Fever Dreams

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Inside the right’s push to retake power, from the conspiracy-slingers to the MAGA acolytes to the straight-up grifters. Thought the Trump era was crazy? Wait ’til you hear what they have planned next. Hosted by Kelly Weill and Will Sommer. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app today.


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Recent Episodes
  • Miles Klee on The New Abnormal
    May 24, 2023 – 17:55
  • Erin Reed On The New Abnormal
    May 22, 2023 – 19:39
  • Cindy Cohn On The New Abnormal
    May 19, 2023 – 22:20
  • Gary Marcus On The New Abnormal
    May 17, 2023 – 18:54
  • Will Sommer On The New Abnormal
    May 15, 2023 – 17:05
  • Kelly Weill On The New Abnormal
    May 12, 2023 – 20:50
  • A Fever Dreams Farewell feat. Asawin Suebsaeng
    May 10, 2023 – 57:54
  • Steven Crowder Exposed feat. Jason Wilson
    May 3, 2023 – 53:56
  • Tuckered Out feat. Sam Adler Bell
    Apr 26, 2023 – 55:52
  • The Ali Allegations feat. Aaron Kleinman
    Apr 19, 2023 – 54:10
  • Trump-Loomer 2024 feat. Garret Graff
    Apr 12, 2023 – 48:38
  • Am I Being Arraigned Feat. Dave Weigel
    Apr 5, 2023 – 55:48
  • Meme Court ft. Luke O’Brien?
    Mar 29, 2023 – 57:09
  • Pudding Ron feat. Jake Lahut
    Mar 22, 2023 – 52:17
  • Woke Bank Run fet. Kat Abughazaleh
    Mar 15, 2023 – 54:47
  • Fake Andrew Tate feat. Isaac Arnsdorf
    Mar 8, 2023 – 52:22
  • Dilbert Downfall feat Seth Harp
    Mar 1, 2023 – 57:32
  • Trust The Host ft. Will Sommer
    Feb 22, 2023 – 58:54
  • James O’Keefe Theater Camp w/ Kim Kelly
    Feb 15, 2023 – 57:12
  • The Eliza Bleu Saga feat. Trevor Aaronson
    Feb 8, 2023 – 56:06
  • Big Kanye Payoffs feat Nicky Woolf
    Feb 1, 2023 – 48:46
  • Santosmania feat. Tina Nguyen
    Jan 25, 2023 – 54:05
  • Stove Wars feat. Matthew Sheffield
    Jan 18, 2023 – 51:49
  • The End of Diamond & Silk feat Claire Goforth
    Jan 11, 2023 – 51:21
  • Andrew Tate's Arrest Explained
    Jan 4, 2023 – 36:49
  • Revenge of the Qux
    Dec 28, 2022 – 47:23
  • We Have To Talk About Kevin w/ Corbin Bolies
    Dec 21, 2022 – 51:25
  • MAGA Undercover w/ Michael Edison Hayden & Hannah Gais
    Dec 14, 2022 – 50:15
  • Kanye Cans Milo ft. Jim Small
    Dec 7, 2022 – 51:51
  • Kanye vs Tim Pool ft. Cerise Castle
    Nov 30, 2022 – 51:04
  • Anti-Woke Bank Collapse w/ Heidi Beedle
    Nov 23, 2022 – 53:52
  • GOP Midterm Disaster
    Nov 16, 2022 – 41:38
  • Enter The Manclan feat QAnon Anonymous
    Nov 9, 2022 – 54:50
  • The QAnon Coalition feat Alex Kaplan
    Nov 2, 2022 – 45:13
  • Mule Majnia w/ Maurice Chammah
    Oct 26, 2022 – 48:20
  • Oathkeepers In Love w/ Kyle Spencer
    Oct 19, 2022 – 52:01
  • Anti-Woke Banking w/ Jared Holt
    Oct 12, 2022 – 57:54
  • Herschel Walker’s New Scandal feat Travis Waldron
    Oct 5, 2022 – 52:30
  • GOPlenty of Fish w/ Michael Schaffer
    Sep 28, 2022 – 52:15
  • Doing Hardee's Time w/ Matt Binder
    Sep 21, 2022 – 56:14
  • MAGA Cinema Cringe feat. Ethan Chorin
    Sep 14, 2022 – 51:54
  • Return To Beartaria w/ Philip Bump
    Sep 7, 2022 – 46:56
  • Emo Beanie w/ Andy Kroll
    Aug 31, 2022 – 48:28
