The David Pakman Show

-- On the Show: -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis floats the idea of removing President Joe Biden from the 2024 ballot because undocumented immigrants have entered the country -- Police are called on Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert after she allegedly hit her husband, to which she claims self-defense -- Dictator-wannabe Donald Trump threatens to indict President Joe Bi...

-- On the Show: -- New jobs numbers once again overperform expectations in December 2023 -- Donald Trump has an absolutely deranged and furious explosion on Truth Social, much of it related to E. Jean Carroll -- Caller asks about Mike Lindell's employees at MyPillow -- Caller points out credit card debt as a sign that the economy isn't so good -- Caller is voting for Joe Biden because of harm redu...

-- On the Show: -- Tim Miller, writer, political consultant, and author of "Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell," joins David to discuss his recent viral confrontation with Kari Lake, his current relationship to the Republican Party, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3TOxG6i -- The pro-Trump Chair of Maine's Republican Party, Joel Stetkis, is asked seven times o...

-- On the Show: -- Michael Fanone, former Capitol Police officer who was injured while defending the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and author of the book "Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul," joins David to discuss what took place on the day of the Trump riots. Get the book: https://amzn.to/48iqKCF -- Infamous anti-gay Kentucky County Clerk Kim Clark suffers a fi...

-- On the Show: -- Despite claims to the contrary from the American right wing, domestic oil and natural gas production reach an all-time high under Joe Biden -- Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane appears on the Bill Maher podcast and absolutely crushes Maher's anti-vaccine claims -- Anti-vaxxers crumble as every one of their predictions from 2023 failed to come true -- Despite claims about rampan...

NEW YEAR'S DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM NOVEMBER 11, 2023 -- On the Show: -- Miles Lagoze, US Marine veteran and author of "Whistles from the Graveyard: My Time Behind the Camera on War, Rage, and Restless Youth in Afghanistan," joins David to discuss his time deployed in Afghanistan and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/469NrqO -- Republicans hold their final Presidential primary debate befo...

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump has been removed from a second primary ballot, this time in Maine by the Secretary of State -- David explains why he no longer watches cable news -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggests the Civil War question she recently bungled was a "Democrat plant" -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley won't reject t...

-- On the Show: -- Jesse Dollemore, host of Dollemore Daily and co-host of the I Doubt It podcast, fills in for David -- Lauren Boebert switches congressional districts to increase her chances of winning in 2024 -- Nikki Haley is asked about the cause of the Civil War, and worried about offending her base, is scared to mention slavery -- Vivek Ramaswamy goes on Fox News and says he believes he wil...

-- On the Show: -- Brittany Page, host of Page Perspective and co-host of the I Doubt It podcast, fills in for David -- After US troops are wounded in an attack, Joe Biden directs airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups -- Donald Trump promises to replace Obamacare with his own healthcare "alternative" but Republicans say it's not a priority -- Ted Cruz goes on Fox News to rant about "biased medi...

-- On the Show: -- Brittany Page, host of Page Perspective and co-host of the I Doubt It podcast, fills in for David -- Donald Trump's lawyers ask a court to toss his election interference case in a late-night filing before Christmas, citing "absolute" presidential immunity -- CNN airs a lengthy segment with a New York Times op-ed author about Trump being a moderate, featuring a chyron reading, "I...

CHRISTMAS DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM NOVEMBER 1, 2023 -- On the Show: -- JL Collins, known as The Godfather of Financial Independence and author of three books including The Simple Path to Wealth, joins David to discuss personal finance, and much more. Get his book: https://amzn.to/476pKRu -- CNN's Wolf Blitzer is visibly shocked that an IDF spokesperson admits that Israel bombed a Palestinian ref...

-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Ring of Fire and Farron Balanced, fills in for David -- Rudy Giuliani is ordered to immediately start paying the victims he defamed, leading to his filing for bankruptcy -- Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to immediately rule on whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution over January 6th -- Colorado's Supreme Court ruling that Trump...

