Trump’s Putin-Zelensky Jenga
Julia Ioffe joins guest Leigh Ann Caldwell to dissect Donald Trump’s latest diplomatic maneuvers with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, and why his failure to deliver security guarantees or a tri...
26 Aug 202523min
Media Monday: MSNBC’s Divorce Settlement & Pitaro’s Multiverse
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby are reunited for a rapturous dissection of MSNBC’s dreary new acronymic name and some learned hypotheses about ESPN’s new gaming-first-ish streamer and its multichannel unive...
25 Aug 202524min
Fashion Is Political
Designer, writer, and non-profit founder Aurora James returns to Fashion People to discuss Robin Givhan’s exit from The Washington Post, the tariff nonsense, the nostalgia trap, Travis Kelce’s GQ cove...
23 Aug 202530min
The ’26 Gerrymander Games & Newsom’s Troll Campaign
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to puzzle over the latest congressional maps, from Texas and California to Indiana, where Trump wants to lock Democrats out of power forever. Then they size up Gavin New...
22 Aug 202523min
Is the A.I. Bubble About to Deflate?
Bill Cohan joins Peter Hamby to break down why tech stocks have started to cool off, and whether A.I. is overhyped or underhyped as a long-term play for investors—all while “Big Tech” players like Sam...
21 Aug 202527min
Spotify’s A.I. Scandal & A Spike Jonze Nightmare
Ian Krietzberg joins guest host Julia Alexander to parse the incentives for streaming platforms like Spotify to embrace A.I.-generated content, spotlighting the precarious case of the A.I. band The Ve...
20 Aug 202524min
Netflix’s Kpop Knockout & The Duffer Defection
Matt Belloni joins guest host Julia Alexander to break down the massive success of KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix’s second-most-watched original film, and why it’s keeping Sonys executives up at night. T...
19 Aug 202522min
Media Monday: Ellison’s Vaunted Tech Plan & The Cable-Pod Crossover
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite for a talmudic reading of David Ellison’s first week on the job and some obsessive theorizing about his tech fantasies. Then they delve into the convergence of cable ...
18 Aug 202529min
