Tara Palmeri joins Peter to unpack a handful of hot-button political topics and late-race machinations: Don Jr.’s new role in Trumpworld, the campaigns’ laser focus on North Carolina, and why some voters are still undecided with only three weeks until Election 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
Oct 16, 2024•29 min
Lauren Sherman joins Peter Hamby for a discussion about the rise, fall, and plateau of Victoria’s Secret, the subject of her new book, Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon. Then, Lauren delves into Kim Jones’ departure from Fendi and the likely domino effect it will cause among the major fashion houses. 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://podca...
Oct 15, 2024•25 min
Jon Kelly joins Dylan Byers to weigh into the five-alarm shitshow enveloping CBS News following Tony Dokoupil’s antagonistic interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates. Then they delve into how a recent NBC micro-scandal feeds into the hunger screams of late-stage linear TV. 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
Oct 14, 2024•29 min
John Ourand joins Dylan Byers for a rollicking discussion about the future of MLB’s media rights and the role of ESPN in the sports streaming landscape. They also explain why a potential Yankees-Dodgers World Series is at the top of Fox’s wish list (yes, even more so than a Yankees-Mets Subway Series…). 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
Oct 11, 2024•25 min
Matt Belloni joins Dylan Byers to unpack Netflix’s new compensation model before explaining why ‘Joker 2’ is a win for filmmaker Todd Phillips despite being a box office flop. 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
Oct 10, 2024•24 min
Julia Ioffe joins Dylan Byers to offer her poignant reflections on the October 7 tragedy and explain why, over the past year, the political and media narrative surrounding the war in the Middle East has been both dangerously muddled and incredibly difficult to countenance. 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
Oct 09, 2024•28 min
John Heilemann joins Dylan Byers for a deep-dive on the state of the race, from the potential impact of an October surprise to Harris’s attempt to lure new voters with her homestretch media strategy. 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
Oct 08, 2024•29 min
Jon Kelly joins Peter for a candid conversation about the recent exodus of news anchor mega talent (Hoda, Norah…) and the exits still to come (Lester, Wolf, Stephanopoulos…) as primetime TV gets smaller and smaller. Then they weigh into Brian Williams’ upcoming Election Night special with Amazon and discuss why there’s hope—and doubt—surrounding CNN’s paywall strategy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about you...
Oct 07, 2024•29 min
A HISTORY Channel original podcast, HISTORY This Week gives you insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today. Through interviews with experts and eyewitnesses, each episode will give you a new perspective on how history is written. 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
Oct 05, 2024•5 min
Art world insider Marion Maneker joins Peter to discuss why Ron Perelman, once the richest man in the U.S., is offloading $1 billion worth of art. Then they dig into the art market downturn squeezing Sotheby’s, and whether the Emiratis could snatch the legendary auction house out of billionaire Patrick Drahi’s hands. 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/adchoi...
Oct 04, 2024•28 min
Bill Cohan joins Peter to unravel how Ron Perelman, the former billionaire corporate raider, was forced to liquidate his favorite yacht, Hamptons home, and famed art collection in pursuit of the “simpler life.” Then they trade notes on Tuesday’s mostly-bland V.P. debate, the candidates’ rival plans to solve the housing crisis, and whether a good old-fashion recession could solve the problem. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-poli...
Oct 03, 2024•30 min
Live from New York, it’s a special veep debate episode with John Heilemann and Dylan Byers joining Peter to recap the highlights and lowlights of the Walz-Vance undercard: their snap assessments of the candidates’ performances, how it’s all playing on TV—and, most importantly, whether their confrontation will move the needle in November. 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://podc...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Abby Livingston joins Peter to preview tonight’s undercard between Tim Walz and J.D. Vance, two rival Midwest archetypes selling two very different visions of America. Historically, the V.P. debate doesn’t move the needle. Peter and Abby pressure-test that theory and ponder why tonight’s showdown could potentially be the most interesting V.P. matchup in years. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choi...
Oct 01, 2024•20 min
Jon Kelly joins Peter to chew over the forthcoming VP debate and the latest details of the Nuzzigate scandal. The duo also discuss the massive implications of Netflix's new model innovation--or reversion. 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
Sep 30, 2024•21 min
Tara Palmeri joins Peter to share intel on the ongoing rumblings out of Mar-a-Lago: Trump’s fascination with the Nuzzi-R.F.K. Jr. scandal, his threat to sue David Muir over his debate performance, his microtargeting campaign, and Corey Lewandowski’s rejoining Trump’s orbit on the campaign trail. By the way, to celebrate Puck’s third anniversary, we’re offering readers a limited-time, 20 percent discount off an annual subscription. Claim yours here: www.puck.news/peterhamby. To learn more about l...
