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The Daily Beast Podcast

Will Kellyanne Conway Have a Come to Jesus Moment?

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast

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4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Lee Papa, author of The Rude Pundit, discusses with Molly Jong-Fast the chances of Kellyanne Conway joining George W. Bush as a resistance hero, Washington Post’s national health reporter Dan Diamond sheds light on the big COVID booster debate happening amongst top health leaders, and Mike Duncan, host of The Revolutions podcast, tells us why our current state of U.S. politics looks a lot like Ancient Rome, minus a Newt-icus Gingri-ticus. 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 it's 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 and welcome to the Daily Beast, the new abnormal.

0:38.0

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

0:42.0

We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people

0:46.0

in media, politics and science that help make what's happening in the country and the world clearer.

0:52.0

Our world has been turned up to a down. On the new abnormal,

0:56.0

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

1:01.0

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

1:06.0

Today we have an excellent episode.

1:08.0

Washington Post Health reporter Dan Diamond is going to talk to us about the latest on COVID and vaccine mandates.

1:13.0

Then we'll talk to historian Mike Duncan, host of the Revolutions podcast,

1:16.0

about the historic parallels of what America is presently going through.

1:20.0

But first, we have the author of the root pundit, Lee Papa.

1:23.0

Welcome to the new abnormal Lee Papa.

1:27.0

Great to be here. Great to be talking to you Molly.

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