{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Beast Podcast","slug":"the-daily-beast-podcast-502008","podcast_index_feed_id":502008,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD5580850161","website_url":"https://www.thedailybeast.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e9536744-fc5a-11f0-abb7-e71364eadeec/image/a2b139f730a0bd44f2765ced1fd8e7ed.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Daily Beast","episode_count":1204,"summary":"The Daily Beast Podcast is as wildly exciting, energizing, and entertaining as the topics it covers. Hosted by Joanna Coles, Chief Content Officer of the Daily Beast, each episode delivers the people and politics coverage you need—straight from the Daily Beast newsroom. Conversations have featured voices like John Oliver, Mary Trump, and Governor Gavin Newsom, alongside sharp, incisive takes each week from show regular David Rothkopf. It’s like the best dinner party you’ve ever been to, just without the food. New episodes every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; early drops on YouTube. If you’re not already a subscriber to The Daily Beast, it’s easy! Just go to thedailybeast.com to sign up.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T08:17:10.333456+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-beast-podcast-502008"},"episode":{"title":"Trump Is Fading and His Staff Knows It: Rothkopf","slug":"trump-is-fading-and-his-staff-knows-it-rothkopf","published_at":"2026-05-05T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-beast-podcast-502008/trump-is-fading-and-his-staff-knows-it-rothkopf","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-beast-podcast-502008","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD6920425797.mp3?updated=1777932544","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD6920425797.mp3?updated=1777932544","summary":"Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/DAILYBEAST ! #honeylovepod David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles to assess what he describes as a visibly weakening Trump presidency, with intelligence sources warning of mounting instability inside the White House. Rothkopf argues Trump is “fading” physically and politically as crises escalate abroad—from Iran tensions to the Strait of Hormuz—and pressure builds at home over policy, polling, and party loyalty. Rothkopf examines a strained cabinet, shifting Republican loyalties, and public fractures emerging even among Trump’s strongest allies. As figures like Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth are pulled into increasingly exposed roles, Rothkopf asks whether the system around Trump is starting to hedge—and whether MAGA itself is entering a period of quiet unraveling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/DAILYBEAST ! #honeylovepod David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles to assess what he describes as a vis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3477,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-beast-podcast-502008/episodes/trump-is-fading-and-his-staff-knows-it-rothkopf/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-beast-podcast-502008/trump-is-fading-and-his-staff-knows-it-rothkopf.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}