The New Abnormal

The New Abnormal

Blunt truth and dark humor for a world in chaos. A Daily Beast podcast hosted by Danielle Moodie & Andy Levy. Tune in every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Time to Pull the Plug on Trump’s White House Press Pool

April 27, 2025 • 29 mins
On this episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie think it might be time to close up shop on the White House press pool as press secretary Karoline Leavitt muddies the water with “new media.” Plus, Katya Schwenk and Luke Goldstein, reporters at The Lever, investigate how Trump's tariffs are helping corporations hike prices on consumers.

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Why CEOs Are Now Willing to Call ‘Bulls***’ to Trump’s Face

April 25, 2025 • 65 mins
The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie weigh in on President Donald Trump’s big meeting with the CEOs of three of America’s biggest retailers this week, and why executives seem to be done with his tariff policies. Then, Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah stops by to discuss why she won’t back down after Columbia University canceled her course on race and media. Plus, Courtney Hagle, the research director at Media ...

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Pope Francis’ Criticism of Vance and Trump Was a ‘Breath of Fresh Air

April 22, 2025 • 57 mins

The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie reflect on Pope

Francis’ death at 88 and why the late pontiff was such a “breath of fresh air” in the current

climate. Then, Garrett Graff, publisher of Doomsday Scenario, joins the podcast to discuss his

latest piece on how the Trump administration’s defiance of the courts impacts the rule of law.

Plus, ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis stops by to talk about what a halt of dat...

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RFK Jr. Takes Action on His Most Dangerous Beliefs Yet

April 20, 2025 • 30 mins
On this episode of The New Abnormal, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a masterclass in gross incompetence as he waxes unpoetically about an “autism epidemic” during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services. “Everything he says is just wrong, and that has real-life repercussions because of the position that he's been given in this administration,” co-host Andy Levy said. Plus, s...

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Karoline Leavitt’s Cross Necklace Is for Display Purposes Only

April 18, 2025 • 58 mins

On this episode of The New Abnormal, co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy are convinced that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s signature cross necklace is for display purposes only. “She violates the ninth commandment about not bearing false witness,” Levy said. Plus, MSNBC analyst and author Eddie Glaude, Jr., discusses how racism became America’s blindspot. Then legal scholar Andy Craig delves into how the Trump ad...

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This Is the Exact Moment America Stopped Being a ‘Nation of Laws’

April 15, 2025 • 65 mins
The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie think the Trump administration’s handling of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation is a bad omen for its view of the constitution. Then, Douglas Rushkoff, author of Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, joins the show to talk about all things tech bros. Plus! Formal federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner stops by to explain why America is in the mi...

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Trump Suffers Another ‘They’re Eating the Dogs’ Moment

April 13, 2025 • 29 mins
President Trump appears to conflate political asylum seekers with mental asylums—much to the chagrin of The New Abnormal hosts Danielle Moodie, Andy Levy, and producer Jesse Cannon. “It's giving, they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats,” added Cannon. Plus, Noliwe Rooks, professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, explores the uneven effects of school integrations in her new book, Integrated: How American Schools Fa...

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Trump’s Budget ‘Heist’ Is Robin Hood for Billionaires

April 11, 2025 • 60 mins
On this episode of The New Abnormal, Republican math isn’t math-ing for hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy after the GOP-led House passed a budget framework to fund tax cuts for billionaires that would add $5.7 trillion to the government deficit. “That doesn't seem like a recipe for balancing a budget to me,” says Levy. Plus! New York Times chief TV critic James Poniewozik dissects Kristi Noem’s Homeland Security social media dram...

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Spare Us the Crocodile Tears, Bill Ackman

April 8, 2025 • 62 mins
The New Abnormal hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy say MAGA billionaires like Bill Ackman can’t act shocked by the Trump administration’s economic policies when the president ran on them. Then, The Bulwark editor Jonathan V. Last discusses why he believes the American-led world order is over. Plus, Semafor finance and business editor Liz Hoffman talks about why Wall Street is suddenly panicking about Trump's economic agenda.
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Lauren Boebert’s ‘Stone’ Gaffe Proves She’s Dumb as Rocks

April 6, 2025 • 27 mins
On this episode of The New Abnormal, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert’s attempt to throw sticks and stones embarrassingly backfires as she confuses filmmaker Oliver Stone for conservative political strategist Roger Stone in a congressional hearing on the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy Jr. Plus! Author Chad Lewis examines how foreign interests have influenced Trump’s inner circle in his new book ​​The Persuasion Game....

