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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

6/14/24: More Trump crimes, Biden won't pardon Hunter

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden reiterates that he respects the jury's decision in his son Hunter Biden's conviction, and will neither pardon him nor commute any potential prison sentence -- A confused Donald Trump meets with sycophant Republicans on Capitol Hill and subsequently ends his "press conference" after five minutes without taking a single question from reporters -- Failed former President Donald Trump admits that he has a firearm in Florida, which is illegal given that he is no...

Jun 14, 202458 min

6/13/24: Hunter/Michelle conspiracy goes wild, corporate media ignoring Trump's mental illness

-- On the Show: -- Dan Harris, author of 10% Happier, host of the 10% Happier podcast, and former ABC news anchor who embraced mindfulness after having a panic attack on live TV, joins David to discuss his more recent work, anxiety, panic attacks, and more. Get the new version of his book: https://amzn.to/3XhzDtN -- 538 publishes its first 2024 election project, which slightly favors Joe Biden defeating Donald Trump in the November presidential election -- Hunter Biden's conviction revives the l...

Jun 13, 20241 hr 5 min

6/12/24: Hunter Biden convicted, Trump suffers brutal polling blow

-- On the Show: -- A supposedly "rigged trial" finds Hunter Biden guilty on all charges, and not surprisingly, it doesn't satisfy any of MAGA -- Unlike what Donald Trump would obviously do if his son were convicted of a crime, President Joe Biden makes it clear that he will not pardon his son Hunter after his convictions -- Comparing Fox News' reaction to Donald Trump's guilty verdict to their reaction to Hunter Biden's guilty verdict -- Anchors from Sinclair stations across the country get caug...

Jun 12, 20241 hr 1 min

6/11/24: Historic crime drop stuns MAGA, Hannity floats Trump cancelling debate

-- On the Show: -- Doctor Walter Willett, physician, epidemiologist, and Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard University, joins David to discuss the healthiest diets known to humans, nutrition, and much more -- A historic drop in crime continues and is met with conspiracy theories and conjecture from right wing media -- Fox News host Sean Hannity panics after Trump brain melt at his recent Las Vegas rally and starts to float the idea of Donald Trump skipping the upcoming presidenti...

Jun 11, 20241 hr 3 min

6/10/24: MAGA mad about good jobs report, Trump turns on his voters at sick rally

-- On the Show: -- Fox News hosts are devastated by the strong jobs report under the Biden administration, but they shouldn't be surprised by it -- A desperate Donald Trump and his friends fall for an obvious, quickly debunked hoax about someone claiming know the Trump verdict in advance -- Failed former President Donald Trump turns on his own supporters at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada that was so hot, ambulances were taking dozens of attendees to the hospital -- Republican Congresswoman Marjori...

Jun 10, 20241 hr 1 min

6/7/24: Bannon told to go to prison, Trump makes major mistake

-- On the Show: -- A judge says it's finally time for Steve Bannon to report to prison, and directs him to do so on July 1 -- MAGA voters drop like flies as failed former President and convicted felon Donald Trump holds a rally in 108 degree Phoenix, Arizona -- A new poll finds that 49% of the country believes Donald Trump should drop out of the presidential race on the basis of his criminal conviction -- On the basis of being a convicted felon, Donald Trump faces a travel ban in 37 countries --...

Jun 07, 202454 min

6/6/24: Biden brain report falls apart, first confirmed bird flu death

-- On the Show: -- Royce White, Republican US Senate candidate for the state of Minnesota, running for Amy Klobuchar's seat, endorsed by Steve Bannon, joins David to discuss his support for Donald Trump, his belief that women have become "too mouthy," his platform to the extent that it exists, and much more -- The first confirmed human death from the new strain of bird flu, H5N2, has been confirmed in Mexico -- The Wall Street Journal report about President Biden's brain failing has quickly disi...

Jun 06, 202457 min

6/5/24: Biden outdoes Republicans on border, devastating Biden WSJ report

-- On the Show: -- Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) joins David to discuss the state of the presidential election, Donald Trump's criminal conviction, President Biden's border order, and much more -- President Joe Biden announces an order to closer the border when Border Patrol encounters reach a certain level, doing what Republicans tried and failed to do -- Convicted felon and failed former President Donald Trump melts down during a Newsmax interview over President Biden's border order -- Republic...

