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Recent Reviews
  • Twinsmom0726
    Entertaining and Relatable!
    Love the interviews and the chemistry!
  • missinu3400
    Just a tabloid rag
    The New Abnormal was amazing. Hosts, producer, guests- all interesting and kept us informed. Changing this feed to a tabloid rag- not great. I tried listening to these 2 hosts when they first launched but for as amazing as Samantha Bee usually is, the product being published is rather dismal. 2 grown women talking down about people using GLP-1 (“dishing on who’s taking too much & who’s not taking enough) is such middle school bully mentality. Just hearing that line is what led me to unfollow a feed I’ve listened to for years.
  • Sleeplessinsandiego
    Not the same show
    Mostly ads now. Unless you love listening to Shopify, Aps that promise to help you budget, but want info on your spending habits, oracle ads etc.., and local ads- then this version of the New Abnormal is just sad. They have a few good reporters, but the ads are just ridiculous. The old show is as the world churns now. Joanna Coles promises to tell us who uses Wegovey- hard pass.
  • rhodiad
    Best Informed Rants and Righteous Indignation
    No one does better at pointing out hypocrisy and holding the Trump regime’s feet to the fire. Tag-team rants and the most righteous of indignation, interspersed with insightful and inspiring interviews.
  • Dr. Fishes
    No!!!!!
    Love this show - totally bummed it is coming to an end!
  • nycptr25
    Love it!
    Bravo! Fantastic show with the intelligence and a bit of humor we all need. Thank you for bringing it every week. Looking forward to being part of the next chapter! 👏👏👏🏳️‍🌈
  • CrosbySW
    Forced 😂🤣
    This is a wonderful show but it cracks me up every time I hear an add and Daniel sounds like she could kill herself from talking about meat delivery 🥹
  • BallisticSpear
    Danielle Moodie’s Yelling and Constant Profanity…
    …should be the title of this show now. Used to be a subscriber and regular listener of The New Abnormal before Danielle Moodie joined the show, but she has absolutely ruined the show with her inability to express herself without yelling and being completely unnecessarily profane. This is a shame too, because I 100% agree with the substance TNA team throws out there, but Danielle Moodie’s inability to express a cogent thought without dropping F bombs and other profanity has taken this show off my “Follow” list. I only ever check back to see if there’s a show where she is on break or not leading a segment (or to see if she’s finally been dumped from the show—UPDATE; is Danielle Moodie still a host? Yes, she is, so still not subscribing or listening…)
  • Nav Saint
    Great show!
    So happy I found this podcast. The hosts are authentic & hilarious and their interviews are always informative.
  • BGDem
    Happy Govt is still Open
    I am glad that Sen Schumer did not shut down the government. Trump and musk want a government shut down. Once it is down, they will furlough all the workers, shut down courts, and decimate the government. Billionaires do not need a federal government. They would destroy it while it is down. The Democrats had to decide between two terrible choices. The choice to shut the government down had such horrific consequences that it could not be risked. We have had shut downs in the past, but not while Trump and musk were in control. That is the problem. Trump and musk want the federal courts to be down. They want to lay off all the federal workers. They have no motivation to ever bring the government back up. We Need the courts open every day to fight back on Trump and musk.
  • JohnQCitizen11235813
    Delusional betas
    A podcast for and by delusional betas. Mental illness is real.
  • Jemly01
    Tired show
    All “Do something” crying, while not noting the people that are working to save this country.
  • bimeelka
    The New Abnormal
    This in an interesting, informative podcast. They channel manager and frustration with this American hellscape.
  • showerseer
    Reevaluate your sponsors
    Please drop Shopify as a sponsor. They are right-wing and hold totally antithetical views to the hosts and listeners of this podcast.
  • Ohio Occupant
    Insight discussions with experts
    This podcast feature the best of the best of the opposition to the facsist movement sweeping our country.
  • Maggie!May
    Danielle Moodie
    …is THE whole entire vibe. Andy and Jesse are great, but Danielle beautifully articulates everything I feel. Thank you, Danielle.
  • wish i had a winston diamond
    Really?
    You guys have turned whiny. Not entertaining
  • DRock2019
    My New Normal
    Glad to find a podcast that is real and wants to step up and put the gloves on to fight for our country and democracy. Glad I found it.
  • Tyfgnm
    Faux -tainment?
    SUPER - Libs can’t Zoom a statement on Carter’s passing? More noise grift with no good outcome Great structure, content and guests are typically interesting. I don’t miss interrupting Rick. I am as insulted as many of my friends that there’s a subscription option for such a poorly sound produced product. That I don’t subscribe to Carville’s folksy, out-of-date ideas is secondary to expecting me to listen to him shout his opinions through waxed paper stretched across a tin can. The Jeet needs to slow down to speak. All fixable If your guests cannot provide semi-professional audio for their segment - why should I listen (or pay a premium to be disappointed sooner)? Andy needs to drop the “you know” from his lingo. If I know, no need to have you yammer it to me. Great content. Some conversations go too long but super disappointing that the audio is worse than what many public junior high schools post daily. We’re behind you Molly
  • GrandmaKayc
    Excellent
    Excellent podcast.
