MAGA Cinema Cringe feat. Ethan Chorin

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s on par with Don’t Worry Darling for being one of the most talked about cinematic events of the fall, but just how bad is Goonies star Robert Davi’s film My Son Hunter? On this week’s episode of The Daily Beast’s Fever Dreams podcast, host Will Sommer and returning co-host Kelly Weill review the biopic of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. “It’s got legs on Don’t Worry Darling,” Weill says. “I think I fell into some kind of brain fog while watching it.” Also on the podcast, Ethan Chorin, Libya expert and author of the new book Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink, digs into the famous 2012 terrorist attacks and the way that Benghazi exists in our politics to this day, particularly on the right.

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0:00.0	Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat, with your hands behind your head, taking in the views,
0:09.7	instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap. That's the bliss of getting where you need to go
0:16.3	without worrying about driving. Book your train journey via avantiwestcoast.coast.com.
0:23.1	And we'll take you there.
0:24.6	Avanti West Coast.
0:26.5	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,
0:37.5	and I'm currently working on a book about Q&ON called Trust the Plan for Harper Collins coming
0:41.2	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.
1:11.1	Welcome back to Fever Dreams. I'm Will Summer and folks, she's back. After spending several
1:17.2	months undercover in the proud boys girls, host Kelly Weil has returned. She's shed
1:22.8	her cover identity and she's back. Welcome Kelly. Thank you. i've had a great time traveling the world to ensure
1:29.3	that it's not flat i take my job very seriously as a journalist so i've been sea-setting and i
1:35.8	hope to bring you tales of nautical adventures just imagine you a couple months i'm like i knew it
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