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Inside Trump's Head
The Daily Beast, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles
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Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 164
Character is destiny and no character has defined or deformed the 21st century more than Donald Trump. In this new podcast series, the definitive Trump biographer Michael Wolff joins forces with the Daily Beast’s provocateur-in-chief Joanna Coles to crack open the psyche of the man the world can’t stop watching. Coles and Wolff balance candor with curiosity as they dissect Trump’s thoughts and actions and try to answer the ultimate question: what drives the most powerful man alive? This is the analysis no one else has the access, authority, or ambition to deliver. Ignore it at your peril.
New episodes every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday; early drops on YouTube.
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Trump Lets Slip What's Got Under His Skin: Wolff
Season 1 · Episode 75
mercredi 18 février 2026 • Duration 53:17
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Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to examine why Donald Trump’s very public irritation may reveal more than any document dump. As the Epstein files unleash a rolling wave of headlines, Wolff argues the real story is not what’s newly uncovered but how the sprawling release has diffused attention away from Trump and onto a widening cast of peripheral figures—a dynamic he says Trump has repeatedly relied on to survive past crises. Drawing on Wolff’s firsthand encounters with Jeffrey Epstein and his introduction of Steve Bannon into Epstein’s orbit after Bannon’s White House exit, the conversation traces how resentment, rivalry, and obsession with Trump bound those men together, even as Trump now casts himself as the victim of a conspiracy involving journalists and old adversaries.
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This Is Why Trump Revels In Incompetence
Season 1 · Episode 74
dimanche 15 février 2026 • Duration 58:02
Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles unpack the spiraling fallout from the Epstein files, Ghislaine Maxwell’s calculated silence, and the widening circle of elites caught in the “Epstein class,” before turning to something even more alarming: the Trump administration’s brazen willingness to lie in plain sight. From the El Paso airspace shutdown and the balloon-versus-drone fiasco to Fox News alumni now running Cabinet departments at odds with one another, they examine whether the chaos is incompetence—or a deliberate governing strategy built on fear, loyalty tests, and all-or-nothing stakes. As prosecutions stall, investigations fizzle, and reality itself seems negotiable, Wolff argues that the disorder may be the point—and that the risks are existential. Is this simply dysfunction, or is there a dangerous method behind the madness that we’re only just beginning to see? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ailing Trump Knows His Reign Is Nearly Over: Wolff
Season 1 · Episode 65
dimanche 25 janvier 2026 • Duration 55:26
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles as a winter blizzard barrels toward Washington and a political storm gathers inside the White House, where Trump’s second term is no longer defined by dominance but by drift, bad polls, and creeping loss of control. From a Davos appearance that Trump insists was triumphant—but clearly wasn’t—to a rare and dangerous moment of international pushback led by Canada’s Mark Carney and echoed across Europe, Wolff argues the strongman illusion is cracking. The question hanging over it all: Is this just another chaotic chapter—or are we witnessing the first chapter of the end of Trump’s reign? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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George Clooney, TikTok Diets, and Trump’s Presence
Season 1
jeudi 26 décembre 2024 • Duration 52:22
For a special holiday episode—Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee are doing a gift swap, but instead of gifts, they’re swapping podcasts. On Samantha Bee’s podcast Choice Words, they talk about leaving the never-ending cycle of daily news for a slightly more dependable pace of monthly magazines, and then returning to news after a two-decade hiatus. They discuss seeing George Clooney in the flesh, the beauty of shopping on resale websites, getting nutritional advice on TikTok, and how neither of them has ever met Donald Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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RFK Jr.’s Gross Jeans and Stephanie Ruhle on Luigi
Season 1 · Episode 13
jeudi 19 décembre 2024 • Duration 01:09:08
The Daily Beast Podcast’s Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee dive into Kimberly Guilfoyle’s odyssey to Greece, Prince Andrew’s Chinese spy scandal and deliver a stomach-churning verdict on RFK Jr.‘s workout jeans. MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle warns against turning Luigi Mangione into a “folk hero,” spells out why the “business of rage” is warping modern life and has a question for victorious Republicans: “You’ve got the ball. What are you going to do?” And actor Dan Bucatinsky dishes on sharing a screen with Lindsay Lohan in the new Netflix Christmas hit Our Little Secret. He also delivers some life advice on embracing failure with his viral Instagram #FailureFridays and why he’s all in on Shonda Rhimes’ philosophy of “yes.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The CEO Killer, Amy Schumer, and Life Under The Taliban
Season 1 · Episode 12
jeudi 12 décembre 2024 • Duration 58:26
Sam Bee and Joanna Coles unpack the hunt for Luigi Mangione with the Daily Beast’s Harry Lambert—and the explosive public reaction to his alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Lambert explains how Mangione became a Robin Hood figure and his fandom only grew after he was caught munching on McDonald’s hash browns in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Also this week Sam reveals how Amy Schumer roasted Joanna with the aid of a bag of roasted vegetable chips at a glitzy New York gala for Comic Relief. And Beast of the Week is Saad Mohseni, a media mogul nicknamed the Rupert Murdoch of Afghanistan who explains his very surprising views of the Taliban and tells how music fans will risk being whipped to keep up with the latest hits under the extremist Islamic regime.
