The Powers That Be: Daily
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The Powers That Be: Daily
Join Emmy Award-winning journalist Peter Hamby, along with the team of expert journalists at Puck, as they let you in on the real conversations insiders are having across the four corners of power in America: Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Puck's contributors will bring you s...
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Allbritton’s WaPo War & Politico Hunger Games
Dylan Byers joins Peter to whip-around the latest Washington media news: Robert Allbritton’s campaign to revamp NOTUS into a veritable Washington Post...
Trump’s War Without Friends
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to scrutinize Trump’s attempt to drag NATO into his war with Iran and explain why America’s allies, after years of insults and...
Between Trump and a Hard Place
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to pull back the curtain on Republican senators and their private worries about Trump’s war in Iran. She reveals what t...
Media Monday: The Bari-CNN Org Chart & An NBA Windfall
Besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby work through their Oscars and March Madness hangover to tear through all the CBS News-CNN machinations: what will ge...
The CBS–CNN Marriage Proposal
Sam Feist, the C.E.O. of C-SPAN and former 33-year veteran of CNN, joins Dylan to discuss the long-whispered possibility (now reality) of a marriage b...
What’s Actually Inside the SAVE America Act?
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to explain the ins and outs of Trump’s latest obsession: the SAVE America Act—a proposed bill that would require proof...
The Lone Star Standoff
Abby Livingston joins Peter to break down the state of paralysis in Texas with Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton locked in a marquee runoff for S...
Trump’s Iran Bait-and-Switch
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to decipher the diplomatic fallout from Trump’s war in Iran, and whether his contradictory comments reveal an endgame. Then th...
Wall Street’s Iran Reckoning
Bill Cohan joins Peter to break down a whiplash week on Wall Street as the conflict with Iran rattled global markets. With equities swinging, futures...
Media Monday: The Jeff Shellscape & Ellison Leverage Math
Jon Kelly returns to Media Monday to walk through Paramount Skydance president Jeff Shell’s likelihood of survival amid a new legal investigation. The...
Can ParaBros Keep the NFL?
Guggenheim analyst Mike Morris joins John to discuss how a combined Paramount-WBD could impact future NFL media rights deals. Then they break down the...
Trump’s A.I. Army
Ian Kreitzberg joins Peter to discuss the Pentagon’s evolving relationship with artificial intelligence, from the use of A.I. tools for combat, intell...
Charting the Iran Endgame
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to break down the most pressing questions, developments, and lines of inquiry surrounding the war in Iran: Why Donald Trump de...
Iran Market Jitters & The Ellisons’ Final Test
Bill Cohan joins Peter to break down how the war in Iran might ripple through the global economy and impact energy prices. Then they discuss whether t...
Don’t Mess With Texas: Primary Edition!
Abby Livingston joins Peter Hamby to rap about the chaotic primary elections in Texas. The duo discuss the knock-down-drag-out fight for the Republica...
Media Monday: Ellison Carnage & Politico Pivots
Besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to work through the second and third order effects of Paramount Skydance’s stunning WBD victory. Then they d...
The Making of Tucker Carlson
Jason Zengerle joins Dylan for a deep dive into his new book, ‘Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mi...
Ssense’s Bankruptcy Survival Plan
Puck’s new retail correspondent Malique Morris joins Peter to assess the turbulence facing Ssense, the once-buzzy luxury platform that built its name...
Anthropic’s Ethical Dilemma
Ian Krietzberg joins Peter to break down the standoff between Anthropic and Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense, which is pressuring the company to l...
Iran’s Nuclear Chessboard
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to break down the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran, as protests flare across the country and American envoys trav...
State of Disunion
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to discuss the political crosscurrents heading into Trump’s State of the Union, with Democrats split over whether to pr...
Media Monday: Netflix Truthers & Goodell's Mercy Killing
Besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to chew over Ted Sarandos' media crusade to win the WBD deal. Then the duo contemplate the latest twist in t...
Can Sports Save Peacock?
NBC Sports president Rick Cordella joins Dylan to discuss a pivotal month for the network, from the Super Bowl to the Winter Olympics and the NBA All-...
Victoria’s Secret Truths
Lauren Sherman joins Peter to break down Les Wexner’s testimony for the House Oversight Committee, in which the former Victoria’s Secret mogul confron...
What Really Happened with Stephen Colbert?
Dylan Byers joins Peter to break down what really happened at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where an interview with Democratic Senate candidate...
Dems’ ICE Cold Shutdown
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to explain why Democrats are content to let the partial government shutdown drag on, convinced they’ve got the public o...
Marco Rubio’s Munich Moment
Julia Ioffe joins Peter for an inside look at the Munich Security Conference and the anxiety over the future of the transatlantic alliance after Trump...
Media Monday: The NFL Bidding War
Jon Kelly joins Julia Alexander, who is moonlighting for an under-the-weather Peter, to plot out the endgame of the NFL’s forthcoming media partner ne...
Sports People
Lauren’s guest is Kyle Smith, fashion editor of the NFL and stylist to many of the league’s biggest stars, including Joe Burrow. They discuss the deep...
Inside the NBA’s All-Star Glow-up
John Ourand joins Peter to take the temperature of the NBA as All-Star Weekend descends on Los Angeles and league insiders toast to a season they cons...
A Super Bowl Ratings Autopsy
Julia Alexander joins Peter to slice through the final, official Super Bowl ratings across the various platforms the game aired on—and consider whethe...
Can the Washington Post Be Saved?
Dylan Byers joins Peter to help make sense of the latest chapter of dysfunction at the Washington Post, where owner Jeff Bezos just forced out the emb...
Washington’s Shutdown Déjà Vu
Abby Livingston joins Peter to assess whether Washington is barreling toward another partial government shutdown, as Democrats and Republicans remain...
Media Monday: The Will Lewis Chernobyl Moment
Besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to chop up the Will Lewis tragedy at the Post—what went wrong, what went wronger, and whether it’s too late...
Sen. Moreno’s Stablecoin Solution
In this special episode, Leigh Ann Caldwell sits down with Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio to discuss the stalled market structure bill gover...
Rooney Rule Revisited & R.I.P. R.S.N.s
John Ourand joins Peter with an inside look from Super Bowl week in the Bay Area, where NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is facing renewed scrutiny over...
The ICE Age of A.I.
Ian Krietzberg joins Peter to cut through the fog around ICE’s use of A.I. tools to target illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens, as questions about ov...
Gavin Newsom’s Road to ’28
John Heilemann joins Peter to handicap California Governor Gavin Newsom as the Democrats’ early 2028 frontrunner. John lays out Newsom’s unique advant...
Capitol Hill’s Thin ICE
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to break down the escalating ICE fight on Capitol Hill and the procedural maneuvering tied to reopening the government...
Media Monday: Bari’s Battle Cry & Lemon Behind Bars
After a chilling week, Jon Kelly returns to discuss the lessons from Don Lemon’s stunning arrest in Los Angeles. Then Jon and Peter highlight the simi...