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The top 5 things you need to know to start your day. Check out The Daily Beast’s other podcasts: The New Abnormal, Fever Dreams, The Last Laugh and Life Behind Bars. Just search 'The Daily Beast' on your favorite podcast app. The New Abnormal: Editor-at-large Molly Jong-Fast has fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media, politics, and science that help make what’s happening in the country and world clearer. Fever Dreams: Our top reporters take you inside the right’s push to retake power, from the conspiracy-slingers to the MAGA acolytes to the straight-up grifters. The Last Laugh: Matt Wilstein interviews top-tier comedy stars peeling back the curtain on their inspirations, frustrations, challenges, and triumphs. Life Behind Bars: Two of the world’s foremost drink experts, Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich, talk about cocktails and spirits. See acast.com/pr

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  1. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, July30, 2021

    This is the final episode of the Cheat Sheet podcast. Check out the Daily Beast’s other podcasts by heading to our show page or clicking this link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/podcasts. These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Another city in China has a major COVID outbreak;...

  2. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, July 30, 2021

    Listen to hear the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching. Show update: This will be the last day of the Cheat Sheet podcast. Check out the Daily Beast’s other podcasts by heading to our show page or clicking this link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/podcasts These are the top stories the...

  3. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, July 29, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Full FDA approvals for Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines may be on the horizon; Florida’s governor clearly has no idea how to manage the pandemic; Then-President Donald Trump was reportedly willing to try anything to change...

  4. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, July 29, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Hawaii, Japan and New Zealand are alerted of an Alaska-area earthquake; Track and field athletes go into panic mode after two people test positive for COVID-19; A large player in the video-game industry is shaken up after employees stage…

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  5. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, July 28, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Pfizer now recommends a third dose for better protection against the Delta variant of the coronavirus; Vaccinated Americans are welcome in England; A Louisiana judge has a new method to incentivize people to get the vaccine; Mitch...

  6. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, July 28, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: A D.C. police officer shares harrowing audio from a Trump supporter; USA Gymnastics supports Simone Biles in her decision to withdraw from the all-around Olympic event Thursday; Biden’s vaccine push may be a little too late; North and...

  7. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, July 27, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Officers who defended the Capitol during the insurrection give harrowing testimonies; DOJ employees will be allowed to testify about Trump’s actions during the Capitol riot hearings; The Atlanta-spa shooter enters a plea deal to avoid…

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  8. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, July 27, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: A Hong Kong protester faces life in prison; Phyllis Gould was one of the first six women recruited to work in defense plants by the U.S. government; Naomi Osaka admits that pressure played a part in her Olympic loss; A man is arrested...

  9. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, July 26, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The Taliban takes advantage of U.S. troops moving out of Afghanistan; The White House says that it’s keeping travel restrictions in place; Protests erupt in France as country officials mandate that people be vaccinated to dine in a...

  10. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, July 26, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: China says the U.S. has room to talk about “human-rights abuses;” One of the largest wildfires in California history engulfs homes; A Utah highway is closed down after a massive car pileup; A woman is killed while watching her children...

  11. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, July 23, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Europe braces for a fourth wave of the coronavirus; Not every American athlete participating in the Olympics is vaccinated; A guy in Houston stole an ambulance with a patient in the back; Cleveland’s baseball team finally...

  12. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, July 23, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Tokyo Olympics are officially here; Homeless people in Tokyo get booted before the Games begin; Another shooting rocks Washington, D.C.; More than 20 people in the Dallas-area are infected with an untreatable fungus; The...

  13. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, July 22, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: White House officials debate about a new mask mandate; Chinese officials are not thrilled with the idea of a COVID-19 investigation into the Wuhan-lab-leak conspiracy theory; The Olympics start in less than 24 hours and COVID-19 has not...

  14. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, July 22, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Donald Trump calls the Capitol-storming MAGA crowd a “loving” group; Vaccine companies still make money off of anti-vax peddling Fox News; A second explosion shakes a Dippin’ Dots factory; COVID-19 stops an Olympics volleyball player…

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  15. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, July

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Kevin McCarthy pulls remaining GOP members from the Capitol riot investigation committee out of spite; A man is arrested for his role in the huge Twitter hack of 2020; Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced into shelters as…

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  16. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, July 21, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Donald Trump is a key target in the Capitol riot investigation; Life expectancy drops in the U.S.; The couple who held a gender-reveal party-gone-wrong are charged with involuntary manslaughter; Wildfires in the U.S. don’t only affect…

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  17. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, July 20, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Fully Vaccinated U.S. Tourists Will Be Able to Visit Canada Starting Aug.