  • Andrew Tate Explained w/ Nikki McCann Ramirez
    Aug 24, 2022 – 54:08
  • Aura Shift w/ Nick Lutsko
    Aug 17, 2022 – 53:35
  • Conceptual Lames w/ Jessica Pishko
    Aug 10, 2022 – 52:55
  • New Age Fever Dream w/ Matthew Remski
    Aug 3, 2022 – 55:19
  • Intellectual Dork Web w/Eiynah
    Jul 27, 2022 – 55:49
  • Alt Right Reservoir Dogs feat. Matt Ford
    Jul 20, 2022 – 54:36
  • The Floor Is LAVA
    Jul 13, 2022 – 36:57
Recent Reviews
  • Lu Ara
    Fever Dreams come back!
    I’m so sad this podcast has ended😭 I haven’t found anything quite like it. Come back!
  • emilyleeanne
    😭😭😭
    I love this podcast. I’m so sad to hear that it is ending.
  • Kidrambler
    Fever Dreams should continue!
    It’s ridiculous that The Daily Beast is shutting down Fever Dreams. This show is in my top five and is a “must listen” podcast every week. Figure it out!
  • Taxcell
    Favorite
    This was one of my favorite podcasts. Thank you
  • jprst24
    Thanks
    I didn’t have time to listen to your stupid show anyway. Now I’m going somewhere to cry.
  • JudyECFL
    Revive New Abnormal
    Please replace Danielle with Kelly on The New Abnormal. I used to like the show and listened regularly but DM is intolerable due to her screaming, swearing and irrationality. I will miss Fever Dreams.
  • Pypeerey
    Sad it’s over
    I’ve really enjoyed this podcast! Well wishes!!
  • WallyPie
    Goodbye, Fever Dreams
    I’m so sad this podcast is over but the archive shall live on! So many great episodes, such strong investigative reporting. I’ve looked forward to listening every week and will miss them.
  • Kline not Klein
    It’s a shame
    Great podcast. I’ll miss it. Especially Kelly’s voice!
  • Kalfisher
    Whaaa
    Last episode noOOooOOooOoOo
  • Megabeau
    One of the bests
    Sad that Fever Dreams is ending. Truly one of the most informative podcasts about right wing nonsense. Will miss it dearly.
  • L.C.F.
    5 stars
    Great coverage of American far right figures, MAGA world, Q-Anon, and so much more. Def recommend!
  • marynute
    Must listen
    I look forward to this podcast every week. I also read both of the hosts’ books ( listened to Will’s audiobook) and really appreciated how deep they go into this crazy world we are all navigating.
  • Shannon30338
    Reading texts?
    You read on the show and laughed at Alex Jones’ text messages. When will you do a show reading the Podesta emails?
  • Buhnanie
    Interesting but slow down!
    Why does it seem like everyone is trying to speak fast like nervous- sounding Ben Shapiro? I think Shapiro talks fast because he thinks it makes him sound intelligent when it really betrays insecurity. I wouldn’t use him or any other fast talker as a model. Fast talkers generally sound like salesmen trying to scam or overwhelm you. Slower talkers emanate confidence as well as honest deliberation. Slow down!
  • tjffuuv
    Hotdogs
    There is only 1 condiment for hotdogs and that is mustard.
  • Bob LaFollette
    Seriously! Slow Down
    If his book is paced and edited and compressed like this show it will be unreadable! C’mon! Turn off the processing, slow down the pace and speak like a human being.