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Trump Did The One Thing That Could Unravel His MAGA Base

April 4, 2025 • 61 mins
On this episode of The New Abnormal, Republican dissent against President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs has co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie convinced that this could be the beginning of the end for blind MAGA fealty. Plus! President and executive director of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Damon Hewitt explains how the Trump administration is attempting to dismantle its legal opposition. Then, Columbi...

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There’s Only One Acceptable Response to Trump’s Talk of a Third Term

April 1, 2025 • 66 mins
The New Abnormal host Andy Levy and guest host Jeb Lund think there’s only one way to respond to President Donald Trump’s talks of a third term and it isn’t polite. Then, activist and author Sandy Hudson stops by to discuss her new book, Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All. Plus! Tech journalist Brian Merchant joins the podcast to talk about all things propaganda and protest in America’s new era.

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Why Trump Thinks Jan 6ers Deserve Taxpayer Dollars

March 30, 2025 • 28 mins
On this episode of The New Abnormal, President Donald Trump gives some very Trumpy reasons for why he wants to give pardoned January 6 rioters taxpayer money—“but they’re all bad,” said co-host Andy Levy. Plus, congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, a former Media Matters video editor, on how she aims to change the Democratic Party for good.

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Fox News Is Really Struggling to Spin the Signal Chat Leak

March 28, 2025 • 61 mins
Fox News hosts are running out of ways to spin the massive Signal intelligence leak, Matt Gertz of Media Matters tells The New Abnormal hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy. Then, Lawfare senior editor Anna Bower talks about the Trump administration’s escalating legal battles over its efforts to test the limits of presidential power.

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The Trump Administration Has Proven Its Strategy Works

March 25, 2025 • 59 mins
The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie talk about why Columbia University and top law firm Paul Weiss shouldn’t have bent the knee to the Trump administration. Then, Emmy-nominated writer Ben Schwartz discusses his latest piece for The Nation on “The Not-So-Golden Age of MAGA Troll Comedy.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Reporter Beau Suggests Bonkers Kyle Rittenhouse Plan to Protect Tesla

March 23, 2025 • 49 mins
As billionaire car manufacturer Elon Musk wields his chainsaw at federal agencies, protesters have wreaked havoc at Tesla dealerships around the country. Plus, Don Moynihan, Harris Chair of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, breaks down how the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI is systematically erasing women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ figures from American history.

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Musk’s Echo Chamber Is So Deep He Thinks People Like Him

March 21, 2025 • 58 mins
On the latest episode of The New Abnormal, an exploration of the way the world’s richest man has effectively “canceled himself.” Then, The Bulwark’s Will Sommer joins the show to discuss the MAGA podcast sphere—and how the ideas being floated there in recent weeks are veering into dangerous territory. Plus! A conversation with ProPublica reporting fellow Nicole Foy about her recent piece titled, “Some Americans Have Already Been Ca...

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‘Waste of Space’ Chuck Schumer Needs to Resign

March 18, 2025 • 64 mins

The New Abnormal hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie think it’s time for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to resign after his shocking submission to House Republicans last week. Plus, deputy director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Esha Bhandari stops by to break down Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil’s controversial arrest by ICE. Then a research director at Media Matters Kayla Gogarty joins the show to discu...

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MAGA OG Nick Fuentes Takes a Surprising Left Turn as a Trump Truther

March 16, 2025 • 27 mins
On this episode of The New Abnormal, co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy are left scratching their heads over far-right political pundit Nick Fuentes’ surprising characterization of Trump as a “demagogue.” Plus! John Hopkins University professor and historian Mary Fissile discusses her new book, Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion.

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Trump Is Playing Russian Roulette

March 14, 2025 • 63 mins
A planned rollback of environmental protections is yet another example of how the Trump administration is playing Russian roulette with American lives, warns co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy on this week’s episode of The New Abnormal. Plus! The Washington Post columnist and author Philip Bump on why young men are politically shifting to the right, and GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis discusses growing attacks on LGBTQ...

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