Inside CNN's New Strategy
Dylan Byers joins Peter to explain what's really going on inside CNN under new C.E.O. Chris Licht. Can the network become a centrist behemoth? Can Licht navigate a path forward by being an anti-Zucker...
12 Touko 202214min
The SCOTUS Leaker Is…
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss Washington’s new favorite parlor game: Who leaked the Supreme Court’s draft ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, how did it end up in the hands of a national security re...
11 Touko 202219min
Putin’s Oedipal Complex
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the insidious biographical roots of Putin’s rage. And then Tina Nguyen joins to explain how MAGA fakers Dr. Oz and David “Dave” McCormick are eating each others’ eye...
10 Touko 202219min
Media Monday: Licht’s Anti-Zucker Strategy
Jon Kelly joins Peter for a spirited Media Monday conversation about Chris Licht’s strategy at CNN—distancing himself from Zucker’s legacy, being involved while being above the fray, managing more tha...
9 Touko 202218min
D.C.'s Tabloid Media Problem
Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss D.C.'s lingering media challenge, which lies beneath its WASPy, white-teeth clenched smile culture. And ace marketing whiz Alex Bigler swings by to share some exclu...
6 Touko 202217min
A Trump Media Circus
Tina Nguyen joins Peter to discuss how enterprising hillbilly candidate J.D. Vance milked Peter Thiel and Donald Trump for more money and a life-changing endorsement, and what it means for the berserk...
5 Touko 202216min
Ben Smith Goes After Sorkin
Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to discuss the latest dish on Semafor, the Ben & Justin Smith new mediaco: who they've tried to recruit, the interesting model, and what the company is really trying to d...
4 Touko 202216min
Emergency Pod: The G.O.P.’s Post-Roe Nuclear Fallout
Puck’s senior political correspondent Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss the stunning revelation that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, what it means for women, what it means for t...
3 Touko 202220min