  18. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, July 19, 2021

    Here are the top five stories the cheat sheet team is watching right now: American Academy of Pediatrics: Everyone Should Be in Masks for School This Fall, Biden Administration Moves First Prisoner Out of Guantánamo After Trump Delay, South Korea President Shuns Tokyo Olympics After…

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  19. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, July 19, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Europe Flooding: 180 Dead, Millions in Damage to Homes and Infrastructure, Florida Thief Attacks Mall Customers with Bear Spray, ‘Waves’ vs. ‘Sways’ The Social Media Debate that Resolved a Nearly 50-Year Debate, Britney Spears...

  20. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, July 16, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: FDA Official Says Coronavirus Vaccines for Kids Under 12 Won’t Be Ready Until Midwinter, Trump Reportedly Asked Top General Days Before Capitol Riot: Are You Ready?, Death Toll From Once-in-a-Generation German, Belgian Floods...

  21. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, July 16, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Canada Might Open to Vaxxed Americans in Mid-August, Trudeau Says, Netflix Fires Three Execs for Not Bitching About Their Bosses Publicly, Nevada Woman Broke Into Dentist’s Office and Yanked 13 Teeth From a Patient, Los Angeles...

  22. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, July 15, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Furious Trump Reportedly Demanded to Know: Who the Hell Said I Praised Hitler?, Teen Wins Seat on Bezos’ Space Flight After Anonymous $28M Bidder Bows Out, Famed Dutch Crime Reporter Peter De Vries Dies a Week After Being Shot…

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  23. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, July 15, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Court Tosses Joe Exotic’s Sentence in Murder-for-Hire Case, Jackie Chan Says He’s Eager to Join Chinese Communist Party, Woman Held Captive Helps Cops Find Her Through Notes Left in Public Bathrooms, Bolsonaro Hospitalized…

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  24. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, July 14, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Experts blame COVID surge on people who have not gotten the jab; Republicans have a large cash advantage when it comes to taking back the House in 2022; South Africa’s president says the country has seen its worst bout of violence since...

  25. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, July 14, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Florida’s governor comes up with a new idea for state merchandise; Boeing has issues with another plane; Water infiltration was partially responsible for the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida; A gun company thinks it’s wise…

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  26. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, July 13,

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: A new book reveals that Donald Trump hid in his bunker during protests last summer—and the president was not happy that the story got around; Twenty-two unarmed officials are executed in Afghanistan; Greg Abbott says Texas dems who fled...

  27. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, July 13, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Donald Trump may not already be an official 2024 presidential candidate, but he could he’s already doing stuff wrong; Tennessee lawmakers allegedly engage in anti-vax conspiracy theories; Thousands of women will receive a settlement from...

  28. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, July 12, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Wildfires Spread Across 300,000+ Acres in Six Western States as Heat Wave Rages On, Bronx Kid, 13, Was ‘Intended Target’ in Deadly Gang-Related Shooting, Cops Say, Eleven Killed as Lightning Hits Tower in India as People Took...

  29. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, July 12, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Richard Branson Takes Off in Virgin Galactic Space Flight, Pope Francis Blesses Faithful From Hospital Window, Woman Dies With Two COVID-19 Variants After Contracting Virus From Different People, Temperatures at Death Valley...

  30. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, July 9, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Guidelines suggest that schools should completely reopen in the fall—even if people are not vaccinated; More bodies have been found in the Florida condo rubble; A former GOP staffer admits to possessing child pornography; The Taliban...

  31. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, July 9, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Allen Weisselberg leaves his position with the Trump Organization Scotland golf course; Two Haitian-Americans claim they were translators for the assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse; North Korea is undergoing a crisis; New…

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  32. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, July 8, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The Delta variant becomes the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the U.S.; Haiti ambassador says “there’s no doubt about it” that the assassination of the president was an “inside job;” An Arizona official wants to look into Donald...

  33. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, July 8, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The Olympics will be crowdless and quiet this year; Tropical Storm Elsa makes it way up the East Coast; The Trump White House kept a secret report on foreign car tariffs; A woman dies due to the force of a theme park rollercoaster; A kid...

  34. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, July 7, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Rescuers are losing optimism that there are survivors from the Florida condo collapse as they find more bodies; Donald Trump is still salty about getting kicked off of social media; Crime has risen throughout New York; An alleged Capitol...

