The program first aired in August 2005 on WXOJ-LP, a radio station located in Northampton, Massachusetts, later being nationally syndicated, and eventually achieving broader international distribution in a number of countries, as well as online.

[5][6] Pakman has responded that these interviews expose their opinions to the public, putting them on record, and that he does not simply give them a "platform" to express their views without balance.

[10] In 2009, The David Pakman Show added its first commercial radio affiliates, starting with Green 1640 in Atlanta, Georgia and WHMP Northampton, Massachusetts.

Shortly after a broadcast on April 28, 2010, visitors to the show's website began to observe that the site was not functioning properly, and sometimes was inaccessible altogether.

[needs update] In March 2012, the show announced an expansion to four episodes per week, Monday-Thursday, and a move to an earlier live broadcast time, 2pm EST.

[citation needed] On April 13, 2014, Miller was arrested as the prime suspect in the Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting.

This arrest led to a frenzy of media interest, with Pakman and the original interview featured on CNN,[16][17] The Huffington Post,[18][19] The Boston Herald,[20] Mother Jones,[21] Raw Story,[22] Democracy Now,[7] WGGB-TV,[5] and Minneapolis radio station AM950.

[25] Former Navy Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt, who has expressed anti-gay positions,[26][27][better source needed] has appeared on The David Pakman Show.

He was honorably but involuntarily discharged from the Navy after a court-martial proceeding for refusing an order not to appear in uniform at political events to "pray in Jesus' name".

The interview drew media coverage due to the fact that both men held anti-gay positions, but disagreed on the reasons why being homosexual was wrong.