Mike Johnson’s Leap of Faith
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter for a midterms vibe check, breaking down Democrats’ creeping lead and the nearly $140 million in ad spending Republican groups are rushing into Senate and House races. T...
18 Sep 23min
Inside Don Jr.’s Russian Wedding
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to explain how Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, quietly bankrolled part of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding weekend—and what he might want in return. Then th...
17 Sep 22min
Emmys Shocks & Ari Emanuel’s Burn Book
Matt Belloni joins Peter to dig into Ari Emanuel’s blistering new memoir—a score-settling account that revisits the chair he nearly hurled at Michael Ovitz and his decades-long grudge against Jeffrey ...
16 Sep 19min
Leon Black’s Slow Burn
Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss his new book, Money to Burn, tracing Apollo’s founding after Drexel’s 1990 collapse, its meteoric rise built on distressed debt investments, and leadership under co-f...
15 Sep 25min
Media Monday: McAfee, Inc. & MS NOW’s Subscription Bet
Jon Kelly joins Peter to unpack Pat McAfee’s takeover of ESPN’s marquee sports coverage, and why the network would rather license his self-owned production for $60 million per year than keep paying a ...
14 Sep 22min
Are Democrats Out of Ideas? with Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel, the longtime Democratic power broker, former White House chief of staff, and perennial subject of campaign intrigue, joins Peter on the debut episode of The Making of a President to disc...
12 Sep 51min
NYFW Fears & GQ’s New Groove
Lauren Sherman joins Peter to report from New York Fashion Week, where insiders are fretting over a looming luxury slowdown—and the middle-class shoppers propping up the biggest brands. Then they size...
11 Sep 17min
Inside the G.O.P.’s Trumpapalooza
Marianna Sotomayor joins Peter from Dallas, where Republicans are gathering for a midterm convention that’s fast becoming a Trumpapalooza—even as they privately grapple with new data giving Democrats ...
10 Sep 18min