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Jim Gaffigan on Trump’s Jokes and Patel’s FBI Shake-Up
Season 1 · Episode 11
jeudi 5 décembre 2024 • Duration 01:10:00
Comedian Jim Gaffigan reflected on the surreal experience of performing at the Al Smith Dinner, describing Donald Trump’s unorthodox comedic style as “performing on his heels” and surprisingly “killing the entire time.” Gaffigan also joked about parenting his five kids: “Every Monday morning is kind of a surprise for them. Like, ’What? There’s school?’” Then, journalist Mary Ann Akers dissected Kash Patel’s controversial FBI nomination, noting his plan to create a “museum of the deep state” and his intent to use the FBI for political revenge. “He has a long enemies list,” she explained, “and it’s not just Democrats—it’s Republicans too.”
The Skinny with Jim Gaffigan is now streaming on Hulu
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Richard Curtis vs. Hugh Grant; Inside Menendez Bros
Season 1 · Episode 10
mercredi 27 novembre 2024 • Duration 01:11:08
For Thanksgiving, we have a MAGA-free episode full of holiday warmth, true crime, and absurdity. Iconic filmmaker Richard Curtis, the creative force behind Love Actually and Notting Hill, joins us to discuss his new Netflix movie, That Christmas, and Hugh Grant’s hilariously hostile tribute at Curtis’s honorary “Better Than Nothing” Oscar. Daily Beast CEO Ben Sherwood shares stories of growing up near the Menendez brothers and his decades-long fascination with their case, now making headlines with shocking new twists. Plus, a glimpse inside Gloria Steinem’s storied home, a laugh-out-loud tangent on mischievous Thanksgiving balloons, and Joanna Coles recounts a surreal dinner with O.J. Simpson during which he smashed a whiskey glass.
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Mika Defends Mar-a-Lago Visit, Musk-Trump Road Trip
Season 1 · Episode 9
jeudi 21 novembre 2024 • Duration 01:03:32
Bestselling author and “Morning Joe” anchor Mika Brzezinski shares “as much as [she] can” about her and co-host Joe Scarborough’s recent date with president-elect Donald Trump, and pushes back on the backlash. Next is Joel Leppard, the attorney with a “pit in his stomach” representing the two women accusing Matt Gaetz of paying for “sexual favors.” Hear from The Daily Beast’s executive editor Hugh Dougherty, who returns to the pod to share more scheming and subterfuge among the Mar-a-Lago regulars also jockeying for Trump’s favor, and learn who caught RFK Jr. ordering more junk food.
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Adam Grant Disses Musk and Mar-a-Lago Madness
Season 1 · Episode 8
jeudi 14 novembre 2024 • Duration 01:02:37
Organizational psychologist and author Adam Grant joins this week’s podcast to help unpack America’s political baggage, sharing leadership advice and coping strategies for the current moment. The Daily Beast’s executive editor Hugh Dougherty offers insight into the “patio power games” playing out at Mar-a-Lago as president-elect Donald Trump assembles his new administration—which may be filled with outlandish, cable TV personalities, but is ruled behind the scenes by a 67-year-old grandmother in aviator shades.
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