  • HatedIt1989
    That’s a nope from me.
    I listen to podcasts on the regular. I chose the episode because it aligns with my own viewpoint. I turned it off after the first “sponser commercials.” No one- and I do mean no one - should be forced to sit through commercials that are longer than the commentary on the podcast itself. This format wastes people’s time. Do you not value me as a listener enough to break up your “commercials”, which are grating and last forever? Is corporate sponsorship more important than the people who spend time and energy taking in your words? Sounds familiar. Sounds a lot like the government you spend the 5 minutes between commercials hammering into oblivion, and this is coming from a staunch never-MAGA. Y’all need to look at yourselves and the value you place on your own listeners. I hope all of those “witty” 🙄 sponsor ads are worth the loss of listeners who don’t have the time, energy, or patience to spend an hour with a glorified sales pitch and hypocritical hosts.
  • Mighty Unicorn
    Loud ads. Ads. Ads. Ads. More ads.
    Great crew, great topics, great content. However, the episode I’m trying out is 35 minutes long. It started with 3 minutes of commercials with the volume jacked up quite a bit. Then I listened to 8 or so minutes of content. Then came another 6 solid minutes of commercials with the volume jacked up. I know it was 6 minutes because I had to hit the forward button 12 times to get back to the content. Wash, rinse, repeat. Over 50% ads? No thanks. Cranking up the volume on the ads is just extra-annoying and kind of insulting.
  • J.U.I.C.E.
    Racist pod
    Very racist podcast. Ignorant and racist. This pod will be cancelled by the next election. Going the way of msnbc
  • tanya1992y
    is the show back??
    Wow thanks
  • K.Gallant
    F all those guys
    Interesting perspectives and stories/interviews I don’t get anywhere else. Enough humor to keep it entertaining and enough anger at the hypocrisy, that I can tell myself the rage does not make me abnormal
  • ElizaCost
    It came down to table economics here
    After reflecting more on the tragedy that has happened, and listening to many opinions, it seems to me that simple kitchen table economics turned the tide in this mostly red, working class neighborhood where whites, Blacks, Asians and Latinos live together. There are 2 magas for sure who are pretty hateful folks and I have no idea of their motivation. But for the others, food and living expenses were the top of the list and the illegal immigrants coming over the border was second. Harris/Walz ran a pretty incredible campaign overall with the exception of not letting Muslims have a voice about the Middle East and US/Jewish crimes against humanity. Elizabeth from NC
  • WyattMute
    Great show
    But the ads. I know they are necessary and I can subscribe to something to avoid them (hence no impact on my rating) but they are such looong ad breaks. I just skipped forward 7.5 minutes to get to the interview. That seems a little excessive for one ad break, no? Maybe it was a mistake but it feels like they get longer and longer. Maybe break them up a little more? Love the show! Thank you.
  • EBKeveryday
    Bedwetting on crack
    One victim whining about the world about and her sycophant cohost apologists always trying to show he is down with the culture with weak rap references.
  • bluevoter
    Jerk who thinks he shouldn’t vote
    Entitled smug a**hole
  • v8blues
    Now
    Thanks for the bonus show! Tucker Carlson just made my skin crawl. Someone should check on his children, for real. That was so gross. /It was good to hear on today’s show what needs to be said; ‘there is not going to be an easier time than now’ to tamp down this wave of cheating and authoritarianism. Every day I’ve been waiting for a sign that the democrats and sane republicans still in power realize this is not going to just go away or get easier. You don’t politely ask an authoritarian to stop stepping on your shoe. Unless you eventually want to go to war with them to get your foot back, don’t let them step on your shoe.
  • DannoGm
    Must hear
    This is one of the most informative and engaging podcasts I have listened to.
  • FRGFBS
    TMZ of politics
    This used to be a great podcast. It is now a cesspool of garbage, like the site that produces it. It makes me wish I were deaf.
  • Jjcull11
    Ehhhh…
    Edit: New permanent co-host Danielle Moody is AWEFUL! The show is just her screaming nonstop. The Podcast is officially garbage now. Not the best of what’s available. Interviews like the one with Michael Cohen, are nothing but softball questions. They let them drive the narrative without ever asking the serious questions, we all want answers to. Also the loss of Molly Jong-Fast has definitely made the pod more monotone/less engaging. Not top of my list for pods. Need a new entertaining co-host(guest co-hosts haven’t been great)
  • Zarkin Frude
    10/9/24
    “We aren’t the 4th Reich”…we are the 2nd😂
  • Buhnanie
    I have to say it!
