The David Pakman Show

--On the Show:

--Jefferson Morley, author and editor of the blog JFK Facts, and editor of The Deep States website, joins David to discuss the JFK papers, conspiracy theories, and much more

--Cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant are unsurprisingly confirmed in the United States as we will do not know the severity and potential danger caused by this variant

--Stacey Abrams announces that she is again running for Georgia Governor in ...

--On the Show:

--Unemployment claims hit their lowest in 52 years as November job growth exceeds expectations   --CNN has suspended Chris Cuomo over his involvement in using media sources to find information about the women accusing his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo   --Television Doctor Mehmet Oz is running for Senate as a Republican in Pennsylvania, and he is a disgrace to the medical community and the country   ...

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--Nicholas Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social Natural Science at Yale University and author of Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live, joins David to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on American society and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3riWKEh

--Indistinguishable from satire, Republican Senator Tom Cotton tells Fox Host Laura Ingraham that t...

--On the Show:

--Corporate media stokes panic and participates in the chaos leading to a stock market decline over the Omicron COVID variant, about which we actually know very little as of today

--The White House announces that President Joe Biden "intends" to run for re-election in 2024

--As the Omicron COVID variant becomes the top pandemic topic, COVID and vaccine disinformation explode from the American right wing

--Dr....

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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--Republicans vote for a government shutdown and for the US to default on its debt in the latest pathetic display of partisanship led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

--175 hospital workers have been fired in North Carolina for refusing to get vaccinated, and various health systems are having to do the same thing

--Fox News propagandist Tucker Ca...

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

--On the Show:

--Lee McIntyre, Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and author of the book "How to Talk to a Science Denier Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason," joins David to discuss how to most effectively talk to science deniers and anti-vaxxers. Get the book: https...

--On the Show:

--Two political commentators, Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, resign from Fox News over Tucker Carlson's "Patriot Purge" documentary about January 6th

--Two Trump attorneys, Gary Fielder and Ernest John Walker, are ordered to pay $180,000 to defendants for legal fees over bogus 2020 election fraud lawsuits

--Caller asks about Joe Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland

--Caller talks about the Repu...

--On the Show:

--Andrew Yang, entrepreneur, former Democratic presidential candidate, former New York City mayoral candidate, and author of the new book "Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy," joins David to discuss his third party, tribalism, division, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3cEjR3F

--Kyle Rittenhouse appears on Tucker Carlson's Fox News program to begin the process of being made a nation...

--On the Show:

--Democrats are potentially facing a historic defeat in 2022 and warnings from people like political scientist Rachel Bitecofer and others should not be ignored

--COVID protests around the world turn violent, including in the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Belgium, the Caribbean, and more

--Donald Trump has "written" a book, and it's a picture book with captions for the pictures that read like Trump's t...

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--Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin is mad that the media cares that his own son tried to vote illegally, twice

--Former Trump election fraud lawyer Cleta Mitchell has been named to the Board of Advisors for the federal Election Assistance Commission

--Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is now begging his viewers for money as a result of the defamation lawsuit he recently lost related to the Sandy Hook tragedy of 20...

--On the Show:

--Geoffrey West, theoretical physicist and professor at the Sante Fe Institute, joins David to discuss his book Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies. Get the book: https://amzn.to/30L0Ytg

--Jacob Chansley, known as the "Q-Anon Shaman" from the January 6 Trump riots, is sentenced to 41 months in prison

--Polish nati...

--On the Show:

--COVID cases continue to climb, now up 22% globally and 16% in the United States with an uncertain future trajectory

--Former Republican New Jersey Governor is humiliated by MSNBC host Nicole Wallace during an interview about his new book, "Republican Rescue"

--A Republican is sentenced for voting under his deceased wife's name in Nevada

--The Republican civil war continues, as Wyoming Republicans vote n...

--On the Show:

--Amanda Montell, linguist, co-host of the podcast Sounds Like A Cult, and author of the book "Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism," joins David to discuss cults, indoctrination, brainwashing, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3wOT6CK

--Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law

--Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn demands that there be only ...

--On the Show:

--Former Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon is indicted on two counts for contempt, for ignoring a subpoena from the committee investigating the  Trump riots, and refusing to provide documents

--Defense lawyer Kevin Gough, from the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, asks that no more "black pastors" be allowed in the court room, then issues a weak apology

--Judge Bruce Schroeder's bizarre behavior...

--On the Show:

--Many Republican candidates running in 2022 have been accused of assault, or of threatening to murder people, including Sean Parnell, Herschel Walker, Max Mililer, and Eric Geitens

--Stacey Abrams' PAC has wiped out $212 million in medical debt for 108,000 people, a beautiful act that shouldn't even be necessary in a country as rich as the United States

--Young caller wants to know the best way to get introd...

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--Emily Broad Leib, Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Direction for Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic, joins David to discuss the confusing and contradictory world of food labeling, expiration dates, and much more

--After months of declines, COVID cases are again climbing in the United States, now up almost 10%, while cases globally are up 17%

--Judge Bruce Schroeder, the judge in the Kyle Ritte...

--On the Show:

--Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has been impeached by the lower house of congress for the revelations about him in the Pandora Papers

--Despite claims about Facebook's supposed left wing bias, the top political posts on the platform are almost exclusively right wing

--Fury grows, including calls for arrest and investigation, over Republican Congressman Paul Gosar's tweet of an anime video depicting him k...

--On the Show:

--Chris Hadnagy, founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC and Adjunct Professor of Social Engineering for the University of Arizona, joins David to discuss the latest scams and cons in the era of COVID and his book “Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You." Get the book: https://amzn.to/3mYPX00

--A Fox News executive contacts us to privately leak vaccine-related do...