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The Daily Beast Podcast

Jeff Zucker’s Out, and CNN’s Stars Are Pissed

The Daily Beast Podcast

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4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

There were rumors just a year ago that Jeff Zucker was going to run for mayor of New York, and now the chief who was “in some ways the voice to the network” and “the guru for a lot of the top anchors” is out.  Daily Beast media editor Andrew Kirell breaks it all down with The New Abnormal crew, as co-host (and former CNN guy) Andy Levy says “pretty much everyone knew that the two of them were in a relationship for a long time. I mean, I knew it and I couldn't have been lower on the totem pole at CNN. I heard people talk, nobody seemed upset by it, particularly, but it was just like, it was just known. It wasn't even an open secret cuz it really wasn't even a secret.” Then co-host Molly Jong-Fast talks with New York Magazine's David Wallace-Wells of New York Magazine about the biq questions: whether or not the virus is endemic already or still a pandemic, and if the environment has already passed a point of no return. Plus, the gang rips into conservative cuckold Jerry Falwell, and former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander explains what it is that the coasts don’t get about politics in the middle of the country, and why the key to winning there isn’t about being in the political middle. If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast’s membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O’Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes its just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you’ll support The Beast’s fearless journalism. Plus! You’ll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Molly Johnfast, no relationship to Kim Jong Un.

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I'm a left wing pundit and a writer at the Atlantic Envo.

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

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objective.

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

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rails.

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We're here to have fun, smart conversations with the wisest and funniest people in science

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and media and politics and help make what's happening today clearer.

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Our world has been turned upside down and on the new abnormal we'll talk about the people

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who got us into this mess and how we'll hopefully get ourselves out of it.

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We have a pack show today.

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Daily B senior editor Andrew Cairo will join us to tell us what the hell is going on

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