The Powers That Be: Daily

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 L...

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/priva...

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 practice...

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://po...

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 choi...

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. Vi...

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-el...

Abby Livingston, Puck’s new Congressional correspondent, joins Peter for an animated conversation about the censure effort against Adam Schiff—where it might head and how it plays to his advantage. Then they delve into their CNN roots. 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://podcastc...

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the immediate post-Licht programming highs, and what to expect from CNN in the weeks and months ahead. Then they delve into the various headaches plaguing Insider (nee Business Insider).  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/adch...

Dylan Byers joins Peter for an inside look at Washington Post C.E.O. Fred Ryan’s controversial legacy and what’s next for the paper in its post-“Democracy Dies in the Darkness” era. Then Eriq Gardner breaks down the legal complexifiers buried in the PGA-LIV golf deal. For more from Dylan - https://puck.news/a-tale-of-two-fred-ryans/ For more from Eriq - https://puck.news/the-saudi-pga-ma-legal-hel...

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss whether tech legend North Dakota governor Doug Burgum can buy his way into the G.O.P. presidential race. Then Lauren Sherman drops by to illuminate the Hollywood billionaire quietly cornering the market on America’s resurgent Western nostalgia lovefest.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-polic...

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss whether a string of wannabe blockbusters can revive the summer box office, and if R-rated sex comedies are due for a comeback. Then they get into Tom Cruise’s furious campaign to muscle out Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig in the battle for the big screen. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-poli...

Peter and Ben debate whether Ron DeSantis is a winner or a weirdo, and if the media doom loop narrative is overplayed. Then they weigh the aftershocks of another Trump indictment and the legacy of Youngkin’s “parental rights”campaign. For more from Peter - https://puck.news/desantis-extinction-theory-revisited/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyin...

Jon Kelly reunites with Peter for a post-Licht jam session that focused on David Zaslav’s real priority: servicing the debt burden of the WBD colossus. Then they assess Tucker Carlson’s legal quagmire. 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 and Peter marvel at how Jack Dorsey and the V.C. contrarian crew fell head over heels for alt-left crank RFK Jr. Then Tina joins Ben for a Talmudic reading of Kevin McCarthy’s latest G.O.P. family psychodrama. For more from Teddy - https://puck.news/jack-bobby-2-0/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230609 For more from Tina - https://puck.news/desantiss-iowa-edge-elons-anti-woke...

Dylan Byers, who broke the news on Chris Licht’s ouster at CNN, chats with Peter about how it all went down: when Zaz turned on him and what’s next for both CNN and Licht, himself. For more from Dylan - https://puck.news/lichts-out/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230608 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn...

Eriq Gardner joins Peter to break down the latest twists as A.I. threatens the writers’ strike. Then Bill Cohan and Ben gab about Apple’s new headset, the S.E.C.’s war on crypto, and Dimon ‘24 fever.  For more from Eriq - https://puck.news/is-your-robo-lawyer-breaking-the-law/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230607 For more from Bill - https://puck.news/a-chamath-humbling-president-...