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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Media Monday: Adam Silver’s Nightmare & Zaz-Ellison Voodoo
Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to weigh in on the two most significant media crises du jour: the NBA’s nightmarish betting scandal and the ongoing and to...
The $5M TBPN Playbook
John Coogan and Jordi Hays, co-hosts of The Technology Business Programming Network, join Dylan to discuss how they scaled their podcast from a one-ho...
WBD Deal Heat & Wall Street Recession Chatter
Bill Cohan joins Peter to break down how David Zaslav is navigating the deal heat surrounding Warner Bros. Discovery, as suitors line up and Paramount...
NFL Envy & Baseball's Ohtani Problem
John Ourand joins Peter in the commentary box to discuss why the NFL is suddenly jealous of the NBA, and whether Roger Goodell will renegotiate the le...
Julia Ioffe on Russia’s Secret History
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss her acclaimed new book, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy, which is a f...
Zohran ’26 Game Theory
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter for a rollicking conversation touching on Chuck Schumer’s calculus for not endorsing Zohran Mamdani, perhaps the most e...
Media Monday: The Spotify-Netflix Marriage & The NBA’s A.I. Play
Jon Kelly and Peter are reunited for a conversation around NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s evolving vision for integrating artificial intelligence in h...
Jake Sullivan’s Toughest National Security Decisions, from On Point
Sharing an episode of On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti. On Point is a rare public space where you hear nuanced explorations of complex topics live and...
OpenAI’s Dirty Little Secret
Ian Krietzberg joins Peter to discuss OpenAI’s eternal tug-of-war between profit and principle. As Ian explains, Sam insists he’s serving both—though...
The Athlete-Media Gold Rush & OpenAI’s Copyright Cage Match
Julia Alexander joins Peter to break down the booming business of athlete-owned media—how valuable these ventures really are, and why only select athl...
M.T.G. ’28 Chatter & Stephen Miller's Shadow
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter Hamby to discuss Marjorie Taylor Greene’s whiplash-inducing pivot from QAnon-adjacent wingnut to Obamacare-curious econ...
Shutdown Game Theory
Abby Livingston joins Peter with the latest intel from Capitol Hill on the now two-week-old government shutdown. As Abby explains, unlike shutdowns of...
Media Monday with Meredith!
In a very special episode, Jon Kelly has a candid conversation with New York Times Company C.E.O. Meredith Kopit Levien about Gray Lady’s extraordinar...
Ellison’s Playbook & NFL’s $100B Bonanza
Veteran media analyst Michael Nathanson returns to the pod for a romp through the sports media circus: David Ellison and Paramount’s sports rights bin...
Ozempic Hips Take the Runway
Lauren Sherman joins Peter to debrief after Fashion Month in Paris and Milan, where the major houses were under serious pressure to deliver. Lauren br...
The War Within
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to reveal what military officers are telling her about Donald Trump’s plans to deploy troops to American cities. As Julia expl...
Sam Altman’s Hollywood Lawsuit Machine
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss the legal nightmare that is Sora 2, the A.I. video generating social app that’s set the internet ablaze. As OpenAI...
The G.O.P.’s Healthcare Hustle
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to discuss the state of play surrounding the week-old government shutdown, as Democrats seem to be winning the messagin...
Media Monday: CBS News’s Bari Era & Hollywood’s A.I. Slop Machine
Jon Kelly and Peter reunite to scrutinize Bari Weiss’s imminent coronation as editor-in-chief of CBS News—and what her arrival might mean for the old...
Hollywood’s Sora 2 Panic & Zuck’s Vibes Play
Julia and Dylan dive into the launch of OpenAI’s new video-generation app, Sora 2, and Mark Zuckerberg’s A.I. social media platform, Vibes. They expla...
CBS News's Bari Era & Larry’s TikTok Machinations
Kim Masters joins Peter to scrutinize the expanding Ellison empire at Paramount Skydance as David Ellison prepares to install Bari Weiss as CBS News’s...
Gagosian’s Art Doctrine
Marion Maneker joins Peter to reflect on his recent sit-down with legendary art dealer Larry Gagosian—shedding light on his succession plans, his read...
YouTube TV’s Carriage Wars & Disney’s Churn Crisis
Julia Alexander joins Peter for a deep dive into Disney+’s subscriber exodus in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, and what the backlash really co...
Trump’s Puzzling Putin Pivot
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to unpack Donald Trump’s theatrical visit to the United Nations, where he mocked the organization's very existence and took an...
Media Monday: The Kimmel Denouement & The NFL’s Premature Renegotiations
Jon Kelly and Peter trade observations about the Jimmy Kimmel resolution, at least for now, and assess the true winners and losers. Then they turn the...
Introducing Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright
Simpsons fans —THE VAULT IS OPEN!
I’m Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson for 35+ years, and I’m finally taking you inside Sprin...
Nice Guy Nordstrom
Pete Nordstrom, co-C.E.O. of the Seattle-based department store group, joins Lauren to reflect on how he got into the family business, and how the com...
Billionaire Genuflection & Intel’s Trump Bump
Bill Cohan joins Peter to puzzle over why billionaire C.E.O.s keep genuflecting to Donald Trump, even though he’s in his final term with abysmally low...
The Kimmel Suspension Hangover
Matt Belloni joins Peter to share a behind-the-scenes look at Jimmy Kimmel’s return to ABC this week following his suspension from the airwaves. While...
Who’s Afraid of Brendan Carr?
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to give a reality check on the F.C.C.’s actual muscle, as Democrats fret that chairman Brendan Carr is trying to throttle pol...
The G.O.P.’s Kirk Effect
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to discuss the political impact of Charlie Kirk’s massive memorial service. Did it herald the resurgence of Christian z...
Media Monday: Kimmel Scenario Planning & Zaz Sale Optionality
Jon Kelly and Peter share their notes on the roiling Jimmy Kimmel crisis and its impact on the Disney succession sweepstakes. Then they chew over the...
Tom Emmer’s Crypto Gospel
In a special live taping of Puck’s Power Breakfast in D.C., Leigh Ann sits down with Republican whip Tom Emmer for a no-holds-barred conversation on a...
A Foggy Bottom Witch Hunt
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to break down her latest reporting on the Trump administration’s effort to ostensibly root out anti-Christian bias at the Stat...
The NBA’s TikTok Paradox & The G.O.P.’s Social Media Scapegoat
Julia Alexander joins Peter to discuss the TikTokification of the NBA, and how commissioner Adam Silver is tiptoeing the line of dominating the algori...
David Ellison’s Content Complex
Dylan Byers joins Peter to game out what a potential WBD–Paramount Skydance mash-up might look like, as an emboldened David Ellison reportedly readies...
The Two Tragedies of Charlie Kirk
John Heilemann joins Peter to discuss the grotesque state of American politics in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, as a divisive president...
Media Monday: Murdochology & Ellison’s Mic Drop
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to discuss the seismic events from a very busy week in the media industry: the fallout from the Murdoch trust settle...
The Clippers Bombshell & Belichickghazi
Pablo Torre, former ESPN mainstay turned podcast sleuth, joins John to unravel his latest investigations—into Bill Belichick, the NFLPA, and most rece...
NFL Media Polyamory
Julia Alexander joins Peter for a check-in on the NFL’s broadcasts so far this season, and whether streamers like Peacock and YouTube are actually sho...