The WaPo Masterplan & Zaz’s Bucket List

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss how Putin's war is playing out in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Meanwhile, Ben Landy and Bill Cohan discuss an investment banking tragedy 150 years in the making. 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

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Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss the surprises and delights of Warner Bros. Discovery's latest earnings report: Zaz's debt journey, revised guidance, and the other bright spots. And then they dig into some of the fictions and gripes of modern journalism.  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

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Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss all the angles of the Don Lemon controversy, and how it has become a microcosm of the storm at CNN—low morale, bad chemistry, the challenge of simultaneously managing up and down, all while viewers increasingly tune out. 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

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Tara Palmeri and Peter work their way through the G.O.P.’s 2024 contender list, assessing the candidates talents and momentum—and whether they can neuter Trump. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer discuss S.B.F.’s latest agony. 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

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Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss Rupert Murdoch’s possible escape from Dominion’s $1.6 billion lawsuit. And then Julia Alexander and Ben Landy hypothesize about some possible streamer M&A action. 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

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Bill Cohan joins Peter to offer the readout on the frustrations percolating inside Goldman Sachs. Is David Solomon actually in hot water or is Goldman just enduring another splash of haterade? And then they breakdown a surprise in the FTX bankruptcy. 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

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Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the topics roiling the media industry this week: Don Lemon’s boneheaded comments, the Spotify correction, and Chris Christie’s 2024 multi-level political-media fantasy. 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

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Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Washington's balloon obsession, whether Biden overreacted, whether the entire town overreacted, and what this panic demonstrates about this town. Then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen discuss DeSantis's new variety of MAGA dog-whistling. 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

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