Sep 27, 2024•19 min
Bill Cohan joins Peter Hamby to discuss the fresh outcry over putrid working conditions on Wall Street, following the sudden deaths of two BofA junior bankers. Then they assess whether a slate of amicus briefs could save Diddy's bunkmate S.B.F. from a quarter century in the clink. To celebrate Puck’s third anniversary, we’re offering readers a limited-time, 20 percent discount on an annual subscription. Claim yours here: www.puck.news/peterhamby. To learn more about listener data and our privacy...
Sep 26, 2024•29 min
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to illuminate the odds of a wider war in the Middle East amid escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah. Then, they discuss how the Biden administration is approaching this year’s United Nations General Assembly and whether the flawed institution can be saved. We’re still offering readers a limited-time, 20 percent discount off an annual subscription. Claim yours here: www.puck.news/peterhamby. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: http...
Sep 25, 2024•27 min
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the continued fallout from the salacious sexting scandal between Olivia Nuzzi and R.F.K. Jr. that’s taken the media world by storm. Then, the duo unpacks why journalists care so much and whether this will have implications on other women in political journalism. By the way, to celebrate Puck’s third anniversary, we’re offering readers a limited-time, 20 percent discount off an annual subscription. Claim yours here: www.puck.news/peterhamby. To learn more about ...
Sep 24, 2024•27 min
On today’s episode of The Powers That Be, Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby for a candid, wide-ranging convo about Woj’s retirement from the news industry, the tumultuous presidential race’s impact on N.F.L.’s viewership, and the sexting scandal between star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi and former presidential candidate R.F.K. Jr. By the way, to celebrate Puck’s third anniversary, we’re offering readers a limited-time, 20 percent discount off an annual subscription. Claim yours here: www.puck.news/...
Sep 23, 2024•29 min
On a very special episode, Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss the cascading political impacts of the Fed’s rate cut, whether Kamala or Trump will take credit for a “soft landing,” and why Wall Street dealmakers are sitting on their hands until after the election. By the way, to celebrate Puck’s third anniversary, we’re offering readers a limited-time, 20 percent discount off an annual subscription. Claim yours here: https://www.puck.news/peterhamby To learn more about listener data and our privac...
Sep 20, 2024•21 min
Dylan Byers joins Peter to unpack the shocking news of ESPN's peerless scoop machine, Adrian Wojnarowski, leaving $20 million on the table to join his alma mater’s athletic department. Then they turn to the looming deal between KKR and Mathias Döpfner to break up Axel Springer. 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
Sep 19, 2024•27 min
Abby Livingston joins Peter Hamby to reveal the inside chatter on Capitol Hill surrounding a potential Republican-led government shutdown, how the Senate map is shaking out, and whether the Dems can achieve their longstanding fantasy of turning Texas blue. By the way, to celebrate Puck’s third anniversary, we’re offering readers a limited-time, 20 percent discount off an annual subscription. Claim yours here: https://www.puck.news/peterhamby To learn more about listener data and our privacy prac...
Sep 18, 2024•20 min
Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to chart the strange journey of Ryan Routh, the would-be Trump assassin in Florida, who spent the last several years waging a lonely and quixotic crusade to save Ukraine. 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
Sep 17, 2024•26 min
Jon Kelly joins Peter to catch up on Puck’s swell third anniversary party before weighing in on the end of the Code Conference and David Zaslav’s apocryphal negotiating win. 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
Sep 16, 2024•23 min
Tara Palmeri swings by the pod to chat with Peter about the gushing punditry surrounding Kamala’s debate performance, whether it’s actually in line with what voters saw, and how the Trump campaign is circling the wagons. 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
Sep 13, 2024•25 min
Senior congressional reporter Abby Livingston joins Peter, live in New York, to parse the post-debate chatter surrounding whether House Democrats will enjoy a Harris bump. Then they dig into the emerging consensus and counter-narratives about which battleground states might now be in play. 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
Sep 12, 2024•20 min
In a very special episode, Peter is joined by John Heilemann and Dylan Byers to share their immediate analysis of the climactic Trump-Harris debate in Philadelphia—the vibes, the polling implications, the bounce scenarios and the known unknowns of it all. 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
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to unpack the ‘Succession’-style courtroom battle enveloping the Murdoch clan as Rupert fights to ensure that his chosen heir, Lachlan, maintains control of his conservative media empire. Then they dig into a pair of defamation lawsuits against CNN and MSNBC. 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
Sep 10, 2024•21 min
Jon Kelly and Peter dig into Brian Stelter's return to CNN--and the nature of the network that is welcoming him back. Then the two preview the consequences of Tuesday's presidential debate. 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
Sep 09, 2024•30 min
Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to unpack a wholly different angle to the presidential race: the lawsuit brought against Trump by heirs of the soul music icon Isaac Hayes. Sure, there’s a long history of political campaigns using unlicensed hit songs at rallies, but Eriq explains why this case, in particular, could change that practice forever. 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:...
Sep 06, 2024•22 min