donald Trump's plan to criminally prosecute Joe Biden if he wins in 2024 -- Donald Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats are mentally ill -- Caller asks about how the right-wing will react if Trump loses again -- Caller points out that Trump supporters don't care that he tried to steal the election -- Caller asks whether the polls can be trusted -- Caller wonders if Robert F. Kennedy Jr is an actor serving as a spoiler candidate -- Caller is dating a Marxist -- ...

Apr 12, 20241 hr 1 min

4/11/24: Betting markets suddenly say Biden '24, Trump trial delay rejected again

-- On the Show: -- Katherine Stewart, author of "The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism," joins David to discuss the origins and recent rise in Christian nationalism in the United States among the religious right and Republicans, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/49AfqBT -- President Joe Biden is suddenly leading Donald Trump in recent polls and has also taken a lead in the financial betting markets -- Failed former President Donald Trump's third des...

Apr 11, 20241 hr 2 min

4/10/24: AZ okays 1864 abortion law, RFK's VP not seen since announcement

-- On the Show: -- Elie Honig, CNN Senior Legal Analyst, New York Magazine Columnist, and author of the new book "Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It," joins David to discuss the real two-tiered justice system, accountability, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3PV7vrT -- Just days after Donald Trump puts out a video about abortion essentially saying "let states do whatever they want," the Arizona Supreme Court upholds an 1864 abortion law that is a near-total ban on abor...

Apr 10, 20241 hr 1 min

4/9/24: Trump abortion backfire, Eclipse breaks more MAGA brains

-- On the Show: -- The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 appears to have broken the brains of many Fox News hosts, with them linking the eclipse to the US-Mexico border and generally making no sense -- Sunny Hostin, co-host of The View, wrongly links the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse to climate change -- CNN brutally fact checks Donald Trump's recent statement about abortion, but missed at least one critical aspect of it -- An element of the right wing is revolting against Donald Trump over his recen...

Apr 09, 20241 hr 2 min

4/8/24: Eclipse breaks MAGA brains, Biden JUMPS in new poll

-- On the Show: -- Elements of MAGA, including Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend Brian Glenn, and Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani, have some interesting ideas about the meaning of the eclipse and recent earthquake, as well as so-called "locusts," by which they mean cicadas -- In a stunning new Franklin and Marshall poll of Pennsylvania voters, President Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 10 in a head-to-head race -- Fox News, including Maria Bartiromo, are simply devastated by the latest stron...

Apr 08, 20241 hr 4 min

4/5/24: Trump fails to dismiss criminal trials, Electoral College is DEI for Republicans

-- On the Show: -- Producer Pat Ford fills in for David -- Donald Trump suffers three straight legal defeats, as judges strike down his attempts to get two of his criminal trials dismissed and one of them delayed -- Joe Biden is leading in an increasing number of national polls and leading in the prediction markets -- Donald Trump's Truth Social stock "DJT" has been on a precipitous decline since its NASDAQ debut, costing Trump billions in net worth -- Republicans claim to be against DEI and aff...

Apr 05, 202453 min

4/4/24: Republican finances destroyed by Trump, why replacing Kamala would be disastrous

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump is destroying the Republican Party financially and there seem to be no Republicans willing to stop him -- Osama bin Laden's niece, Noor bin Ladin, is a Trump-supporting Q-Anon believer, in a case of strange political bedfellows -- Caller talks about Senator Katie Britt's bizarre State of the Union response -- Caller predicts Trump will pick a woman as his running mate -- Caller discusses the prospect of Kamala Harris replacing Joe Biden -- ...

Apr 04, 20241 hr 4 min

4/3/24: RFK's strange path to victory, another admission of no Biden crime

-- On the Show: -- Rachel Bitecofer, political strategist and author of the new book "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game," joins David to discuss the state of Trump vs Biden 2024, the claims of a racial realignment, whether we should be panicking about polling, and more. Get her book: https://amzn.to/3TXX4Gp -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s absurd path to the presidency includes winning California, a state on which he is not even on the ballot -- Rep...

Apr 03, 20241 hr 2 min

4/2/24: Project 2025 goes nuclear, Biden fundraising goes nuclear

-- On the Show: -- Adrienne Shropshire, Executive Director of BlackPAC, a left-leaning political action committee focused on mobilizing and engaging with African American voters, joins David to discuss the false narrative that there is a massive racial realignment happening such that non-white voters are flocking to Donald Trump in 2024 -- A deeper dive at the authoritarian nightmare that is Project 2025 -- Donald Trump is scamming his followers with faux economic populist rhetoric once again, a...

Apr 02, 20241 hr 3 min