Herschel Walker’s New Scandal feat Travis Waldron

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Herschel Walker already faced an uphill battle to become a U.S. senator after The Daily Beast reported he paid for a girlfriend’s abortion. But now it appears Walker is embroiled in another fight: one with his own son. Christian Walker, a conservative with a substantial social media following—particularly on TikTok—has taken aim at his father, whom he accused of violence and said abandoned his children from multiple women. “Herschel’s problem is that his son has such a way with words,” Will Sommer tells co-host Kelly Weill in this episode of The Daily Beast’s Fever Dreams podcast, referring to Christian’s impassioned online reaction to his father’s denials of the abortion allegations. Also on the podcast, Travis Waldron, senior national reporter at the Huffington Post, talks Brazil and its politics, which have been popping off thanks to the Brazilian general election. “The stakes of this one feel pretty high given the concerns about democracy and [President Jair] Bolsonaro’s efforts to follow Donald Trump down the path of election skepticism and potentially an all out challenge to the result of the elections,” Waldron says.

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground,
0:06.0	sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your destination.
0:12.0	Not a care in the world as you simply lean back.
0:17.0	And before you know it, you're there.
0:20.0	This is how travel should feel.
0:22.6	And on our trains, it does.
0:25.2	Avanti West Coast, feel good travel.
0:32.4	Hi, I'm Will Summer.
0:33.9	Welcome to The Daily Beast's fever dreams.
0:35.9	I'm a politics reporter at The Daily Beast,
0:41.2	and I'm currently working on a book about Q&ON called Trust the Plan for Harper Collins coming out later this year. And I'm Kelly Weil. I am also a reporter at The Daily Beast, and I'm the author
0:46.2	of the book Off the Edge, Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything.
0:51.9	On this podcast, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious, sometimes
0:55.6	scary fanatics, infecting the way that millions of Americans view the world and how they vote.
1:00.4	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration, the energy of these conspiracy theorists,
1:04.8	grifters, and influencers is still pushing our mainstream political landscape closer and closer
1:10.0	to a breaking point.
1:11.6	Welcome back to Fever Dreams. I'm Will Summer. I'm joined, as always, by Daily Beast reporter and
1:16.1	Fever Dreams co-host, Kelly, how you doing? Hey, I'm good. How's it going, Will?
1:20.1	Good. I'm glad you're here because I have a big announcement. I'm leaving Fever Dreams
1:23.6	to become the fourth try guy. Oh, my goodness. I knew they were angling for you i knew they were
1:28.9	trying to poach you i knew this day would come i hope you have a really good time like parachuting
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