The David Pakman Show

-- On the Show: -- An antisemitic attacker yells "Kanye 2024" during the attack, reminding us of the power of celebrity antisemitism -- The right-wing Wall Street Journal says that Republicans are too dimwitted to actually wield power -- Failed former President Donald Trump panics overnight on Truth Social about the possibility that his tax returns will soon leak -- January 6 Committee member Adam...

-- On the Show: -- Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger says Donald Trump is "absolutely guilty" of a number of crimes related to the January 6th Capitol riots -- Trump puts out a video on Truth Social about the Twitter Files, censorship, and "free speech" -- Trump is humiliated after his "major announcement" turns out to be the release of NFT trading cards -- Caller talks about legalizing cannab...

-- On the Show: -- Allison Butler, contributor to "The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People," and the Director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts, joins David to discuss media literacy, critical thinking, and more -- If you want to know how the rich and powerful actually control American politics, conspiracy theories aren't act...

-- On the Show: -- A closer look at the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin launching nuclear weapons -- Democratic Oregon Governor Kate Brown commutes all sentences of people on death row -- Looking at the most pressing, and less pressing, climate change risks over the next ten years -- How Fox News propagandist takes a real story and turns it into a conspiracy theory -- Fox News host...

-- On the Show: -- Joe Walsh, former Republican Congressman from Illinois and host of the podcast "White Flag with Joe Walsh," joins David to discuss the 2024 election, and Republican primary, and much more -- The latest inflation numbers come in lower than expected, sending stocks soaring, and raising questions about whether the worst is over -- Right-wing meteorologist Joe Bastardi goes on a com...

-- On the Show: -- Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Democratic Party, becoming the third independent in the Senate, raising questions about the new balance of power -- Senator Bernie Sanders slams Senator Kyrsten Sinema as a corporate Democrat who has gotten in the way of major legislation -- The new "gay marriage bill" that was recently passed does not actually guarantee gay marriage...

-- On the Show: -- The scary part is that Herschel Walker even had a shot at winning his Georgia election -- Donald Trump's Jewish allies are reportedly begging him to condemn Kanye West, and Trump is refusing -- Republican Senator Mitt Romney clearly states that he would not vote for Donald Trump if Trump were the 2024 nominee, a stark contrast to William Barr and Mitch McConnell -- Caller asks i...

-- On the Show: -- Dave Farina, a science communicator and author best known for his YouTube channel "Professor Dave Explains" joins David to discuss vaccines, homeopathy, GMOs, and much more -- A restaurant has denied a Christian group service over their anti-abortion anti-LGBT views, and it immediately becomes a huge fiasco -- The Republican blame game of fingerpointing hilarious escalates after...

-- On the Show: -- The Georgia Senate runoff is won by incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, defeating Republican candidate Herschel Walker, which means Democrats will control the senate 51-49 and it is yet another humiliation for MAGA and failed former President Donald Trump -- Fox News propagandist Laura Ingraham did not take Herschel Walker's loss in Georgia well -- Right-wing personali...

-- On the Show: -- Doctor Oren Etzioni, founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, joins David to discuss artificial intelligence, machine learning, super-intelligence, the risks of AI, and much more -- How Republicans use anti-intellectualism to divide America and to try to win elections -- The American right wing's sick and bizarre obsession with Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son -- A new...

-- On the Show: -- David has COVID-19, the coronavirus -- The much-promoted and heavily anticipated Twitter bombshell, "The Twitter Files," about Hunter Biden, which flopped spectacularly -- Failed former President Donald Trump explodes over the Hunter Biden "Twitter Files" release -- Kanye West tells conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that he likes Hitler and likes Nazis -- Caitlyn Jenner "wishers Ka...

-- On the Show: -- Colorado election officials are ordering a recount in the race between Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch -- Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn delivers a farewell address on the House floor and rails against "soft metrosexuals" -- Republican Congressman Jim Jordan wants to investigate Apple for deciding to not advertise on Twitter -- Caller asks if it's possible to truly be a...

-- On the Show: -- Adam Rogers, Senior Tech Correspondent at Insider, joins David to discuss his recent article about social media deepening polarization in America, but maybe not in the way that most people would assume -- Joe Biden possibly responds to a shout from the audience of "four more years" with what might be "I don't know about that" -- Failed former President Donald Trump's tax returns...

-- On the Show: -- We evaluate continued predictions that a massive recession is imminently coming to the United States -- Former Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says that she is still fighting for an election that she obviously lost to Katie Hobbs -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explains to a reporter that her meeting with the Finnish Prime Minister has nothing t...

-- On the Show: -- Doctor John Krystal, psychiatrist and Yale University Professor best known for the discovery of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine, joins David to discuss depression, SSRI's, treatment with ketamine, and much more -- Absolutely insane Arizona hearing about the 2022 election goes completely off the rails -- Cochise County in Arizona is refusing to certify its election -...

-- On the Show: -- Producer Pat Ford fills in for David -- Donald Trump has an eventful dinner at Mar-a-Lago with well-known anti-Semites Kanye West and Nick Fuentes -- Democrats have only a few short weeks left to get legislation passed before Republicans take over the House -- President Biden delays student loan payments again as his debt relief plan remains held up in the courts -- Kevin McCart...

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 -- On the Show: -- Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney, joins David to discuss his newest book, "Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics," out on October 11th. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Riiw4d -- The US embassy in Russia warns Americans to leave Russia amid the expec...

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 -- On the Show: -- MyPillow CEO and Founder Mike Lindell has hired attorney Alan Dershowitz to represent him, who will argue that the FBI's seizure of his phone was unconstitutional -- A federal appeals court puts an end to the delays and tells the Department of Justice it can resume its use of the seized Mar-a-Lago documents from Dona...

-- On the Show: -- Wasting no time, right-wing media is already blaming the victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado -- Fox News stories about violent crime drop by 50% immediately after the 2022 midterm elections, mirroring 2014 with Ebola and 2018 with migrant caravans -- The Supreme Court will not prevent the House from receiving Donald Trump's tax returns, now putting them...

-- On the Show: -- Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business and author of the book "Adrift: America in 100 Charts," joins David to discuss masculinity, media, politics, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Xr9dmQ -- Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker wildly and without evidence accuses his opponent, incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warn...

-- On the Show: -- A new batch of explosive COVID vaccine disinformation spreads, related to a study that is 8 months old, but has been fixated on by a number of content creators -- Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake says that the "fight" against "what happened" will continue, even though what happened is that her opponent received more votes -- Marrick Garland's Department...

-- On the Show: -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she will be stepping down from Democratic leadership -- Fox News starts targeting John Fetterman's wife, Gisele Fetterman, including with conspiracy theories -- Is Fox News actually turning on Donald Trump? -- Caller talks about the launch of Artemis 1 and space exploration -- Caller asks why some countries imprison former leaders and some do...

-- On the Show: -- Rick Sanchez, veteran journalist and Emmy Award-winner who is the co-founder, CEO and President of Agua Media, joins David to discuss Latino voters and lack of Latino representation in the media -- Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections -- Almost twice as many Republicans died from COVID compared to Democrats, raising questio...

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump announces his 2024 presidential run at Mar-a-Lago, repeating many of his tired tropes in front of a visibly bored audience -- Donald Trump's 2024 announcement was so boring, people tried to leave the room but were blocked by Mar-a-Lago staff -- Donald Trump's 2024 announcement was so horrible, even Fox News cut away -- Ukraine has accidentall...

-- On the Show: -- Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College London and author of five books, including "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death," joins David to discuss his work, consciousness, metabolism, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3O7YxFy -- Republican Arizona Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake loses, and Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs...