-- On the Show: -- Joe Berkowitz, a writer whose work has been featured in Vulture, The New Yorker, and Fast Company, joins David to discuss his Daily Beast article, "When Did the 'F*ck Your Feelings' Crowd Get So Triggered?" -- Donald Trump's third, and possibly fourth arrests may be imminently forthcoming, one federal and the other at the state level in Georgia -- CNN obtains audio of Donald Trump talking about knowingly classified documents after his presidency, and the audio is incredibly da...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Russian President Vladimir Putin survives a coup attempt by Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner Group for now, but the question is what happens next -- We discuss whether scientists and doctors should debate antivaxxers in the context of the recent conflict between Joe Rogan, Dr. Peter Hotez, Elon Musk, and others -- A look at the pros and cons of 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, who is obese, exp...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Luke Beasley, host of The Luke Beasley Show and TDPS correspondent, fills in for David -- Georgie election official Ruby Freeman is cleared of false election fraud claims made by Donald Trump and his allies -- The hearings put together by House Republicans keep backfiring on them tremendously -- Ron DeSantis struggles to answer whether he'd support Trump if Trump goes on to win the Republican nomination -- Donald Trump lashes out at Republican candidates saying "sometimes you ...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Luke Beasley, host of The Luke Beasley Show and TDPS correspondent, fills in for David -- Tim Scott does a Fox News town hall -- Donald Trump gets cornered on his death penalty for drug dealers policy during a Fox News interview with Bret Baier -- Trump continues to struggle when talking about the COVID-19 vaccines to his right-wing base -- Chris Christie mocks Trump over his federal indictment -- Lauren Boebert introduces articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden --...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Producer Pat Ford fills in for David -- Donald Trump admits to multiple crimes during his Fox News interview with Bret Baier -- Hunter Biden accepts a plea deal in his case regarding tax crimes and a gun charge -- Former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr calls his former boss a "consummate narcissist" who puts "his own ego above everything else" -- Why Joe Biden should not pardon Donald Trump -- Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson take issue wit...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- The College Board isn't putting up with Ron DeSantis's plan to scrub AP classes of LGBT topics -- Republicans James Comer and Marjorie Taylor Greene admit they don't know if there are tapes of Joe Biden receiving bribes -- Ron DeSantis defends Donald Trump over his latest criminal charges and deflects to talking about Hillary Clinton's emails -- Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik claims Biden "committed multiple criminal acts" -- Trump supporters sound confused about what...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast JUNETEENTH / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM APRIL 27, 2023 -- On the Show: -- Max Burns, Democratic strategist and Founder of Third Degree Strategies, joins David to discuss his article which argues that we have reached a "tipping point" on guns and gun violence -- Disney sues Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for his politically motivated crusade to destroy them -- Fired Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson breaks his silence in a cringeworthy video filmed with Carlson dressed as if he still has a...
Jun 19, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Republicans are increasingly panicking that Donald Trump's multiple arrests may doom them -- Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 4 in a new national election poll -- Despite saying he would buy everyone food at Miami Cuban restaurant Versailles, Donald Trump did not actually pay for anyone's food -- Caller asks about critical thinking and the right-wing -- Caller wonders why there are Republicans running against Trump -- Caller talks about the possibility of Trump going to prison ...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Eric Levitz, writer about politics and economics for New York Magazine, joins David to discuss his recent piece “Blaming ‘Capitalism’ Is Not an Alternative to Solving Problems” -- Republican chaos as another Florida Republican, this time Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, announces he is running for the Republican presidential nomination -- Fox News interviews 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie and clearly doesn't want to hear the truth from him -- PBS holds a focu...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump is arrested on 37 felony counts, pleading not guilty -- Donald Trump admits to crimes during a post-arrest speed in Bedminster, New Jersey -- Luke Beasley was on the ground in Miami, Florida for Donald Trump's arrest, interviewing a number of his supporters -- Absolutely sick and deranged Trump supporters surround the Miami, Florida courthouse at which Donald Trump was arrested -- Republicans are increasingly turning on Donald Trump after h...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- On the Show: -- Reece Peck, Associate Professor at the City University of New York and author of the book "Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism as Working Class," joins David to discuss the right wing's dominance of messaging, media, rhetoric, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/43T7ysL -- Inflation drops to its lowest level in two years, bottoming out at 4% over the last 12 months, but Republicans are still complaining -- Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom appears on Fox News' Ha...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast -- 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...
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