The Will Smith Scandal Enters Phase 2
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter Hamby to discuss the tragedy of Will Smith’s Oscar night, pinpointing the most critical mistakes that the actor made beyond the infamous clocking of Chris Rock. They als...
29 Mar 202225min
Media Monday: Fox News Player Hating, CNN+'s Lillyhammer, and the Buzzfeed Secret
Peter Hamby is back just in time for another Media Monday. Jon Kelly joins to discuss Chris Wallace's parting words to Fox News, the respected journalist's jump to CNN+ and his Norman Rockwellesque ne...
28 Mar 202228min
Back in Putin’s USSR
In part two of their intimate conversation, Julia Ioffe explains to Teddy Schleifer the seismic generational undercurrents at play now in Russia: the battle between an aging generation that came of ag...
25 Mar 202221min
Hacking Through Putin’s Media Cult
Julia Ioffe joins the show to discuss Putin’s most unlikely nemesis—a Moscow model-turned-activist who has been using social media platforms (first Insta, now Telegram) to reveal Putin’s propaganda ma...
24 Mar 202216min
Goldman Sachs Isn’t Starbucks, People
Former M&A senior banker William D. Cohan joins Teddy Schleifer to discuss how Wall Street is navigating the crippling sanctions on Putin’s regime, why some banks are still operating in Russia, and ho...
23 Mar 202218min
What is Ron DeSantis Thinking?
Tina Nguyen joins Teddy Schleifer to explore what Ron DeSantis is doing to position himself as the front runner of a post-Trump MAGA world. They discuss DeSantis' attempts to placate his base, how Tru...
22 Mar 202219min
Media Monday: Troy Aikman, Netflix Drama, The Smiths
Puck co-founder Jon Kelly joins Teddy Schleifer for a far-reaching conversation on the NFL's bull market for former QB announcers, its inevitable plural broadcast strategy, and future on streaming. Pl...
21 Mar 202225min
What Was Bob Chapek Thinking?
Disney’s still-newish C.E.O. Bob Chapek has had a hell of a week—first coming out as neutral on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation before issuing a too-late mea culpa condemning the bill. Chapek ha...
21 Mar 202218min
