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The Daily Beast Podcast

GOP Hits the Bottom of the Barrel to Dredge Up New Speaker

The Daily Beast Podcast

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4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, Republicans have been scrambling to figure out who they could dredge up as House Speaker. Plus! U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) adds her thoughts on GOP efforts to replace Kevin McCarthy. Then, Dannagal Young, an associate professor of communications at the University of Delaware, describes the “three Cs” behind the social nature of human knowledge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious

0:05.0

objector.

0:06.0

I'm a former libertarian who now sits comfortably on the left.

0:08.8

Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist, but today I'm an unapologetic

0:14.4

woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

0:17.6

And I'm producer Jesse Kettin, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the

0:21.8

rails.

0:22.8

We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining

0:26.8

people in politics, media, and beyond.

0:29.5

Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully

0:36.0

even make you laugh through the tears.

0:38.1

What an excellent show we have for you today.

0:39.6

Congresswoman of Vett Clark, representing New York's ninth congressional district, is here

0:43.2

to talk to us about her recent letter to major tech companies about the dangers of AI-generated

0:46.9

political content and advertisements on their platforms.

0:49.5

And of course, she's also going to tell us what it's like to be in Congress with the

0:51.7

Republicans trying to replace Kevin McCarthy.

0:54.0

Then, the University of Delaware's professor of communications and political science,

0:58.2

is here to tell us all about her new book, Wrong, how media, politics, and identity drive

1:02.3

our appetite for misinformation.

1:04.3

But first, let's have some fun.

1:06.4

So after booting out Kevin McCarthy a week and a half ago or so, the Republicans have

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