The Powers That Be: Daily

Julia Ioffe talks to Peter about the former restaurateur-turned-paramilitary honcho who mystifyingly poses the greatest internal threat to Vladimir Putin. Then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen discuss the shapeshifting of Marjorie Taylor Greene. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about listener data and...

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss the insanity of the “Unity Caucus” while Bill Cohan and Ben discuss Elon’s cray endgame. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit http...

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the latest internal angst gripping The New York Times. Did a one-day walkout rattle management or merely underscore their total leverage? Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-polic...

Bill Cohan joins Peter to chat about The Trump Organization’s latest legal headaches and what it means for the former president. Then marketing deity Alex Bigler offers a clarification to Puck’s New Yorker treatment. Teddy and Eriq's Article - https://puck.news/the-s-b-f-legal-meteor/ Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-...

Tara joins Peter to do some serious delegate math on Kevin McCarthy’s predicament. And then Teddy Schleifer plays the greatest hits of his S.B.F. interview with Ben Landy. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-poli...

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss a couple of micro-controversies emanating from Semafor, the early-stage D.C. media startup. Then Julia Ioffe and Ben Landy discuss the conflicting views inside the U.S. government about how the war in Ukraine will end. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about lis...

Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to imagine the digital town square after Twitter, and assess the companies trying to create it. Then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander discuss the intricacy of Netflix’s latest programming challenge. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about listener data and our privacy...

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the wind-down of The Recount, John Heilemann’s political digital media startup that missed the moment. Then they break the fourth wall to discuss The New Yorker’s profile of Puck. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visi...

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss CNN’s green room massacre—whether it's overblown, overdue, or just the natural order of things. Then marketing ace Alex Bigler swings by to get the inside story on how Puck’s reporters are countenancing the biggest story of our times. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To lear...

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss Kevin McCarthy’s tenuous position as he attempts to persuade the fringiest members of his caucus that he’s just likable enough to be Speaker. Then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen get into whether Trump’s campaign is already toast. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choice...

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss the latest casualties and innuendo regarding the Iger succession plan. Then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy chew over a few surprising wrinkles of the FTX legal fallout.  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 discuss the critical global weapons shortage that no one wants to talk about. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer get into the next round of S.B.F. intrigue. 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 the next steps in Iger’s return, and where the calculus sits a week after the stunning announcement. They also chew over Elon the C.E.O. vs Elon the Narcissist and the collapse of Protocol, D.C.’s attempt at The Information. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about...

Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to discuss the G.O.P.'s Kevin McCarthy compromise: the party's inside conversation about the reality behind the policy-light, ideology-free, newscycle-obsessed career pol who just wants the gavel. Then they get into the Trump of it all. Is he running to win in 2024, or just to outpace DeSantis and his lawyers? And is he already out of gas? To learn more about listene...

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the latest Iger intrigue and talk around town regarding the only thing people care about: what’s next at Disney. 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 joins Peter to discuss S.B.F. post-FTX’s collapse—what lessons has he learned, how is he responding, what are his parents doing? Then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander get into Bob Iger’s new mandate at Disney. 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/ad...

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Putin’s latest machinations, and then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy game out Bob Iger’s next moves. 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 Elon Musk’s financial incentives to recalibrate Twitter’s valuation. Then the duo trade insider notes on the latest phase of the CNN drama. 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 discuss Putin’s retreat from Kherson and how an errant missile nearly sparked WWIII. Then marketing genius Alex Bigler talks with author William D. Cohan about his newest bestselling tome, “Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about you...

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss Trump’s milquetoast announcement, poor early showing, and various legal headaches. Will he regain the party or go fully carny? And then Ben Landy and Dylan Byers explain how the media is treating its third go-around. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Bill Cohan and Teddy Schleifer join Peter to discuss the latest revelations in the FTX nightmare: the possibility of the slammer, the investigations, the pissed investors, and the future of Sand Hill Road’s relationship with crypto princes. 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://pod...

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss David Zaslav’s stated interest in reviving Warner Bros. Discovery’s biggest under-monetized franchise asset—Harry Potter. Then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen discuss the game theory in the latest Trump-DeSantis battle. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ht...

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss S.B.F.’s fall from grace, and assess the media’s various historical metaphors for the FTX demise. Theranos? Lehman? Enron? Or is this a corporate extinction event of a wholly new historical complexity? 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://podcastch...

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to discuss the latest secular chaos on CNN, and what a lousy election night portends about the future of the network. Read Dylan's Piece https://puck.news/the-cable-election-upset-of-the-age/ Leave a 5-star review on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily/id1586269186 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: http...

Tara Palmeri, Teddy Schleifer, and Tina Nguyen join Peter to discuss the real story behind the midterms: the Trump buzzkill, the Biden messaging twists, and how how the left expects the McCarthy-led House to step on the rake. 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...