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Podcast: The Daily Beast Podcast
Episode: Ben Franklin Was Probably As Annoying As Jordan Peterson
Description: Itâs Independence Day but hosts of The New Abnormal are not in a patriotic mood. Hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss last weekâs âgrifting assâ Supreme Court decisions, including the student debt, anti-LGBTQ same-sex website, and affirmative action rulingsâand Danielle makes the case for students of color filing a lawsuit against universities for their legacy student practices. Also on this episode: Andy plays a game of American â20 questionsâ with David Roth, editor at and co-owner of Defector and co-host of the Distraction Podcast, and Jeb Lund, a journalist whose writing has appeared in such places as The Guardian Vic...