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Why Trump Will Pay the Price for MAGA’s Vilest Ad

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles look at the Republicans’ desperate final stretch before the midterms, starting with a campaign ad so cruel that even members of their own p

Oct 25
58 min

Why Trump Will Hate Melania's Cynical New Scheme

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Joanna Coles and Hugh Dougherty expose the latest chaos swirling around Donald Trump’s White House, from Melania Trump’s stunning claim that she brokered a Ukraine ceasef

Oct 24
1 h 00 min

This Is the Sordid Reason Trump Bows to Putin

In this special live show edition of Inside Trump's Head, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles take the stage in Los Angeles to ask what Trump wants from the presidency and wha

Oct 23
1 h 33 min

I Know Why You Must Never Surrender to TACO Trump

Chrystia Freeland, former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, speaks to Joanna Coles about what she learned negotiating face to face with Donald Trump and why she believes w

Oct 22
55 min

I Know What Trump Will Do After Crushing Defeat

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles look ahead to the morning after the midterms and ask what happens if Donald Trump loses control of Congress. Wolff, who watched Trump’s inn

Oct 21
47 min

How Trump Just Became Our Modern Benedict Arnold

David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles to sound the alarm on Donald Trump’s stunning betrayal of Ukraine and America’s decades-long fight against Russia. As Trump cozies up to

Oct 20
1 h 00 min

This Is Telling Sign Trump, 80, Is In Deep Decline

Terry Moran returns to the Daily Beast Podcast to tell Joanna Coles what he found on the ground in Maine and Iowa, where voters’ frustration could upend the midterms with

Oct 19
53 min

I Know Who Will Go Next in Trump's Reign of Chaos

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles go inside the chaos of Trump’s White House, where a disastrous press secretary debut, a sudden firing, and Susie Wiles’ uncertain future ex

Oct 18
1 h 07 min

How Katie Lost Vicious Battle with Trump's Women

Joanna Coles and Hugh Dougherty reveal the backstabbing, bruising rivalries and spectacular missteps tearing through Trump’s inner circle. As Susie Wiles fights to keep h

Oct 17
1 h 18 min

This Is Trump's Sinister Plot Against His Own Aide

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles ask whether Susie Wiles is running out of time as Trump reportedly calls around to ask what people think of his chief of staff. Wolff expla

Oct 16
58 min

I Brought Down Kimberly—and Best Is Yet to Come

Eric Deters reveals to Joanna Coles how his friendship with Kimberly Guilfoyle unraveled after, he says, she asked him for $100,000 to pay an American Express bill while

Oct 15
40 min

I Know Real Reason Trump Fired Kimberly Guilfoyle

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles dig into Kimberly Guilfoyle’s abrupt exit as ambassador to Greece and the leaked messages that preceded it. Why was she pushed out, and wha

Oct 14
58 min

How Trump Just Became America's Biggest Traitor

David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles to sound the alarm on Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping betrayal of America, from pumping money into Putin’s war machine to potentially helpin

Oct 13
44 min

I Know Just How Bad Trump's Decline Is About to Be

Kurt Andersen and Joanna Coles revisit the Donald Trump that Spy magazine spotted 40 years ago: a blustering New York celebrity who claimed he could master nuclear missil

Oct 12
59 min

This Is Laughable Truth About Trump's 'Tough Guy'

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles turn their attention to Pete Hegseth, as the Secretary of Defense is facing mounting criticism over the Iran war while quietly positioning

Oct 11
44 min

Why Trump Can't Stand His Nobel Prize Humiliation

Joanna Coles and Hugh Dougherty dive into Trump-world’s latest chaos, from Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize humiliation to Pete Hegseth’s chilling talk of live-streaming a milit

Oct 10
1 h 12 min

Kimberly Guilfoyle's Money Secrets Just Exploded

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles are counting down to the midterms—and the Trump world is already positioning itself for what comes next. Marco Rubio appears to be launchin

Oct 9
1 h 05 min

Why Uncle Donald Doesn't Want to Shake Off Natalie

Mary Trump returns to the Daily Beast Podcast to tell Joanna Coles why she believes her uncle is terrified of being seen as a loser as the midterms approach. She traces t

Oct 8
54 min

Why Trump's Self-Destruction Is Finally Happening

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles examine Donald Trump’s increasingly self-destructive presidency, from his dwindling rally crowds and disastrous political bets to his reckl

Oct 7
57 min

Why Trump's Worst Scandal Is About to Haunt Him

David Rothkopf speaks with Joanna Coles about Trump’s increasingly chaotic presidency as the midterms loom, from his bizarre claim that he has an IQ of 1,775 to the growi

Oct 6
1 h 06 min

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You can’t understand AI in a week. You can’t understand it in a month. As a journalist, you could maybe understand it in a year if you studied it carefully. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman understand AI. If you want to understand the risk that the Open AI Hugging Face incident exposed, as journalists I recommend that you listen to Jacob Coxon the pre-training engineer who resigned from Anthropic based on safety concerns and escalated this entire debate. Go ahead and look him up listen to the various interviews that he’s given and read what he’s written and - you will get a very clear picture.

LLuvCoolJane · Sep 2026

I know that listening to behaviors and actions by Trump and his administration’s goons can be a bit much to handle so early to bedtime but I find Joanna and Michael, and the other host to be so incredibly insightful and fascinating. They have a way of bringing horrible news to actions and behaviors of all these terrible people more palatable. Thank you for all your efforts and hard work!

RobSub · Aug 2026

Love the show, but I listen at night while trying to relax, and the commercials on the Sunday show are so much louder than your discussion that it almost made me stop listening. Hope you can get this fixed.

Lexie'smom2 · Aug 2026

I really enjoyed today's co-host Hugh — great accent, but I noticed some dips in his voice tone that made him hard to hear at times. If others have mentioned this too, maybe the sound engineer could smooth those out. Thanks for a great show! — Lisa Morris ---

Whisper walk · Aug 2026

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.

Mighty Unicorn · Dec 2024

I admit I listen to too many political podcasts that are left leaning but only this one makes me laugh at least once during the show. Some of the topics and stories I’ve heard before but I always tune in for that guaranteed laugh. Didn’t listen when Rick Wilson was co-host and wish I had. He is hands down my favorite pundit. No reflection on Andy Levy though. He is insightful and very funny too. Love the show and its slanted humor. ADDENDUM: the above was written when Molly was hosting with Andy. My rating has been reduced by half since Danielle joined the show. I know I’m not the only one that wishes she would not scream while talking, say “like” in almost every sentence and use the F word constantly. I have started fast forwarding through her interview segments. And I am considering only listening to the bonus episodes because she seems to keep a cooler head on those. For what it’s worth, find a better co-host for Andy, to whom I love listening.

Pattimom74 · Jun 2024

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