Happy Birthday USA. Sorry for What the GOP Is Doing to You
Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie, co hosts of The New Abnormal, reflect on the past year in American history—and the craziest figures in American politics. Then, Defector editor David Roth and journalist Jeb Lund, the co-hosts of their own podcast called It’s Christmas Town, join the program for a s...
Trump's Abortion Stance Is Likely to Change Come November
This week on The New Abnormal, co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy discuss why we should take Donald Trump’s latest statement on abortion with a grain of salt. Plus! Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants Rights Project Cody Wofsy fills us in on an immigration law in Texas that even those supp...
Why Eric Is Most Likely Trump’s Second Favorite Child
David Roth and Jeb Lund play the Thanksgiving edition of “America 20 Questions,” including answering how thankful they think Donald Trump is for each of his kids. Plus! Danielle Moodie talks to Amelia Nagoski about the book she co-authored with her sister, Emily Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret to Un...
The Theme of Trump’s Existence Summed Up in Three Words
On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, professor and author Jennifer Taub gives us all the details on Trump's fraud case happening right now in New York. Plus! Journalists and podcasters Jeb Lund and David J. Roth talk to us about Kevin McCarthy's, ouster, Ron DeSantis’ floundering campaign ...
Ben Franklin Was Probably As Annoying As Jordan Peterson
It’s Independence Day but hosts of The New Abnormal are not in a patriotic mood. Hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss last week’s “grifting ass” Supreme Court decisions, including the student debt, anti-LGBTQ same-sex website, and affirmative action rulings—and Danielle makes the case for ...
Ron DeSantis Is So Clearly the Beta to Donald Trump’s Alpha
On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, we’re joined by Jeb Lund and David Roth of the It's Christmas Town Podcast who talk all about Ron DeSantis entering the presidential race. Plus! Representative Jasmine Crockett talks about the clown show that Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Gre...
One Theory for Why Bolsonaro Is In Florida
Despite Jair Bolsonaro https://www.thedailybeast.com/jair-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-to-hide-out-in-home-of-mma-fighter-in-florida, the former Brazilian president is not there on vacation or to protest his election loss to the country’s new President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva, says Ruth Ben-Ghiat, au...
The Cuomo Crony Helping Republicans Win in New York
No one really likes New York State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, Lindsey Boylan tells host Andy Levy on this episode of The New Abnormal podcast. Boylan was one of the first people to publicly accuse former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. Now, she feels equally emboldened to...
2006, Ep. 20: "CARS" (with Jeb Lund!)
KACHOW! KACHIKA! The great Jeb Lund (@Mobute, It's Christmastime) returns again to cover the most merchandized film we've yet covered, the perfectly passable piece of Pixar product known as CARS! Rob takes us DEEP on the brief history of the most prominent animation studio currently running, as w...
231: Ella McCay (with Jeb Lund)
Veteran political columnist Jeb Lund (@mobute) returns to the podcast to dissect Ella McCay, the baffling film that marks James L. Brooks’ return to the director’s chair after 15 years.
Set in 2008, the film stars Emma Mackey (no relation) as an idealistic young lieutenant-governor vaulted by cir...
