K Street Freeze Out & Trump’s VP

Julia Ioffe and Leigh Ann Caldwell unpack the political fallout from the U.S. strikes on Iran, charting the MAGA coalition’s reflexive support for Trump and the Democrats’ more fragmented response. Wh...

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Jon Kelly joins guest host Dylan Byers for a deep dive into Substack’s increasingly precarious business model—marked by a high cash burn rate, flat valuation, and potential dilution. They debate wheth...

23 Kesä 202524min

The legendary Kim Masters joins Julia Alexander to examine the MAGA turn of mega producer Brian Grazer, a longtime Democrat, and what his conversion portends for the industry. Plus, whether Trump is c...

20 Kesä 202530min

The inimitable Bill Cohan joins guest host Julia Alexander to chew over two of the great mysteries before Wall Street: the financial engineering of the Warner Bros. Discovery breakup, and whether Trum...

19 Kesä 202526min

In this special episode of The Powers That Be, Leigh Ann Caldwell sits down with Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz for a wide-ranging chat about Trump’s controversial decision to deploy troops to Los Angele...

18 Kesä 202535min

In a timely crossover episode, guest hosts Julia Ioffe and Leigh Ann Caldwell discuss the intensifying conflict between Iran and Israel, and the ripple effects in Washington: the decisions now confron...

17 Kesä 202524min

Jon Kelly joins guest host Dylan Byers for a postmortem of Zaz’s WBD spinoff, and what it portends for HBO, CNN, TNT, and other networks. They also discuss the long-term viability of his newly formed ...

16 Kesä 202521min

John Ourand and guest host extraordinaire Julia Alexander debate what the WBD divorce means for TNT and TBS, the next wave of rights negotiations, and whether Zaslav is lying to himself about not need...

13 Kesä 202528min