-- On the Show: -- A group of Texas companies declare that Republicans are ruining their businesses -- Failed former President Donald Trump is panicking to try to block a specific witness from testifying in his defamation case with E. Jean Carroll -- MMA fighter Colby Covington declares that he lost his fight because he is a supporter of Donald Trump -- Caller claims that Trump is better than Bide...

-- On the Show: -- Robert Sapolsky, scientist and New York Times bestselling author of "Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will," joins David to discuss the book, free will, science, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3GQqBKP -- Failed former President Donald Trump is banned and kicked off of the 2024 Colorado presidential ballot for his role inciting an insurrection in 2021 -- Donald...

-- On the Show: -- Anupam Jena, physician, economist, professor at Harvard, and host of the Freakonomics, MD podcast, joins David to discuss his new book "Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health" -- Republican Congressman Guy Reschenthaler collapses under simple questioning about the Joe Biden impeachment inquiry from Democratic Congressm...

-- On the Show: -- Rudy Giuliani gets hit with a devastating $148 million defamation verdict, potentially signaling the end of his public life -- Despite what's happening in the House of Representatives, Republican Senators continue to admit there is no evidence against Joe Biden suggesting criminality or impeachment -- A binder full of classified intelligence about Russia went "missing" during th...

-- On the Show: -- Supposed IRS "whistleblower" Gary Shapley is asked whether there's any proof of the things he's claiming, and he has none -- Hypocritical Republicans who now support Joe Biden's impeachment previously said about Donald Trump's that there should not be a single party impeachment -- Vivek Ramaswamy loses control of a CNN town hall when he cites baseless conspiracy theories about t...

-- On the Show: -- Steve Inskeep, Host of NPR's Morning Edition and author of the new book "Differ We Musts: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America," joins David to discuss how partisanship and tribalism compare in the Trump era as compared to the Civil War, his viral interview with Donald Trump where Trump hung up on him, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3uWIBAp -- The House of Re...

-- On the Show: -- Shocking new poll from the Wall Street Journal says Nikki Haley would defeat Joe Biden by 17 if the election were held today -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has statistically tied Ron DeSantis for second place, but Donald Trump continues to gain in the polls -- Fox News hosts continue to admit there is no actual evidence against Joe Biden for impeachment or...

-- On the Show: -- Morgan Housel, author of the internationally bestselling books "The Psychology of Money" and "Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes," joins David to discuss the psychology of money, the things that seem to never change, and more. Get his latest book here: https://amzn.to/3RmDYr7 -- Year-over-year inflation ticks down again to 3.1% as the stock market approaches an all time...

-- On the Show: -- Casey DeSantis, the wife of Ron DeSantis, tells non-Iowans to vote in the Iowa caucus, which is illegal, and then backtracks -- Fox Host Maria Bartiromo panics over yet another strong jobs report and tries to find guests who will find negatives in the news -- Failed former President Donald Trump backs out of testifying in his civil fraud trial just days after his lawyer, Alina H...

-- On the Show: -- We review a number of Donald Trump's predictions about what a Joe Biden presidency would be like to see if any of the predictions came true -- A MAGA activist is found guilty of election fraud for his fraudulent vote in the 2020 presidential election -- Former Vice President Mike Pence has been added to the witness list for one of Donald Trump's forthcoming Georgia criminal tria...

-- On the Show: -- Eric Swalwell, Democratic Congressman from California, joins David to discuss the nascent impeachment effort targeting President Joe Biden, the 2024 election, the expulsion of former Congressman George Santos, and much more -- The final Republican presidential primary debate of 2023 goes terribly wrong -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie turns on Republican...

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden tells a group of donors that he's "not sure" if he'd be running for re-election if Donald Trump weren't running again in 2024 -- Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson admits he's protecting alleged January 6 criminals by blurring their faces in videos -- Fox News contributor Brit Hume gives Republicans the brutal reality check that Trump will likely lo...

-- On the Show: -- Republicans have their next "smoking gun" about Joe and Hunter Biden, the repayment from Hunter to Joe of a small car loan -- Could a military draft be the progressive solution we need to militarism? -- 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is about to surpass Ron DeSantis in polling, but Donald Trump is still crushing everyone -- Nebraska Republican Senator Deb Fis...