  • Stopit1234
    Good content, distracting style
    I like the show, but every pause in every sentence is edited out to such an extent that it’s the only thing I can focus on. Let the conversation breathe a bit, guys.
  • Chargooond
    Thom Hartmann
    Don’t worry Kelly & Will! Thom Hartmann isn’t a tighty whitey MAGA troll, he’s pretty progressive!
  • Babs8645
    Absolutely Fascinating & Informative
    I learn valuable information from every episode The host has such a calm and comforting voice in his delivery of terrifying developments
  • Suss328
    Best political podcast
    They always have content I don’t hear anywhere else. I love the show.
  • MeOnEharmony
    Always crazy
    Great content and always introduce a new crazy thing. In-depth interviews and love the hosts!!!
  • Loganfool
    Will “Sever”
    I can’t understand this guy.
  • Tomtttw
    Dragons Fly Together
    This podcast is how I learned that “Baby Q” is literally one of my ex’s bffs from high school. He may be the most famous person from RRHS class of 2009 and I am FULLY embarrassed to have known him. What a world we live in. Anyways, thanks for the depressingly hilarious info Fever Dreams. Keep Austin weird… I guess.
  • Late Bloomer of a Baby Boomer
    My Go-To
    Solid content, interesting guests. Appreciate you guys digging into the mud to keep your listeners informed.
  • MD Jordan
    Interesting, but slow down
    Very interesting content, but wow, slow down. Whenever I listen I have to check to see that I have it running at normal speed because all the hosts and guests talk incredibly fast
  • Dr. Nomecat
    Receipts and Testosterone
    Many toxins, including BPA found in receipt paper, are endocrine disrupters. Plastics leach synthetic estrogens, which we discovered in the 80’s while studying breast cancer (their control groups were growing as quickly as the experimental groups because the plastic petri/peach tree dishes were leaching estrogens). Heat increasing leaching. Happy to provide evidence, but it’s well studied. Try a PubMed search.
  • PrincessLeppard
    Will talks too fast!
    This is a great podcast; it’s always informative and entertaining. That being said, Will! You are great, but could you talk a little slower? Please? You’re the best. Thank you for making this podcast.
  • Sneaky Walter
    Oh my god dude like oh my god bro
    Good show but annoying production and terrible music. Way too much treble and that stupid guitar riff can F right off.
  • Raven_ken
    I like the glaze of angry
    The mind bending crap coming from the right is hard to digest without emotion. As someone that has sacrificed for this country I can’t even express the anger I have with what’s going on. I know when I get angry I get stupid. Listening to someone else that gets where I’m coming from is nice. In a way, I appreciate the delivery of the show even more than the information.
  • BAExtranjero
    Fever Dreams
    The interview with the Kimmy Schmidt actress was awful. I like the podcast in general, but this interview was horrible!
  • Spartanforlife
    Anxiously awaiting Will S return
    I am close to unsubscribing FD because the slow-mo torture of listening to AS thinly veiled anger at everyone / everything is exhausting…Dude, what is wrong with you!
  • Herrow herrow how low
    Love it but room for improvement
    Absolutely love Will Sommer’s work, and listen to every single podcast he appears on, and every single episode of this podcast with Will is great. Without Will tho, it doesn’t always stand-up to the quality I’ve come to expect, and it becomes a bit too much of a “dude” talk show. What we don’t need in this space is more male dominated podcasts being “bros.” The other primary host also isn’t as informed nor as Leftist as Will, so I’ve just resolved to only listening to episodes with Will. Really devastated he’s going on a month hiatus with the pod, but I’ll be here when he returns! Hopefully the other hosts can do better and push themselves to take this as seriously as the primary investigative journalist driving this podcast, does.
  • midwestBlue
    1.5.22
    awesome first show of 2022! inside info. with you and your guest...nice. thank you!