  35. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, July 7, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Haiti’s president is shot during a raid at his home; After nearly two weeks of waiting, NYC finally has a Democratic mayoral candidate; Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps making inappropriate comparisons to the Holocaust; Troops will stay at…

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  36. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, July

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The Delta variant of COVID-19 looks to run amuck in unvaccinated areas; Afghan officials are upset that Americans left bases abruptly; Women from the Philippines have filed complaints of modern-day slavery in against a Saudi prince in...

  37. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, July 6, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Hundreds of shootings are tallied during the holiday weekend; A storm threatens the search for more survivors from the condo collapse in Florida; The Taliban hovers with control in parts of Afghanistan; Britney Spears’ manager says that...

  38. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, July 2, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The Miami-area residential building that collapsed consistently received water damage for decades; A man’s brand new car bursts into flames while he’s inside; Canadians protest the country’s history on Canada Day; President Joe Biden…

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  39. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, July 2, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Afghanistan forces prepare for America’s departure; Report says workers were afraid to do repairs on the condo building that collapsed; A settlement will go to abou 60,000 people who filed abuse claims against the Boy Scouts; An Ohio...

  40. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, July 1, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Allen Weisselberg is expected to plead not guilty for the charges he faces in connection to the Trump Organization; House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he would strip any Republican members of their committee assignments…

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  41. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Thursday, July 1, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Heatwave continues to pound upon the Northwest; A tourist who was swimming says she filmed the Miami-area condo collapse; The LAPD kind of botch a job; Two iconic TV mothers go head-to-head on Twitter; Britney Spears’ father is still...

  42. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The death toll in the Miami condo collapse climbs to 16; Bill Cosby will be a free man; San Jose becomes the first city in the nation to charge gun owners for gun violence; People in the Pacific Northwest try to take advantage of others...

  43. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A heatwave runs through the Pacific Northwest; The NYC mayoral race vote count gets a little blundered; Some Republicans want to keep reminders of the Confederacy in the U.S. Capitol; Britney Spears has another ally in the…

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  44. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, June 29, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: President Biden plans a trip to condo collapse site in Florida; Rudy Giuliani is in trouble again; John McAfee’s widow blames U.S. authorities for his death; The homes of two prominent journalists in Russia are raided; Oregon hospitals…

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  45. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, June 29, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Residents were alerted about damage in the Miami condo as recently as April; Andrew Giuliani has no real concept of reality; Britney Spears receives public support from her sister; The FTC argues that Facebook has preserved its role as a...

  46. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, June 28, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: SCOTUS declines to review a case involving a transgender student in Virginia; The NFL shouts its inclusivity; Two Black New York state lawmakers sue the NYPD for police brutality; Even Mt. Everest is not safe from COVID-19; New book...

  47. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Monday, June 28, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: Experts identify the location of where issues started in the Miami condo that collapsed; Donald Trump’s lawyers have until Monday afternoon to make closing arguments on why the Trump Organization should not face criminal charges…

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  48. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Friday, June 25, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Derek Chauvin receives his sentence for murdering George Floyd; Biden’s Justice Department goes to town on Georgia; At least four are dead after the building collapse near Miami; Mike Pence is going to make people mad with his...

  49. Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, June 25, 2021

    These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching at The Daily Beast: One person is dead and 99 are missing the Florida-condo collapse; One officer in the Trump administration had to constantly tell the former president that shooting protesters was not an option; A white supremacist…

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About this show

The top 5 things you need to know to start your day. Check out The Daily Beast’s other podcasts: The New Abnormal, Fever Dreams, The Last Laugh and Life Behind Bars. Just search 'The Daily Beast' on your favorite podcast app.

The New Abnormal: Editor-at-large Molly Jong-Fast has fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media, politics, and science that help make what’s happening in the country and world clearer.

Fever Dreams: Our top reporters take you inside the right’s push to retake power, from the conspiracy-slingers to the MAGA acolytes to the straight-up grifters.

The Last Laugh: Matt Wilstein interviews top-tier comedy stars peeling back the curtain on their inspirations, frustrations, challenges, and triumphs.

Life Behind Bars: Two of the world’s foremost drink experts, Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich, talk about cocktails and spirits.

See acast.com/pr

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The top 5 things you need to know to start your day. Check out The Daily Beast’s other podcasts: The New Abnormal, Fever Dreams, The Last Laugh and Life Behind Bars. Just search 'The Daily Beast' on your favorite podcast app. The New Abnormal: Editor-at-large Molly Jong-Fast has fun, sharp...

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