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Cheat Sheet Podcast from The Daily Beast

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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. 


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

July 31, 2021 18:23 - 4 minutes - 4 MB

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; Afghan translators and interpreters have arrived in the U.S. after years of helping U.S. troops in Afghanistan; Then-President Trump was really fixated on changing 2020 election results; Team USA ...

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

July 30, 2021 12:12 - 3 minutes - 3.48 MB

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 Cheat Sheet team is watching: The Delta variant of the coronavirus is running amuck; Looks like military members are being somewhat obligated to get vaccinated; PG&E may get hit with a serious legal c...

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday,

July 29, 2021 17:02 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MB

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 the narrative of the election; A Republican representative says that the Capitol insurrection wasn’t serious—even though he was prepared with body armor; The ex-NRA president and his wife allegedly k...

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

July 29, 2021 17:02 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MB

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 the narrative of the election; A Republican representative says that the Capitol insurrection wasn’t serious—even though he was prepared with body armor; The ex-NRA president and his wife allegedly ki...

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

July 29, 2021 11:50 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MB

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 a walkout; Kyrie Irving is at odds with Nike and the new shoes the company has named after him; When the earth seems as if it’s at the brink of mass destruction, your best bet may be to head to New Z...

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

July 28, 2021 17:15 - 3 minutes - 2.87 MB

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 McConnell actually looks out for the people in Kentucky in new ads; A German sports broadcaster says something pretty offensive during an Olympic cycling race. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

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

July 28, 2021 11:36 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MB

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 South Korea may be on talking terms; Julian Assange loses his Ecuadorian citizenship; Kanye West shows off living in a small room at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

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

July 27, 2021 18:43 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MB

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 the death penalty in one Georgia county but could still face it in another; A Pennsylvania cop has been arrested for allegedly luring kids for sex in Atlantic City; Simone Bilespulls out of the Olympics...

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

July 27, 2021 11:21 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MB

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 after allegedly attempting to put a hit on a rival drug dealer; Jeff Bezos keeps finding outlandish ways to spend his billions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 26, 2021 17:20 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MB

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 restaurant; Children in Indonesia make up 12.5 percent of the country’s COVID infections; Workers for New York City will be required to be vaccinated by September; Scammers capitalized off of the coronavir...

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

July 26, 2021 11:08 - 2 minutes - 2.58 MB

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 play in a soccer tournament; A Republican lawmaker is stricken with COVID-19 for the second time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 23, 2021 18:31 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MB

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 establishes a new name and retires its old racist one; The memory of former Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest is booted from Tennessee’s Capitol building. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

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

July 23, 2021 11:28 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MB

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 Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall on a challenge to Roe v. Wade; Actual news sites accidentally give their readers a little more than news coverage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

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

July 22, 2021 18:31 - 3 minutes - 3.04 MB

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 slowed down; A Philly cop gets busted for tampering with evidence; Speaking of Philly, someone was shot outside of a famous cheesesteak shop; Simone Biles busts a move that no other gymnast has been a...

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

July 22, 2021 11:52 - 2 minutes - 2.46 MB

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 from joining the Games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, July

July 21, 2021 17:57 - 3 minutes - 3.13 MB

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 rains cause massive flooding in China; The winning streak ends for the U.S. women’s soccer team; Personnel is shaken up at ESPN after “diversity” drama; A man in Indonesia dresses up as his wife to sneak...

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Wednesday, July

July 21, 2021 17:57 - 3 minutes - 3.13 MB

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 rains cause massive flooding in China; The winning streak ends for the U.S. women’s soccer team; Personnel is shaken up at ESPN after “diversity” drama; A man in Indonesia dresses up as his wife to snea...

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

July 21, 2021 11:47 - 3 minutes - 3.08 MB

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 the West Coast; The youngest paid FBI informant ever files a lawsuit against former agents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, July 20, 2021

July 20, 2021 21:17 - 2 minutes - 1.92 MB

Here are the top five stories the cheat sheet team is watching right now: Australian Man Uses Bedsheets to Escape Mandatory Quarantine, ‘Havana Syndrome’ Case Numbers Near 200 Americans, Including a Baby Victim, Says Report, Tokyo 2020 Chief Admits: We Might Still Need to Cancel the Games, Athletes Will Battle COVID and Heat in Potentially Hottest Olympics Ever and India’s Coronavirus Death Toll Likely 3 to 4 Million, 10 Times More Than Reported, Official Says Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

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

July 20, 2021 07:20 - 2 minutes - 2.1 MB

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. 9, Kanye West Compares Living With Kim Kardashian to Jail in New Song: Report, Florida Man Gets Attacked by Alligator After Falling Off Bike, Provincetown COVID Outbreak Grows to 130+, Prompts New Mask Advisory and Stocks Tank Amid Fears Over Delta-Driven COVID-19 Surge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 19, 2021 17:08 - 2 minutes - 2.1 MB

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 ‘Masturbating’ Furor, Massive California Wildfire Spawns Hellish ‘Pyro’ Cloud and Israeli Spyware Used to Target Journalists, Activists Worldwide: Investigation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

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

July 19, 2021 06:40 - 2 minutes - 2.23 MB

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 Declares ‘I Quit’ in Defiant Instagram Post and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Folds, Agrees to Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 16, 2021 18:24 - 2 minutes - 2.12 MB

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 Tops 90, Over 1,300 Missing, New York Attorney General Will Question Cuomo in Sex Harassment Probe and Red Sox Game Axed After Another COVID Outbreak in New York Yankees Camp. Hosted on Acast. See a...