Jun 05, 20241 hr

6/4/24: Fauci triggers MTG, Melania completely missing

-- On the Show: -- A second deep dive. this one steel-manning the case that it is President Biden who has the more certain path to the Presidency -- Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies at a Congressional hearing that wildly triggers Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene -- A report from The Atlantic reveals that the world is bracing for a second Trump presidency, and possible violent lawlessness -- Breaking news in Donald Trump's Georgia criminal trial reveals the trial will almost certainly n...

Jun 04, 20241 hr 2 min

6/3/24: Conviction destroys Trump's polling, Lauren Boebert debate collapse

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive that steelmans the case that Donald Trump has the certain path to the Presidency, to be followed on tomorrow's show by a similar deep dive arguing it is Biden, not Trump, with the clear path to victory -- New post-conviction polling is devastating to Donald Trump, revealing 49% of independent voters believe he should drop out of the race -- Fox News guest John Carney predicted a stock market crash if Trump was convicted, and he really got that one wrong -- Republic...

Jun 03, 20241 hr 1 min

5/31/24: Trump convicted on all 34 counts, now a felon

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump is convicted on all 34 felony counts in his first criminal trial and is now a convicted felon -- Donald Trump is clearly shellshocked as he delivers a brief statement after being criminally convicted of 34 felonies -- Trump supporters are devastated and lose their minds outside the courthouse just moments after Trump's conviction -- Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's lawyer, delivers an absurd series of interviews after losing Trump's case -- Cal...

May 31, 20241 hr 1 min

5/30/24: Lauren Boebert losing badly, Trump supporters in tears

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into whether audiences actually learn anything about the truth from debates, or whether they are primarily performative events meant to entertain and titillate -- President Joe Biden is directly addressing the reality of what happens to the Supreme Court if Donald Trump wins in November -- A reporter asks President Biden a question so dumb, even Biden is stunned by it -- Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is losing her 2024 Congressional race by 14 points acco...

May 30, 20241 hr 3 min

5/29/24: Biden raid conspiracy persists, anti-vax nightmare returns

-- On the Show: -- After the tragic suicide of golfer Grayson Murray, antivaccine voices are blaming the vaccine, despite the likelihood that Murray was not even vaccinated against COVID -- Right wing voices like Tucker Carlson and Patrick Bet-David continue to pretend that President Joe Biden really had a plan to assassinate Donald Trump -- Donald Trump's lawyer's closing argument in Trump's first criminal trial is described as "not good" and worse by legal experts -- Donald Trump throws a tant...

May 29, 202459 min

5/28/24: Trump booed at Libertarian convention, more fake crowd size claims

-- On the Show: -- A deranged Memorial Day message from failed former President Donald Trump reminds us that neither he nor Republicans truly "support the troops" -- A Republican amendment in Texas would effectively stop Democrats from being able to win any state-wide election -- Failed former President Donald Trump is brutally booed at the Libertarian Convention, and heckled so badly that he starts to glitch -- A completely staged crowd in Bronx, New York shows up to hear the rantings of a madm...

May 28, 20241 hr 3 min

5/27/24: Rudy Giuliani and fake electors indicted, AZ House votes to repeal abortion law (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 4/25/24)

MEMORIAL DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM APRIL 25, 2024 -- 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 -- C...

May 27, 202457 min

5/24/24: Massive doc dump in Trump's bedroom, Fox host confused and disoriented

-- On the Show: -- A newly released court filing reveals that Donald Trump had even more classified documents than those originally found by the FBI, and they were in his bedroom -- Fox News host Lawrence Jones is painfully confused about how oil, gas, drilling, refining, and vehicles work during a strange segment -- Steve Bannon, former Trump propagandist, issues a terrifying warning about the forthcoming implementation of Project 2025 -- Caller discusses the Trump New York hush money trial -- ...

