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Fever Dreams

by The Daily Beast

Inside the right’s push to retake power, from the conspiracy-slingers to the MAGA acolytes to the straight-up grifters. Thought the Trump era was crazy? Wait ’til you hear what they have planned next. Hosted by Kelly Weill and Will Sommer. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

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Miles Klee on The New Abnormal

Rolling Stone's Mile Klee joins The New Abnormal to talk the myth of "go woke. go broke." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about yo

May 24 2023
17 min

Erin Reed On The New Abnormal

Erin Reed joins the New Abnormal to talk the lastest in laws targeting transgender rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about y

May 22 2023
19 min

Cindy Cohn On The New Abnormal

The EFF's Cindy Cohn joins The New Abnormal to talk cyber security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p

May 19 2023
22 min

Gary Marcus On The New Abnormal

Gary Marcus joins The New Abnormal to discuss the dangers of AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc

May 17 2023
18 min

Will Sommer On The New Abnormal

Will Sommer joins The Daily Beast's The New Abnormal to talk the America first movement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about you

May 15 2023
17 min

Kelly Weill On The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast's Kelly Weill joins The New Abnormal to talk the reputation laundering of the Allen, TX mall shooter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info

May 12 2023
20 min

A Fever Dreams Farewell feat. Asawin Suebsaeng

It’s the final episode of Fever Dreams. After sharing some of their favorite moments from the podcast’s years-long run, the hosts tackle the right-wing obfuscation of a m

May 10 2023
1 h 01 min

Steven Crowder Exposed feat. Jason Wilson

Fever Dreams examines the recent headline-grabbing actions of right-wing media darling Steven Crowder, who was outed this week for allegedly exposing his genitals repeate

May 3 2023
57 min

Tuckered Out feat. Sam Adler Bell

On this week’s Fever Dreams, a look at the ecosystem of grifters and gadflies who made a living appearing on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show—and what comes next for them.

Apr 26 2023
59 min

The Ali Allegations feat. Aaron Kleinman

Fever Dreams hosts Kelly Weill and Will Sommer examine a classic style of right-wing outrage—which never seems to back itself up with evidence. Plus! A conversation with

Apr 19 2023
57 min

Trump-Loomer 2024 feat. Garret Graff

 Laura Loomer has been spewing hate online for years—and now Trump apparently wants to hire her. Plus! A look at the way technology has aided the rise of the far right ov

Apr 12 2023
51 min

Am I Being Arraigned Feat. Dave Weigel

On this week’s episode of Fever Dreams, hosts Will Sommer and Kelly Weill discuss how Trump’s decision to fly to New York instead of hunkering down in Mar-a-Lago to face

Apr 5 2023
59 min

Meme Court ft. Luke O’Brien?

Marjorie Taylor Greene is up to her old tricks—this time, protesting a routine ATF inspection of a Georgia gun store Monday under the guise that there apparently were too

Mar 29 2023
1 h 00 min

Pudding Ron feat. Jake Lahut

While prosecutors appear to be closing in on Donald Trump and preparing to file formal charges, he’s been posting up an absolute storm on Truth Social. It’s all happening

Mar 22 2023
55 min

Woke Bank Run fet. Kat Abughazaleh

If Tucker Carlson seems a little lost at the moment—that’s because he is. At least, that’s what Media Matters researcher Kat Abughazaleh says, and she has to watch the fi

Mar 15 2023
58 min

Fake Andrew Tate feat. Isaac Arnsdorf

This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), long a mainstay in Republican politics, wasn’t quite the A-list event of years past.  Isaac Arnsdorf joins th

Mar 8 2023
55 min

Dilbert Downfall feat Seth Harp

Hosts Will Sommer and Kelly Weill unpack the QAnon connections behind newly elected Michigan GOP leader Kristina Karamo, who declared Michigan as “ground zero for the glo

Mar 1 2023
1 h 00 min

Trust The Host ft. Will Sommer

On this week’s Fever Dreams, James O’Keefe gives his fans and foes a truly memorable send-off, while the Libertarian Party continues to its slide to the right. Plus, co-h

Feb 22 2023
1 h 02 min

James O’Keefe Theater Camp w/ Kim Kelly

For it's 100th episode, Fever Dreams unpacks all the drama engulfing right-wing undercover video operation Project Veritas, including a number of claims about the difficu

Feb 15 2023
1 h 00 min

The Eliza Bleu Saga feat. Trevor Aaronson

What if there was an atomic bomb about to detonate and kill millions of people—and the only way to defuse it was to have an Artificial Intelligence chatbot say a racial s

Feb 8 2023
59 min

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What listeners say

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Great coverage of American far right figures, MAGA world, Q-Anon, and so much more. Def recommend!

L.C.F. · Apr 2023

I look forward to this podcast every week. I also read both of the hosts’ books ( listened to Will’s audiobook) and really appreciated how deep they go into this crazy world we are all navigating.

marynute · Mar 2023

I learn valuable information from every episode The host has such a calm and comforting voice in his delivery of terrifying developments

Bans 8647 · Nov 2022

These guys dive deep into the alternative reality of crazy right wingers and survive to tell the tale without drinking the Kool aid. Always entertaining and informative

JosTAussie · Dec 2021

I thought this would be credible news. It’s just a show about making fun of the right wing conspiracy theorists. Not saying they don’t deserve it. But I was hoping for some quality factual information instead of entertainment. I’m an anthropology student and interested in these fringe groups.

anthroBob63 · May 2021

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