This Isn’t a Confirmation Hearing for Cruz—It’s a Clout Check
It’s the 200th episode of The New Abnormal, starting with a wild “flashback” to the very “first” episode in the summer of 1998, when co-host Molly Jong-Fast foresaw a future of “racist babies,” with M...
25 Maalis 202251min
Josh Hawley Is On Verge of Being ‘Senator from QAnon’
Josh Hawley is attacking Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and is using the word “pedophilia” to do it. Naturally, The New Abnormal hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy have cho...
22 Maalis 202249min
Putin Will ‘Torture’ His Own People Before Stepping Down
The war in Ukraine has made Vladimir Putin one of the most hated figures in the world. But any attempt to remove him from office could unleash more violence inside Russia. Moisés Naím, author of The R...
20 Maalis 202224min
Zelensky’s Videos Are Giving Ukraine a ‘Fighting Chance’
Author Francis Fukayama thinks Zelensky’s communication-style, and his creative team, will be one of the main factors in overcoming Russian forces. Both he and former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovan...
18 Maalis 202259min
Putin’s Own Soldiers Are Refusing to Fight in Ukraine
Putin may not realize how poorly the war is going for him, but his troops do. Ukrainian diplomat Olexander Scherba joins the pod to explain what he’s hearing from soldiers on the ground, including sto...
15 Maalis 202254min
Sister of Black Mom Shot by Secret Service: It’s a Cover Up
Retired NYPD sergeant Valarie Carey joins today’s bonus episode along with Adell Coleman, co-host and executive producer of the podcast Say Their Name, to talk about her sister Miriam Carey, who was s...
13 Maalis 202232min
Putin’s Paranoid, Isolated and Trying to Bluff His Way Through
In a jam-packed new episode of The New Abormal, co-host Molly Jong-Fast rips into the “contingent of very stupid Republican Congresspeople” who don’t want the U.S. aiding Ukraine before building a bor...
11 Maalis 202250min
How Zelensky Went from Jackie Mason to Winston Churchill
Nearly two weeks into Russia’s invasion, News Lines news director and Daily Beast editor at large Michael Weiss joins the pod to explain how and why the Ukranians have defied everyone’s expectations e...
8 Maalis 202259min