    I’m in love with Andy Levy‘s voice. And he’s just so likable.
  • WestieDude
    Too many ads
    Conversations are interesting, but you have to get through a dozen ads first.
  • Ryry12000
    Unlistable
    Good god, two women with somewhat irritating voices talking about how amazing it is to talk to each other. Actually painful to have in my ears. Horrible.
  • Jess from L.A.
    You guys are the best!
    You both are a great combination of sharing news stories with sharp wit, humor and poignancy :)
  • N Beach
    Steven Cheung
    Please, don’t pretend to discuss kayfabe and the UFC playbook, and mispronounce something as basic as « Marquess of Queensbury rules » as « Marquise. » Embarrassing AND bush league.
  • brad5star
    Fun and Insightful
    Perfect listen for this election cycle.
  • WallyPie
    Missing Fever Dreams
    Media literacy and respect for their audience has gone out the window. Lost me 8/12/24 with the “Josh” interview. The intro was straight up a recap of Last Word w/ Lawrence O’Donnell and then the interview with “Josh”, no last name, was ableist and offensive. “Biden literally can’t articulate…” with zero push back from Andy. “Josh” with no last name is not a “publisher of a newsletter”, that’s white washing and spit shinning a Twitter person; he’s just an internet troll with a website aka blog who blends up Politico articles and sprinkles terminally online black pilled hate on top. Calling his speculation a “prediction”, or saying he “correctly predicted” something many people had also assumed/ speculated about is obtuse and lazy. Plain and simple, lazy. And placing him in front of Shannon Watts, Moms Demand Action activist, author, and person with a last name? Boy, bye. If you want to regurgitate other media outlets, cite them. And make sure they are reputable because they’re being amplified. Make it a recap of last night’s televised news, sure, just say so. Find and identify information, acknowledge the sources, and boom you’ve got 3 of 5 pillars of media/information literacy. If it’s a person concealing their identity with a blog, call it a blog; call it “opinion” because that’s what it is and that’s what journalists would call it. And maybe inquire as to why they are concealing their identity, ask where they are getting their information to form these “predictions”. Do a journalism and turn the rock over. That’s pillars 4 and 5, evaluate and apply. The audio quality is inconsistent and often unprofessional. It should have gotten better by now. Andy does not “sit comfortably on the left”, he’s just like Tim Miller who couldn’t cut it in conservative media so now holds space LARPing as a moderate and hindering actual progressive discourse. And now he’s the voice advertising menopause hormone therapy? All of that is a failure on the part of production. Boy, bye. I miss the information and media literacy, and respect for the listening audience, of Kelly Weill and Will Sommer. They told us to listen to this, but Daily Beast has lost me and clearly lost a bit of themselves with this podcast.
  • Fly_Willis
    🤬
    Too much gratuitous profanity. Otherwise, good show! Update 8-13-24 somebody finally got to Moody-Mills about her constant use of profanity! It’s a MUCH better show! THANK GOD!!!!!
  • Stable genie
    Hate
    It as simple as the right is not religious they spew hate and evil farthest from Jesus you can get 😕
  • MFcreep
    No Tim Miller
    If I want his opinion I’ll listen to his podcast or watch deadline White House. NO Tim Miller.
  • DrDK2
    Love the Andy + Danielle Combo
    This is always a great pod with great interviews. Except today: I’m tired of listening to Republicans like Tim Miller being interviewed about what Democrats should do. Democrats unified behind Kamala Harris and that has really energized our movement. So Miller needs to shut up his whining that he didn’t get the bloodlust he wanted to see among Democrats. “The Prosecutor vs the Felon!”
  • MissGinger13
    Stop it
    I anxiously await every new episode… until you ask Tim Miller to be a guest. He might call himself an ally but Miller and his cohorts are no allies of democrats. They are opportunists who only seek to get attention both positive and negative. They have no place in their own party so they retooled themselves as pundits for centrist democrats but their actions are a detriment to our cause on the left.
  • Done with the constant f-bombs
    Can’t take constant f-bombs.
    I used to be a devoted listener.
  • kathy_gh
    Danielle is too uninformed
    I can’t bate this pod anymore. Danielle is such a no nothing. She just screams n curses her dumb opinions. I can’t handle her.
  • GaMtnGrl
    The Most Extreme Presidential Ticket
    The one star is for Jared Huffman. You’re better than giving him a voice. The rest of the episode gets 5 stars.
  • GimpyMcSquibble
    Going to need a break from this one
    I thought maybe there was something wrong with me, or I'm alone in thinking "Do I want to be yelled at, and cursed at, about the things that I already know are bad? About the things that already give me anxiety?" And coming here to see the other reviews was validating. I think Danielle can make good points and have interesting commentary, but she too often goes into a dark, angry, profanity filled place. And it just gets exhausting. Please, I'm hoping my review and others help her lighten up? I don't know. But done listening for now.
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