The Fourth Estate’s Big Chill
Dylan Byers joins guest host Julia Ioffe to unpack the fallout from the $16 million CBS–Trump settlement, and what it reveals about the state of press freedom, media ownership, and Trump’s increasingl...
9 Jul 202525min
A Big Beautiful Postmortem
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Julia Ioffe to break down how congressional Republicans fell in line behind Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, despite flashes of public dissent, as a result of Trump’s rallying forc...
8 Jul 202525min
Media Monday: “Google Zero” Fears & The Creator Economy Correction
Jon Kelly joins guest host Julia Alexander to discuss the existential threat that Google’s A.I. tools pose to digital media, highlighting the so-called “Google Zero” phenomenon—a potential extinction-...
7 Jul 202526min
The Bezos-Sánchez Wedding of the Century & Jonathan's Dior Debut
Lauren Sherman joins guest host Julia Alexander to gab about Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s celebrity wedding, where vintage and custom fashion upstaged traditional high-end designer gowns. They conn...
4 Jul 202531min
CBS’s Post-Settlement Era & The Great Sports Rebundling
John Ourand joins guest host Julia Alexander to unpack the far-reaching implications of Shari Redstone’s $16 million settlement with Donald Trump—starting with what it means for CBS Sports and its lik...
3 Jul 202532min
How Trump’s Anything-Goes A.I. Plan Fell Apart
Ian Krietzberg joins guest host Leigh Ann Caldwell to break down the eleventh-hour removal of a controversial A.I. provision from the Big Beautiful Bill. Then they discuss the contradictions at the he...
2 Jul 202524min
The Birthright Bombshell
Eriq Gardner joins guest host Leigh Ann Caldwell to discuss the Supreme Court’s brow-raising ruling on birthright citizenship—which, in classic Supreme Court fashion, wasn’t actually about birthright ...
1 Jul 202522min
Media Monday: Vogue Wintourology & Netflix’s French Connection
Jon Kelly joins guest host Julia Alexander to unpack Anna Wintour’s long-anticipated but still seismic decision to scale back her day-to-day role at American ‘Vogue.’ The duo handicap the succession r...
30 Jun 202529min
