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The Daily Beast Podcast

The Perfect Storm Battering Ron DeSantis in Florida w/ Nikki Fried & Ian Dunt

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4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

“We are in a crisis and this governor is raising money off of anti-Fauci merch and going to other states to do fundraisers,” Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried says of Ron DeSantis. Also in the episode, Ian Dunt—editor-at-large of Politics.co.uk, host of the Oh God, What Now? podcast, author of How to Be a Liberal—talks about Boris Johnson’s COVID fiasco in Britain, where he hosted a reopening celebration just as the Delta variant spiked. Dunt goes deep on the Tory government’s creeping authoritarianism and the U.K.’s new Fox News-on-the-cheap, GB News. Finally, Molly and co-host Jesse Cannon are joined by veteran New York Democratic guru Hank Sheinkopf, who explains why there’ll be even more chaos if Gov. Andrew Cuomo is removed from office over his harassment allegations—and whether AG Tish James can succeed him as governor. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Molly Jongfast and welcome to the Daily Beast, the new abnormal.

0:05.8

I'm a left-wing pundit and an editor at large at the Daily Beast.

0:09.6

We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media, politics, and science

0:16.4

that help make what's happening in the country and the world clearer.

0:20.2

Our world has been turned up to a down.

0:22.3

On the new abnormal, we'll talk about the people who got us into this mess and figure out how to get ourselves out of it.

0:29.0

And I'm producer Jesse Cannon.

0:30.6

I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails.

0:33.7

Today we have an excellent show where, well, let's be honest, we're going to focus on a host of terrible characters we regularly visit on this podcast.

0:41.5

First, Nikki Fried, who's Florida's agricultural commissioner and is running against Florida Governor Ron Desandes for his seat,

0:48.6

is going to talk to us about how he's leading Florida to disaster.

0:51.9

And then we're going to talk to Hank Shinkoff, a veteran Democratic operative in New York.

0:56.8

And he's going to tell us about what's next for Governor Cuomo.

0:59.6

Then our fuck that guy will address the latest in fascism and braces of the right wing.

1:04.1

But first, we're going to talk to one of our favorite guests.

1:07.1

And he's going to tell us all about Boris Johnson's failures in the UK.

1:10.3

He's editor at large of politics.co.uk, host of the O God, what now podcast and author of How to Be Your Liberal.

1:17.9

Ian Dunn.

1:18.9

Welcome back to the new abnormal Ian Dunn.

1:21.3

Thank you.

1:21.8

So you still have your bad president.

1:24.9

Yeah.

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