The Daily Beast Podcast On Melania's New Book
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The Daily Beast
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🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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The Last Laugh listeners, please enjoy this excerpt from the third episode of The Daily Beast's new podcast! This week, Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee talk all things Melania and share the latest scoop on Silicon Valley with Jessica Lessin, CEO of The Information. Sam shares her experiences with menopause and Joanna talks celeb sightings at opening night of the new Robert Downey Jr. play on Broadway.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello! Just dropping in here to share an excerpt from the newest episode of The Daily Beast |
| 0:05.8 | podcast, hosted by the Daily Beast chief creative and content officer Joanna Coles and |
| 0:11.8 | late night legend Samantha Bee, brought to you by 5'9. Want to hear more? Subscribe to the |
| 0:18.0 | Daily Beast podcast wherever you're listening to this podcast to catch a new |
| 0:21.8 | episode every Thursday. So what are you, what are you obsessed with Joanna? It's, well, I can't, |
| 0:29.6 | I can't top that. The only book I can top it with is probably Melania. Oh, by Melania. |
| 0:36.4 | By Melania. Just say that very loosely. Yeah. Well, right, by Milani. |
| 0:45.4 | Yeah, by Melania. How do you say it? Melania AI. Yeah. Joanna, what are you obsessed with? |
| 0:54.7 | Well, I think I'm obsessed with the two people we're talking to today, actually. |
| 0:59.1 | So I want to get to the download to unpack the biggest beast stories of the week. |
| 1:04.8 | And finally, our countdown is over. |
| 1:08.2 | We get to talk about Melania, Melania's book. It's finally here. |
| 1:13.8 | I read that beast. Oh, my God. Okay. Lots to discuss. |
| 1:19.2 | The former First Lady released her memoir, simply entitled, What Else, Melania, on Tuesday. |
| 1:26.6 | The former fashion model from Slovenia, Melania became |
| 1:30.1 | first lady of the United States in 2017 as the wife of Donald Trump. And throughout her time |
| 1:36.9 | in the public eye, Melania maintained a highly controlled and private image, and much of her |
| 1:43.0 | personal life has remained enigmatic. And I think it's |
| 1:46.3 | fair to point out other Republican First Ladies have written books. Betty Ford wrote a glad |
| 1:51.7 | awakening about her struggles with alcohol. And of course, Barbara Bush and Millie Bush co-wrote Millie's |
| 1:59.8 | book about the Bush's family dog. |
| 2:02.3 | Seriously, Millie takes a writing credit on the cover. |
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