TikTok Intrigues & Biden’s Wall Street Cavalry
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss the TikTok ban marching through Congress, whether it’s all a political stunt, and how this issue is probably bound for the courts, anyway. Then Ben and Bill Cohan d...
13 Maalis 202431min
Biden SOTU Hype & Katie Brittgate
Tara Palmeri joins Peter to exchange notes on the relief washing over Democrats after Biden’s lively SOTU speech. Then the pair dissect Katie Britt’s disastrous response, the impact on her political f...
12 Maalis 202417min
Media Monday: CNN Doom Loops & NYT Inside Baseball
Jon Kelly and Dylan Byers assess the paranoia level within CNN as Mark Thompson gets his first taste of the network’s anxiety Richter Scale. Then they delve into the facts and fiction of the freshest ...
11 Maalis 202427min
Hollywood’s Oscars Odds
Matt Belloni joins Peter for a very special pre-Oscars episode, in which the pair handicap the frontrunners, dig into the intense influence campaigns to sway Academy voters, and of course, gab about w...
8 Maalis 202418min
Jack & Bobby: A Crypto Love Story
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter for an inside look at how Jack Dorsey’s forbidden political flirtation with R.F.K.Jr. drove a wedge through his company’s board. Then Abby Livingston and Ben assess the big...
7 Maalis 202427min
Thompson’s CNN Fantasies & Anchor Payday Blues
Dylan Byers joins Peter to parse Mark Thompson’s vague proclamations about CNN’s digital future, and whether it can actually wean itself off linear television. Then, the pair eulogize the halcyon days...
6 Maalis 202419min
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
