Tom Nichols: Democracy is Dying Because Americans Are Narcissists
Tom Nichols, author of Our Own Worst Enemy, says Americans should stop blaming each other and making excuses for democracy crumbling when it’s their own damn fault—before James Madison rolls over in h...
5 Sep 202119min
George Conway Feels Bad for What Happened to Monica Lewinsky
But the lawyer doesn’t regret his role in the Clinton impeachment saga. Also on the latest New Abnormal, whether Texas spells the end of Roe, where Georgia is headed, and more. Later in the episode, W...
3 Sep 20211h 7min
The Nonexistent Afghanistan Plan That Might’ve Saved Biden’s Ass w/ Tim Miller
MSNBC political analyst Tim Miller joins Molly Jong-Fast on this episode of The New Abnormal to discuss Biden’s weird, new callousness with Afghanistan and Matt Gaetz’ troll-y brother-in-law. Plus, Dr...
31 Aug 202150min
Soledad O’Brien on Fox News’ ‘Stupid Blonde’ Spouting Vax Nonsense
This week on a bonus episode of The New Abnormal, Soledad O’Brien joins Molly Jong-Fast to discuss trust in the media, Fox News, coronavirus vaccines, and Afghanistan coverage. “Misinformation is an a...
29 Aug 202128min
Everyone’s Against Forever Wars Until They Actually End w/ Toure
“What is your Afghanistan hot take? Go.”“My number one hot take is that I don’t like occupation. I don’t feel like we should be permanently defending ‘democracy’ in any given country. If they are not ...
27 Aug 20211h 3min
Jeet Heer: It Shouldn’t Shock You That Afghanistan Collapsed So Quickly
“The fact that everything collapsed so quickly to me vindicates Biden’s decision,” Jeet Heer says on this week’s second episode of The New Abnormal. “If you read the Afghanistan Papers, none of what’s...
24 Aug 20211h 3min
Afghan Women Say The Taliban Are Shooting People in the Night and Filming It
Daily Beast reporter Diana Falzone reached out to a few different female reporters in Afghanistan to get their perspective on what is happening and what she heard from them is terrifying—from the Tali...
22 Aug 202116min
Why Uncle Don Is ‘Incapable’ of Convincing the Unvaxxed w/ Mary Trump
The coronavirus pandemic, a fraught election, an attempted insurrection, more of the coronavirus pandemic...the United States is suffering from the mental version of long COVID, says Mary Trump. The p...
20 Aug 202152min
