The Powers That Be: Daily

Julia Alexander, the Parrot Analytics analyst and Puck contributor, joins Peter to explain HBO Max’s success and what to expect under Zaz Rule. Meanwhile, Teddy Schleifer gets into Mackenzie Scott’s b...

12 Apr 202221min

Jon Kelly joins Peter for a discussion about the D.C. media fascination du jour--will the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner take place this year or get Covid-cancelled? The gala, a ...

11 Apr 202219min

Matt Belloni talks with Peter about The Academy’s meeting today about Will Smith’s punishment. Will his Oscar be taken away? Meanwhile, Jon Kelly swings by to talk about The Times, Zazworld, and the G...

8 Apr 202217min

Puck’s executive editor Ben Landy joins Peter for a conversation about Biden’s tenure thus far: his dismal approval ratings, his post-Afghanistan hurdles, and his best shot yet at recovering his messa...

7 Apr 202217min

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to explain the Ukrainian president’s strategy, Putin’s Gordian knot, and whether the Russian president could actually face trial for war crimes. And Puck executive editor Ben L...

6 Apr 202217min

William D. Cohan joins Peter to explain why Elon Musk spent 1% of his net worth, or nearly $3 billion, to become Twitter's largest individual shareholder. Is he out to gobble up the company? Does he w...

5 Apr 202219min

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss Jen Psaki’s decision to pick MSNBC over CNN and whether she’ll be able to handle the green room heat. They also chew over whether Alex Wagner—or anyone, for that matte...

4 Apr 202219min

William D. Cohan joins Peter Hamby to examine the C-suite headache at Disney, where former C.E.O. Bob Iger appears to be trolling his successor, Bob Chapek. It’s reminiscent one of one of the most tho...

1 Apr 202221min