May 24, 202457 min

5/23/24: SCOTUS on the brink of implosion, Nikki Haley kisses Trump's ring

-- On the Show: -- Mike Papantonio, attorney, host of America's Lawyer on Ring of Fire, and author of the new book "Suspicious Activity: A Legal Thriller," joins David to discuss the book, his writing and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/450YLqA -- If Donald Trump wins in November, he likely gets two more Supreme Court nominations, which could make it a MAGA Supreme Court until 2050 -- Some of the Republicans charged in the Arizona fake electors scheme cannot afford lawyers -- Former Republic...

May 23, 20241 hr 3 min

5/22/24: They're coming for birth control next, another Trump lawyer arrested

-- On the Show: -- Our deep dive into a missing piece of political strategy for the Biden campaign: Appealing to anti-Trump moderate Republicans -- One million military veterans have had claims granted over toxic exposure thanks to a President Biden law -- Christina Bobb, one of Donald Trump's former lawyers, has been arrested, mugshotted, and slaps a reporter's camera at the courthouse -- Judge cuts off Rudy Giuliani during his arraignment for his alleged role in the Arizona fake electors schem...

May 22, 202459 min

5/21/24: Biden on drug conspiracy grows, Trump aide flees when everything goes wrong

-- On the Show: -- Andrew Bustamante, former covert CIA officer and founder of the Everyday Espionage training platform, joins David to discuss his work, political bias within intelligence agencies, and much more. Check out Andrew's platform: https://yt.everydayspy.com/Pakman -- Republican Congressman and Doctor Ronny Jackson baselessly claims on Fox News that President Joe Biden is "juiced" on some kind of drug -- Jason Miller, top aide to Donald Trump, flees a bootlicker press conference outsi...

May 21, 20241 hr 1 min

5/20/24: Trump freezes during NRA speech, Giuliani served at birthday party

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the total lack of whistleblowers about Joe Biden's supposed lack of involvement in his own administration and claims about his cognitive states -- Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett ridicules Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's "butch body" after Greene goes after her "fake eyelashes" in a Congressional hearing gone wrong -- Republican Congressman Byron Donald's wildly suggests without evidence that President Joe Biden receives "injections" to hide h...

May 20, 20241 hr 3 min

5/17/24: How is anyone still undecided? Mitt Romney off the deep end?

-- On the Show: -- There are apparently still undecided voters between Trump and Biden, and we discuss how this could be possible -- Republican Senator Mitt Romney says he will not be voting for Donald Trump, but thinks that Joe Biden should have pardoned Trump -- Mitt Romney crushes the Republican lapdogs who are showing up to Donald Trump's criminal trial to support him -- Caller asks what happens to Project 2025 if Trump loses -- Caller has Trump supporters in his family -- Caller asks about ...

May 17, 20241 hr 1 min

5/16/24: Stocks hit new record, Trump PANICS about RFK at debates

-- On the Show: -- Federico Finchelstein, world-renowned expert on fascism, populism, and dictatorship and Professor of History at the New School for Social Research, joins David to discuss his new book, "The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy." Get the book: https://amzn.to/3wJL5TW -- The stock market hits yet another all time high under President Joe Biden, acutely panicking the MAGA right wing -- Debunking the false notion held by some that Joe Biden a...

May 16, 20241 hr 1 min

5/15/24: Biden calls out Trump, Trump asleep with gaping mouth

-- On the Show: -- Dr. Rick Bright, immunologist and virologist, joins David to discuss the status of the growing H5N1 bird flu spread, and the potential for a forthcoming pandemic -- President Joe Biden challenges Donald Trump to debate him, and Donald Trump appears to accept the challenge in a Truth Social post -- Arizona officials have reportedly been unable to physically get access to Rudy Giuliani in order to serve him criminal indictment papers -- Donald Trump defends Kristi Noem's dog-kil...

May 15, 20241 hr 3 min

5/14/24: Michael Cohen testimony triggers Trump, Biden winning war on crime

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into how Donald Trump violated just about every single Republican principle they claimed to believe in -- President Joe Biden is winning the war on crime after Trump lost it, and corporate media is barely talking about it -- Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, testifies against Trump in his criminal trial, and it does not go well for Trump -- Donald Trump struggles to make a statement on his way into criminal court for Michael Cohen's testimony -- After Mi...

May 14, 20241 hr 2 min

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