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The Daily Beans is a women-owned and operated progressive news podcast for your morning commute brought to you by the Webby award-winning host of Mueller, She Wrote, Allison Gill, and comedian/fund-raiser/activist Dana Goldberg. Get your social justice and political news with just the right amount of snark.
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Free and Dignified (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 10th, 2024
Today, Karen McDougal will not testify for the prosecution in the Trump 2016 election interference trial; Judge Merchan denies Trump’s motion to modify the gag order and his motion for a mistrial; Barron Trump has entered politics as an RNC delegate for Trump for the state of Florida; the cost of Trump’s tax cuts balloons to $3.8T; the feds are reissuing criminal charges against ex GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry; Elon Musk’s Neuralink reveals that its brain chip has run into some problems; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. -
Literal Brain Worms (feat. Jena Friedman)
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
Today, Marjorie Taylor Greene is beginning her effort to remove Speaker Johnson; the Georgia court of appeals has granted Trump’s motion to reconsider the removal of DA Fani Willis; Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postpones the Trump espionage case; Nikki Haley nets 22% of the vote in the Indiana Republican primary; Biden takes aim at Trump for failed Foxconn project with a visit to Microsoft’s new site in Wisconsin; the Pentagon confirms that the Biden administration stopped a shipment of bombs to Israel; Kevin McCarthy is escalating his war against Matt Gaetz; RFK Jr has literal brain worms; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. -
Stormy Weather
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Today, it’s Stormy Daniels Day in the Manhattan courtroom; Kristi Noem begged for an NRA job; a federal judge blasts Alabama for threatening to prosecute groups aiding in out of state abortions; what to know about the Trump campaign’s use of artificial intelligence; Marjorie Taylor Greene meets twice with Mike Johnson to make her demands as she threatens to file a motion to vacate; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. -
Cockamamie Schemes
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
Today, the Trump election interference trial resumes with Jeffrey McConney on the stand; Trump is found to be in contempt again to the tune of $1000; Republican Geoff Duncan explains why he’ll be voting for Joe Biden; Hamas accepts a Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar; Kristi Noem’s team told her to nix the dog story two years ago; Fox News is failing to mention that one of their conspiracy theory sources was charged with fraud; the racist Ole Miss student has been booted from his fraternity; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. -
Man Or Bear
Monday, May 6th, 2024
Today, Truth Social’s accounting firm has just been shut down and fined $14M by the SEC for “massive fraud”; a judge rejects John Eastman’s request to pretty please keep practicing law; George Santos filed his defense briefs for his 23 felony charges a day late; a California man has been charged with threatening to kill Fani Willis; The NYPD says that approximate 29% of arrests at Columbia University are not students; a top RFK Jr campaign operative allegedly choked a woman in NYC proving yet again why women choose the bear; plus Allison delivers your Good News. -
Refried Beans | Attention Conclusion-Mart Shoppers (feat Barb McQuade)
Originally Published 4/30/2020
Dozens of bodies found in U-haul trucks at a Brooklyn funeral home; Trump officials are said to press spies to link COVID and Wuhan labs; job losses deepen during the pandemic topping 30 million; the DoJ releases select FBI notes in the Flynn case; Fauci says we could have a vaccine by January; plus, an interview with former federal prosecutor Barb McQuade.