GQ’s Next Editor & A Vanity Fair Temp Check
New York Times reporters Jessica Testa and Michael Grynbaum join Lauren for a very special episode about the current state of legacy publisher Condé Nast. (Remember, Michael wrote a book about Condé N...
17 Tammi 1h 11min
Matt’s Academy Awards Crystal Ball
Matt Belloni joins Peter, fresh off the Golden Globes last weekend, to game out the Oscar race ahead of next week’s Academy Award nominations. Matt identifies a handful of locks, flags a few surprises...
16 Tammi 20min
Why Trump’s Feds Came for Bezos’s Newsroom
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to break down the F.B.I.’s stunning raid on the home of a Washington Post journalist, a move tied to an alleged government leaker and one that’s almost without precedent. Eriq...
15 Tammi 19min
Meta’s A.I. Slop Economy & The Siri-Gemini Marriage
Julia Alexander joins Peter to explain why Facebook’s most viral content is now dominated by A.I.-generated slop—and what that means for advertisers weighing brand safety against reach. Then they dig ...
14 Tammi 22min
The Donroe Doctrine in Iran
Julia Ioffe joins Peter for a close examination of mass demonstrations and state killings in Iran—and whether Donald Trump, newly emboldened on the world stage after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, migh...
13 Tammi 21min
Media Monday: WBD’s Stub Sweepstakes & Semafor’s Number Games
Jon Kelly returns to debate Peter about the value of WBD’s stub of linear networks, and then the two evaluate the math behind Semafor’s recent fundraise. To learn more about listener data and our pr...
12 Tammi 21min
Hollywood’s Future ’26 War Stories
Matt Belloni joins Dylan and Julia to chart the latest updates surrounding the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war between Netflix and Paramount—and what each side stands to gain or lose. Then they div...
10 Tammi 54min
The Great Saks Collapse & GQ’s New Era
Lauren Sherman joins Peter to explain why Saks Global is now staring down bankruptcy—and what, if anything, could save its historic department store business. Then they turn to Will Welch’s sudden exi...
9 Tammi 28min
