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 Mar 20221h 4min
‘We Came Back to Show the Truth About This Russian Invasion’
On this bonus episode of the New Abnormal, Kyiv-based film producer Egor Olesov— an executive producer at FilmUA, one of the largest film studios in Ukraine, where we worked extensively with Ukrainian...
6 Mar 202237min
Why We Feel So Connected to Zelensky w/ Margaret Brennan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has become an icon around the world for his bravery and leadership since the Russian invasion began—and New Abnormal co-host Molly Jong-Fast herself has a specia...
4 Mar 202257min
Navalny Pal on What’s Next for Putin If He Wins—or Loses
The attack on Ukraine isn’t going how Russian President Vladimir Putin thought it would, co-host Molly Jong-Fast posits in today’s episode of The New Abnormal. Vladimir Ashurkov, a colleague of anti-P...
1 Mar 202254min
Ex-Prosecutor Says She Can Prove Trump Committed Two Crimes
Barbara McQuade, a former Michigan prosecutor, joins the first unlocked bonus episode of The New Abnormal to explain how Trump’s big lie is a provable crime. Plus, Andy Levy makes his Sunday episode d...
27 Feb 202230min
Putin Really ‘Turns On’ Tucker Carlson and Co. w/ Charlie Sykes
Biden is not doing much with Russian sanctions as they now stand, says PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent and documentary filmmaker Simon Ostrovsky, who is also Russian-American. He came on this episo...
25 Feb 202255min
Mitch McConnell Is a ‘Spigot for Dark Money’ w/ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is not pleased with Mitch McConnell’s handling of dark money. He came on the pod to explain why he’s pinning the lack of dark money legislation on McConnell as well as what’s h...
22 Feb 20221h 5min
What Made ‘Abolish the Police’ Activists Change Course
Gal Beckerman, editor at The Atlantic, explains why places like Twitter are no longer cutting it when it comes to social movements and makes the case with a story from the Black Lives Matter movement....
20 Feb 202221min
