The Great NBC Deal That Wasn’t
Veteran media reporter Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss how Comcast’s Brian Roberts very nearly spun off NBCU into a merger with Electronic Arts—and what the defunct deal nonetheless reveals about h...
26 Touko 202220min
Trump’s New Running Mate
Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss the biggest political subplot of 2024–which presidential campaign will Jeff Roe run? And will the data quant, who led Cruz in 2016, ice the field by waiting for Tru...
25 Touko 202218min
Elon’s Revised Conquest & Buffett’s Love Tap
William D. Cohan joins Peter to explain Warren Buffett’s unprecedented $2.6 billion investment into Paramount Global, and game out Elon Musk’s next moves at Twitter. Then Eriq Gardner stops by to expl...
24 Touko 202216min
Media Monday: Elon’s Angle & a Multi-Billion Hollywood Rollup
Jon Kelly joins Peter for their usual and insightful media banter on Hollywood’s most-gossiped-about roll-up play, future media consolidation, and Elon Musk’s recalibration To learn more about liste...
23 Touko 202222min
Inside the NBC News Fief-ocracy
Ace media reporter Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the latest machinations at NBC News, where Chuck Todd is trying, once again, to reboot a historic franchise. And Puck’s VP extraordinaire Alex Big...
20 Touko 202220min
The Pelosi Succession Games
Tina Nguyen joins Peter to break down Pennsylvania’s kookoo electoral results—“Dave” vs. Oz, Fetterman, and all the “election truther” nonsense. And Tara Palmeri breaks down this season’s succession g...
19 Touko 202219min
The G.O.P.’s Secret Kingmaker
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss Larry Ellison’s incredible journey from Clinton buddy to Trump booster and more. And Julia Ioffe explains the latest calculations about the war in Ukraine. To ...
18 Touko 202220min
The MAGA Farce in PA
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to discuss the tragedy in Buffalo and the intellectual fallacies of Samuel Alito’s leaked decision. Then Tina Nguyen previews the G.O.P.’s nightmare election—a hedge fun...
17 Touko 202222min
