Hello, I'm Joanna Coles, the chief content officer of The Daily Beast, and today marks the first day that we're bringing the Daily Beast podcast to the new Abnormal feed.

Regular listeners will know that the new abnormal was launched as a series to grapple with the crazy days of the early COVID era

and quickly developed into sharp, lively commentary thanks most recently to the terrific

Andy Levy and Danielle Moody, who are going on to create their own new podcast called As the

World Churns. Going forward, here's what you can expect from the Daily Beast podcast,

which you'd be able to get right here in this feed. We've heard from so many of you listeners out

there saying that you want more interviews, more stories, more life hacks, and frankly, despite

the chaos out there, more fun. So that's just what we're going to do with this

podcast. So far, we've had brilliant conversations with guests like Amber Ruffin, John Oliver,

oh, and the Johns, Love It and Favro, Mika Brizinski, Don Lemon, Karaswisher, Governor Andrew Cuomo,

Isaac Mizrahi, and more. So we'll be focused on all the

stories that obsess us at The Daily Beast from people, power, politics, pop culture, crazy

health trains, and of course a myopic dive into my personal obsession, injectable weight loss

drugs, aka GLP1s. Who's on them? Who's taking too much and who's not

taking enough and needs to start taking them right now? But before I go any further,

you should know I come with a government health warning. According to Stephen Chan, the White House press spokesperson, I'm a blithering idiot

suffering a severe case of Trump derangement syndrome, which has impacted my pea-sized

brain.

So fully armed, as they say, expect candid conversations and analysis from some of our top beast contributors and please

God some laughs as we navigate the complexities of our time.

So whether it's the latest political upheaval or the newest cultural craze, we'll

be here to break it down for you.

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