Julia on Putin’s Russia After Navalny
Julia Ioffe joins Peter for an incredibly candid conversation about life in Russia after Navalny’s murder—the fate of the resistance, the mourning and hope of his disciples, and the looming fear of re...
5 Maalis 202420min
Media Monday: CNN Anxieties and ABC News Blues
Jon Kelly joins Peter to unpack Kim Godwin’s mounting challenges at ABC News and then share Talmudic readings of Mark Thompson’s latest pronouncements at CNN. To learn more about listener data and o...
4 Maalis 202427min
MLB’s “Pantsgate” Scandal & the NFL’s Turf War
John Ourand joins Peter to dig into the latest high-level dramas captivating the sports business world: the turf war between the NFL and college football, whether RSNs can hold onto highly coveted spo...
1 Maalis 202415min
McConnell Succession Bake-Off & S.B.F.’s Sentencing Nightmare
Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the news that Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate G.O.P. leader, and the quiet jockeying between “the three Johns” to replace him. Then Ben and Eriq Gardn...
29 Helmi 202424min
The Zazpocalypse
Dylan Byers and Peter work through the massive Don Lemon payout, ponder the economic future of cable anchors, and explain what the smart money is really saying about David Zaslav’s Warner Bros. Discov...
28 Helmi 202423min
Buffett’s Insane Return & Andreessen’s D.C.
Teddy Schleifer and Peter discuss Marc Andreessen’s renewed influence campaign in Washington and what it means for the world’s most famous V.C. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy dig into Warren Buffett’s ...
27 Helmi 202429min
Media Monday: Vice’s Epitaph & BuzzFeed’s Clunker
It’s a special aughts era episode as Jon and Peter dig into Vice’s latest winnowing milestone and BuzzFeed’s most recent deal descent. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices vis...
26 Helmi 202423min
Ackman’s Détente & Hunter’s Reprieve
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the putative détente between Bill Ackman and Axel Springer chief Mathias Döpfner over the B.I.-Neri Oxman plagiarism saga. And then Ben and Tina Nguyen consider the ...
23 Helmi 202424min
