The G.O.P.’s Kirk Effect
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to discuss the political impact of Charlie Kirk’s massive memorial service. Did it herald the resurgence of Christian zeal? Will it engage out-of-touch voters? Or was it...
23 Sep 202526min
Media Monday: Kimmel Scenario Planning & Zaz Sale Optionality
Jon Kelly and Peter share their notes on the roiling Jimmy Kimmel crisis and its impact on the Disney succession sweepstakes. Then they chew over the latest Paramount-WBD deal heat. To learn more ab...
22 Sep 202528min
Tom Emmer’s Crypto Gospel
In a special live taping of Puck’s Power Breakfast in D.C., Leigh Ann sits down with Republican whip Tom Emmer for a no-holds-barred conversation on all things crypto: regulation, the in-limbo Clarity...
20 Sep 202529min
A Foggy Bottom Witch Hunt
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to break down her latest reporting on the Trump administration’s effort to ostensibly root out anti-Christian bias at the State Department. She relays what insiders believe are...
19 Sep 202523min
The NBA’s TikTok Paradox & The G.O.P.’s Social Media Scapegoat
Julia Alexander joins Peter to discuss the TikTokification of the NBA, and how commissioner Adam Silver is tiptoeing the line of dominating the algorithm and flatlining on TV. Then they pivot to the G...
18 Sep 202525min
David Ellison’s Content Complex
Dylan Byers joins Peter to game out what a potential WBD–Paramount Skydance mash-up might look like, as an emboldened David Ellison reportedly readies a multi-billion-dollar cash bid for WBD. They bre...
17 Sep 202524min
The Two Tragedies of Charlie Kirk
John Heilemann joins Peter to discuss the grotesque state of American politics in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, as a divisive president canonizes him as a martyr while furious White Hous...
16 Sep 202529min
Media Monday: Murdochology & Ellison’s Mic Drop
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to discuss the seismic events from a very busy week in the media industry: the fallout from the Murdoch trust settlement and Ellison’s leaked WBD takeover attempt. ...
15 Sep 202525min
