Disney War & Putin’s Bloody Endgame
William D. Cohan joins Peter Hamby to examine the C-suite headache at Disney, where former C.E.O. Bob Iger appears to be trolling his successor, Bob Chapek. It’s reminiscent one of one of the most tho...
1 Huhti 202221min
Will Pence Knife Trump?
Tina Nguyen joins Peter to explore Ron DeSantis’s 2024 calculus for staying quiet about Ukraine, his strategic non-aggression pact with Trump, and perhaps the biggest question hanging over the G.O.P. ...
31 Maalis 202219min
A Billionaire with Political Fantasies
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter Hamby to discuss the emerging political ambitions of a previously anonymous billionaire with some big political aspirations. Jeff Lawson, the C.E.O. of Twilio, is positioni...
30 Maalis 202219min
The Will Smith Scandal Enters Phase 2
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter Hamby to discuss the tragedy of Will Smith’s Oscar night, pinpointing the most critical mistakes that the actor made beyond the infamous clocking of Chris Rock. They als...
29 Maalis 202225min
Media Monday: Fox News Player Hating, CNN+'s Lillyhammer, and the Buzzfeed Secret
Peter Hamby is back just in time for another Media Monday. Jon Kelly joins to discuss Chris Wallace's parting words to Fox News, the respected journalist's jump to CNN+ and his Norman Rockwellesque ne...
28 Maalis 202228min
Back in Putin’s USSR
In part two of their intimate conversation, Julia Ioffe explains to Teddy Schleifer the seismic generational undercurrents at play now in Russia: the battle between an aging generation that came of ag...
25 Maalis 202221min
Hacking Through Putin’s Media Cult
Julia Ioffe joins the show to discuss Putin’s most unlikely nemesis—a Moscow model-turned-activist who has been using social media platforms (first Insta, now Telegram) to reveal Putin’s propaganda ma...
24 Maalis 202216min
Goldman Sachs Isn’t Starbucks, People
Former M&A senior banker William D. Cohan joins Teddy Schleifer to discuss how Wall Street is navigating the crippling sanctions on Putin’s regime, why some banks are still operating in Russia, and ho...
23 Maalis 202218min