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

July 16, 2021 05:50 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

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 Is Requiring Masks Indoors Again, Even If You’re Vaccinated and Staffers at Kylie Jenner’s Former Makeup Lab Say They Weren’t Allowed to Look at Her When She Visited. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

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

July 15, 2021 18:10 - 2 minutes - 2.4 MB

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 in Head, ‘It’s a Catastrophe!’: 26 Dead and Dozens Missing as Floods Submerge Germany and Man Seen Dangling From Senate Balcony on Jan. 6 Pleads Guilty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

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

July 15, 2021 07:02 - 2 minutes - 2.24 MB

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 After Suffering Hiccups for 10 Days and George W. Bush Says He Worries About ‘Bad Consequences’ of U.S. Troops Exiting Afghanistan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 14, 2021 17:56 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MB

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 Apartheid; A bar in Wyoming sells very hateful merchandise; Tucker Carlson’s old elementary teacher throws water on his childhood memories; People in Long Beach, California, are swapping jabs for join...

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

July 14, 2021 11:35 - 3 minutes - 3.71 MB

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 to create an item that looks like a toy; Vladimir Guerrero Jr. becomes the youngest ever All-Star Game MVP during an MLB game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 13, 2021 18:57 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MB

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 the state to block voting bill will be arrested; Former L’Oreal employees detail their grief while working at the company; The Vatican could be fighting to keep discriminatory laws in place for its ow...

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

July 13, 2021 18:57 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MB

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 the state to block voting bill will be arrested; Former L’Oreal employees detail their grief while working at the company; The Vatican could be fighting to keep discriminatory laws in place for its o...

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

July 13, 2021 11:01 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MB

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 UCLA; Bill Gates is shaken up by his divorce; An Olympics chief makes a pretty embarrassing and cringe-worthy mixup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 12, 2021 19:43 - 2 minutes - 2.45 MB

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 Selfies, Britney Spears Asks to Hire High-Powered Lawyer to the Stars and Multi-Car Crash With Moose Hospitalizes Five. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 12, 2021 08:24 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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 National Park Top 130 Degrees and Fox Runs All-Caps Disclaimer Over Trump’s Lies About Stolen Election at CPAC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 09, 2021 19:41 - 3 minutes - 2.87 MB

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 swoops in to take control of Afghanistan; Giant pandas are no longer considered to be endangered, but instead are “vulnerable.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 09, 2021 11:28 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MB

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 Yorkers wade through water after Elsa makes landfall on the East Coast; Zaila Avant-garde is not only a spelling bee champ, but she also has a title in the Guinness Book of World Records. Hosted on Acast...

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

July 08, 2021 18:24 - 4 minutes - 4.64 MB

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 Trump’s elections dealings in the state; Feds give a pricey incentive to anti-vaxxers; Authorities have yet to find any evidence that a transgender person was at an L.A.-area spa the day an attack was s...

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

July 08, 2021 11:03 - 3 minutes - 3.5 MB

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 gets more than a toy in his Happy Meal; Nick Cannon keeps having babies—we just want to understand why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 07, 2021 17:28 - 5 minutes - 5.08 MB

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 insurrectionist kept a Lego model of the building he supposedly stormed; A surrogate wants custody of the baby she carried; Bill Cosby is trying to turn his legal experience into some form of enterta...

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

July 07, 2021 11:46 - 3 minutes - 3.71 MB

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 the U.S.-Mexico border for another year; Another scandal rocks Chris Brown’s name. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, July

July 06, 2021 18:17 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MB

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 France; Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates will join the English department at Howard University; Some people in the RNC did not want to vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election—and ...

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, July

July 06, 2021 18:17 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MB

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 France; Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates will join the English department at Howard University; Some people in the RNC did not want to vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election—and s...

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

July 06, 2021 11:11 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MB

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 the singer wishes to retire; A woman tries to behead her dog with a sword; An albino python finds its way up a man’s toilet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

July 02, 2021 18:51 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MB

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 wants to change how sexual assault cases are handled in the military; Track star Sha’Carri Richardson explains how she dealt with grief after finding out her biological mother passed away; A Michigan war...

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

July 02, 2021 11:34 - 3 minutes - 2.86 MB

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 police chief says that putting KKK material on the desk of a Black employee was just a joke; Sha’Carri Richardson could face a penalty for cannabis use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

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

July 01, 2021 18:37 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MB

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 if they accepted House Leader Nancy Pelosi’s offer to serve on the Capitol riot investigation committee; There are fears that the rest of the Miami condo will fall; Tour de France organizers don’t wan...

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

July 01, 2021 11:50 - 3 minutes - 3.54 MB

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 legally tied to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

June 30, 2021 17:54 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MB

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 during the heatwave; The Trump Organization is going down; Turns out, trans athletes in sports is not a real problem—unlike what many conservatives try to claim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

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

June 30, 2021 11:49 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MB

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 battle against her conservatorship; Serena Williams gets injured during her Wimbledon match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich; An activist who explored intersecting issues of race, gender, and class has died ...

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

June 29, 2021 17:56 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MB

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 are overwhelmed with victims due to heat illnesses; A man blames meth use for leaping out of a plane’s emergency exit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

June 29, 2021 11:40 - 3 minutes - 3.54 MB

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 social media monopoly; A lost Picasso painting has been recovered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.