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 Mar 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 202424min
How Liquid Is Trump?
Eriq Gardner joins Peter for a candid chat about Trump’s liquidity in the face of his colossal financial penalties. The two also size up the various under-appreciated elements of this legal cinematic ...
22 Feb 202417min
Julia on Navalny
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the gut-wrenching death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny—how it reverberated through the Munich Security Conference, how his wife Yulia has boldly taken u...
21 Feb 202421min
