The Daily Beast Podcast

Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee kick off The Daily Beast Podcast in a state of Chuck Schumer-level “arousal”—over Trump turning Gaza into a “beachfront resort” and Elon Musk’s “Lost Boys” running the government like “a DJ at Ultra Music Festival.” Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar slams Trump’s agenda as a “constitutional horror show” and jokes she’s organizing senators “like a trip to The Container Store.” People President Leah Wyar unpacks the $400M Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively legal drama, while Bee likens It Ends With Us to “being suffocated by his face.” And Coles receives the ultimate gift—her very own Lauren Sánchez poster.

Billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is Beast of the Week and delivers a very informed verdict on Elon Musk, a fellow member of the PayPal mafia from the late 1990s, calling him "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." He says the strange case of Elon is that the DOGE, Tesla, NeuraLink, SpaceX and Starlink supreme is a visionary turned chaos agent. Hoffman also reveals secrets of the new city he and other tech titans are building in Solano County, California and says whether he will live there himself. Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee have the latest on the Trump drama, from finding out how to pronounce Doral courtesy of the Daily Beast's Juliegrace Brufke, to what's going on with RFK Jr.'s tetchy confirmation hearing. And they offer a surprise endorsement of Lauren Sánchez and her much-admired décolletage. This episode is real and it's spectacular.

Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett slammed the Democratic Party’s leadership void, telling Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee, “We haven’t made another figure with Barack Obama’s popularity. We are paying dearly for the fact that Joe Biden basically left the bully pulpit empty.” Praising Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as leaders who understand “this is about attention,” he criticized the party’s lack of vision, asking, “Once everybody can have healthcare, what’s the next thing?” In contrast, Trump, he said, “declares something that’s not happening must be stopped” and then “claims victory.” And Joanna offers her verdict on giggling Hillary Clinton and reports from the Trump show in Washington D.C.Have a question or comment for us? Send us an email: beastpod@thedailybeast.com

Don Lemon turns his fire on his old outlet CNN as he tells Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee, “They find ways to get rid of us for little things, for being a big mouth. Independent media is freedom. Viewers prefer my living room to a fancy studio.” The Live at Five YouTuber praises Michelle Obama for boycotting Trump’s inauguration, saying “Why normalize this behavior?” Joanna and Sam also dive into Trump’s cabinet picks with the Daily Beast’s Senior Political Correspondent Juliegrace Brufke, who watched Pete Hegseth’s heated Senate hearing and has the inside scoop on what else to expect. Daily Beast Executive Editor Hugh Dougherty has details of a bombshell investigation into Tulsi Gabbard’s spiritual guide with exclusive recordings of his homophobic remarks. And Sam and Joanna have inaugural fashion predictions for the Trump era as well as a heartfelt verdict on the LA wildfires: “trauma upon trauma.”Have a question or comment for us? Send us an email: beastpod@thedailybeast.com

Isaac Mizrahi, the former Project Runway host, explains how we are all going to dress in the Trump era–“There’s going to be no truth—just facework and hairpieces”–and delivers a cutting verdict on Melania Trump’s style. Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee have radically different takes conjoined-president Elon Musk: is he the “genius” America needs or “a rich madman on a micro-dosing bender?” Bee has thoughts about Pope Francis accusing nuns of having “vinegar faces,” saying, “Imagine telling them to smile more while they’re rinsing out his dirty socks.” And don’t miss Joanna’s version of Jessica Gunning’s Golden Globes speech.

To kick off the new year, Samantha Bee and Joanna Coles interview Tiffany Haddish about her grocery store venture, her soul food New Years’ party, pre-sex bathing rituals, and more seriously, the dignity that suitcases give children in foster care. Coles and Bee also play a precarious trivia game, based on guests they’ve had on the podcast. There’s a catch—if they get a question right, they get to read a nice comment from listeners, and if they get the question wrong, they have to read a mean one. Spoiler: Sam Bee delivers a highly-theatrical recitation of all the not-so-nice ones. Tune in to see if your comment made it on air!