Allbritton’s WaPo War & Politico Hunger Games
Dylan Byers joins Peter to whip-around the latest Washington media news: Robert Allbritton’s campaign to revamp NOTUS into a veritable Washington Post rival; Jeff Bezos’s uneasy détente with the WaPo ...
19 Mar 20min
Trump’s War Without Friends
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to scrutinize Trump’s attempt to drag NATO into his war with Iran and explain why America’s allies, after years of insults and zero consultation, aren’t exactly rushing to obli...
18 Mar 23min
Between Trump and a Hard Place
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to pull back the curtain on Republican senators and their private worries about Trump’s war in Iran. She reveals what they’re really thinking about the timeline and econ...
17 Mar 22min
Media Monday: The Bari-CNN Org Chart & An NBA Windfall
Besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby work through their Oscars and March Madness hangover to tear through all the CBS News-CNN machinations: what will get pro forma’d; who will be in charge; and how far ...
16 Mar 28min
The CBS–CNN Marriage Proposal
Sam Feist, the C.E.O. of C-SPAN and former 33-year veteran of CNN, joins Dylan to discuss the long-whispered possibility (now reality) of a marriage between CNN and CBS—a concept that has quietly floa...
14 Mar 44min
What’s Actually Inside the SAVE America Act?
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to explain the ins and outs of Trump’s latest obsession: the SAVE America Act—a proposed bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Leigh Ann...
13 Mar 21min
The Lone Star Standoff
Abby Livingston joins Peter to break down the state of paralysis in Texas with Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton locked in a marquee runoff for Senate—and the shadow of a potential Trump endorsem...
12 Mar 25min
Trump’s Iran Bait-and-Switch
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to decipher the diplomatic fallout from Trump’s war in Iran, and whether his contradictory comments reveal an endgame. Then they get into the risks of radicalization, the poten...
11 Mar 21min
