Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the private conversation on Capitol Hill about Mitch McConnell’s health—plus, the intrigue in town surrounding the most watched ‘24 races. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to chew over the Twitter-to-X catastrophe and then dig into the bizarre sotto voce media curiosity syndrome. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to discuss an epic Greenwich Village co-op battle that will make you move to Mars. Then Tina Nguyen explains DeSantis’s crumbling surveillance state. For more from Eriq - https://puck.news/justin-theroux-the-greenwich-village-co-op-battle-from-hell/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230728 For more from Tina - https://puck.news/desantis-blame-games-witch-hunt-mania/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230728 To learn more about liste...
Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to work through the story that everyone in media is talking about right now. Then Lauren Sherman and Ben Landy dig into that $4 billion Skims valuation. For more from Dylan - https://puck.news/notes-on-cnn-that-zucker-story/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Abby Livingston and Peter talk about the political hopes of Lauren Boebert, the MTG nemesis who is perhaps the least likely representative of Aspen imaginable. Then they draft the Congressional stars who might be quietly eyeing 2028. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Julia Ioffe chats with Peter Hamby about what really goes down at the Aspen Security Conference, where district natives hang every summer with the brahmins from the deep state. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jon Kelly joins Peter for a spirited chat on how much Bob Iger could rake in for selling Disney’s various non-essential assets, and which entities he might sell. Then they talk about the impact that the Republican primary circus will have on various incumbent mediacos and startups, alike. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss John Harris’s return to the top of the greasy pole at Politico. Then the duo discuss the new leadership regimes at CNN and The Washington Post. For more from Dylan - https://puck.news/the-politico-animal/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230721 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the most surprising races playing out on Capitol Hill. Then Ben Landy and Lauren Sherman discuss what fashion mogul Francois-Henri Pinault might do with CAA. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Julia Ioffe calls Peter from Europe with a critical update on Ukraine’s latest drone strike deep inside Russian territory. Then Eriq Gardner swings by to explain Hollywood’s surprising beef with A.I. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Matt Belloni joins Peter Hamby to break down every angle of the historic dual writers-and-actors’ strike: Fran Drescher’s war cry, A-list pay disparities, Iger’s faux pas, the streaming conundrum, and how it all ends. For more from Matt - https://puck.news/burning-questions-on-hollywoods-summer-from-hell/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jon Kelly joins Peter to talk through all the various implications of Bob Iger's latest contract extension: the deal machinations, succession rumblings, and more. Then they dig into the New York Times Co.'s decision to cede its sports section to The Athletic and why it was so obvious (and necessary). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to discuss and dissect the SCOTUS decision to overrule affirmative action in the college admissions process—and what it really reveals about history and our future. For more from Baratunde - https://puck.news/the-end-of-affirmative-action-and-the-attempt-to-erase-race/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230713 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices....
Ben Landy talks to Teddy Schleifer about the extraordinary progressive campaign to humiliate Peter Thiel. And then Peter Hamby and Dylan Byers dig into the chatter at the annual Allen & Co Sun Valley affair. For more from Teddy - https://puck.news/thiel-brock-a-gutter-oppo-campaign-for-our-times/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230713 For more from Dylan - https://puck.news/notes-from-sun-valley/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230713 To learn more about...
Abby Livingston and Peter talk about the anger, rage, confusion and other complex feelings surrounding Joe Manchin and the No Labels third party movement. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner detail Zuck’s most unusual legal headaches. For more from Eriq - https://puck.news/marks-onlyfans-headache-elons-empty-threats/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230712 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about yo...
Bill Cohan and Peter chat about the growing feud between Zuck and Musk, the credibility of Threads, and whether the market actually needs a Twitter competitor. For more from Bill - https://puck.news/elons-options-a-lazard-micro-scandal/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230711 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss how Threads made it to 100 million downloads in a week, and whether it still might be a fad. And then they dig into ESPN’s layoffs, and the transformation ahead. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to connect the dots between Prigozhin’s exile, the false calm in Moscow, and a missing Russian general. Then Teddy Schleifer swings by to decipher Trump’s latest campaign haul and a new DeSantis dilemma. For more from Julia - https://puck.news/putins-post-prigozhin-clean-up/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Lauren Sherman and Ben Landy discuss Kanye West’s latest, unusual, and utterly predictable business deal. And Eriq Gardner tells Peter Hamby about a tech case headed up the legal ladder that could blow your mind. For more from Lauren - https://puck.news/ye-dov-are-having-a-fashion-baby/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230706 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https:...
Is Musk deliberately sabotaging Twitter to buy its debt back on the cheap? Or is the world’s richest man just sabotaging himself? Bill Cohan and Peter discuss. For more from Bill - https://puck.news/the-elon-twitter-debt-vulcan-chess-theory/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Abby Livingston joins Peter to dig into all the House Republicans’ impeachment fantasies, sorting through which are real and which are bogus and illuminating their ulterior motives. Happy Independence Day! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
On a special holiday edition of America’s favorite media readout, Jon Kelly and Peter explain the stakes behind Tucker Carlson’s fundraise and then weigh in on the burden Hunter Biden is placing on his dad. The duo also engages in some rogue casting assignments… To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the extent of the Hunter Biden fallout. Is it Benghazi? Whitewater? Or a nothing-burger? Then Ben Landy and Lauren Sherman dig into the Olsen Twins’ fashion fundraising sitch. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Peter and Teddy Schleifer dig into the huge gap between Chris Christie’s donor support and his electoral opportunity, and then they predict where the No Labels anxiety may lead. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner explain the court case Elon Musk is dreading. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dylan Byers joins Peter to unpack Fox’s post-Dominion, post-Tucker scramble in prime time: the ascent of Jesse Watters, the slight demotion of Laura Ingraham and… Gutfeld! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Julia joins Peter to explain the coup that wasn’t. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby discuss a media question that is now almost on the table: Can David Zaslav trade CNN? And would such a deal, which would take years, get initiated at Sun Valley? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss Robert De Niro’s $6 million legal war with his former assistant. And then Tina Nguyen and Ben Landy dig into the tiff consuming the Capitol. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Teddy Schleifer and Peter discuss how Kennedy’s new V.C. fan club could scramble the Democratic primary. Then Dylan Byers stops by with an inside look at how Fox News is using Brett Baier to de-Tuckerize dayside. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Lauren Sherman joins Peter to discuss why the Arnault family entrusted Pharrell with the menswear line of the world’s most lucrative brand. And then Bill Cohan enumerates Elon’s creditor problems in conversation with Ben Landy. For more from Lauren - https://puck.news/inside-lvmhs-pharrell-fantasy/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230621 for more from Bill - https://puck.news/will-elon-lose-control-of-twitter/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230621 To learn m...