  • JosTAussie
    Fever Dreams is accurate
    These guys dive deep into the alternative reality of crazy right wingers and survive to tell the tale without drinking the Kool aid. Always entertaining and informative
  • LGillee
    My morning commute is so much fun on Wednesdays
    If a podcast about right-wing craziness is sharp and funny enough to inform me and to make me laugh out loud frequently, then it has truly got something amazing going on. I think the hosts are great - smart, hilarious, and thorough -though I worry about their mental health having to delve so perceptively and deeply into this ridiculous upside-down world. Are you guys ok? I hope so, because you are great at what you do. Thanks!
  • Florid1a
    TRASH!
    If you like stupidity, non common sense and trash journalism this is the podcast for you! Lol
  • therealkingcharles
    This podcast is perfectly named!
    Like I said this podcast is perfectly named, it really is a far left fever dream.But what can you expect from the daily beast. Other than hyperbolic garbage
  • EchoparkJimmy
    Donde Esta ARMED JACKALITES?!
    Don’t forget about the Armed Jackalites like Kyle Ugly Cry Rittenhouse.
  • MtnBikingGirl
    Perfection
    Your podcast is one of the only political podcasts I can still listen to after the 2020 election. Love the new abnormal too. Listening to the episode on NRA. I thought they were GD broke!! They just sent my crazy still Trumpy brother a jacket!! Of course they asked him for a “donation” but he has already spent all his limited disposable income on trump 2024 swag. He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he’s my baby brother none the less. I keep hoping once his brain tumor is removed he will wake up to how he has been grifted by Trump. I’m not kidding, he has a brain tumor.
  • Love Stalker
    Fun show!
    I love all podcasts critical of the Qanon phenomenon. I look forward to it every week. The guitar intro doesn’t bother me like it seems to other reviewers on here. I wish the show was longer. It’s edited weirdly. The vocals almost overlap with themselves. I guess it needs to be condensed for the kids.
  • stacey_vl
    Come on
    I generally like your show but this is the second time I’m unsubscribing. The glib crassness of using the phrase “cornholing a child” to indicate child rape is just too inhuman and obnoxious.
  • blue_trees on_fire
    Fun show
    Welcome back Will, now I miss Kelly though. Fun show for when you just need a laugh or a respite from it all. Also, the Spencer Ackerman interview was great even though it was far from hilarious.
  • nonofdabov
    Re: Joe Carnahan interview
    Not as interesting or amusing as previous episodes: speaking of fanboy reviews….
  • RA1815
    Stealing Chapo valor
    The Daily Beast tries to reach young progressives with “edgy” podcast, but fails miserably.
  • Uslayme2021
    This jury member can’t decide
    I am not sure whether I am more horrified about some of the things going on with the loony toons/fringe element now overwhelmingly in charge of the GOP brought to bright light on this podcast or the arrogant East coast views pervasive in ultra liberal views of some of the things said on this podcast remind me of HRC during the 2016 campaign. Both are…disturbing. Come to Ohio and sit in the diners with Biden voters for the next 3 years. Until all media have major hubs in the middle of the country- we have lost America.
  • RedSkyBurns
    Two episodes later..
    This show was a great delight to me every time it popped up in my feed.. I believe that may be the case again one day, but as of now - I am at a loss for words. Swins anxiety over spending some time without his homie Will had me cut the first new episode short.. then the fall of Afghanistan took place. What followed was the most childish episode that could be imagined about one of biggest humanitarian catastrophes of our time, as it only begins to unfold. I have a thousand things to say.. but I'll leave it at that.
  • TrickyGranny
    NSA watching frozen dinner boy
    Wondering if Trump’s pick to oust Mark Sanford in SC, Katie Arrington, could be Tucker’s source. She won against Sanford, but lost to Cunningham, for which Trump rewarded her with a cyber position at the Pentagon. She is on leave currently and stripped of her security clearance for leaking some sort of intel.
  • J.U.I.C.E.
    Pretty funny
    I love the info they cover. They are surprisingly funny
  • Dalex1953
    Just one thing
    I really love this podcast except for the opening music, which may be the worst thing I have ever heard.
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