Washington’s New Year Whiplash

Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to divulge the latest tremors in Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster. They dig into Trump’s myriad frustrations—from his trouble defining Kamala Harris to her breathtaking fundrai...

13 Aug 202423min

Jon Kelly joins Olympics enthusiast Peter Hamby for a check in on the Harris-Trump TikTok election, an assessment of David Zaslav's nightmare du jour, and Washington's misread of the Axios news. To ...

12 Aug 202424min

John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to offer his definitive pre-postmortem on NBC’s bonkers Olympics ratings, before turning to the forthcoming Venu sports streamer and whether it’s actually worth the $42.9...

9 Aug 202419min

Lauren Sherman joins Peter Hamby to unpack the trouble brewing at Nike in the wake of a distribution play gone awry and Gen Z’s embrace of sneaker competitors. Plus, Lauren’s candid take on how V.P. c...

8 Aug 202424min

John Heilemann joins Peter Hamby to evaluate the tactical reasons why, exactly, the Harris campaign selected Minnesota’s amiable governor Tim Walz to join the ticket as their V.P. candidate. The selec...

7 Aug 202436min

Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to relay what she’s hearing from foreign policy insiders about the escalating tensions in the Middle East, and whether we’re on the brink of a wider war between Iran and ...

6 Aug 202422min

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the unsurprising news that Norah O’Donnell is abdicating her anchor chair and what that means for the industry. Then they weigh in on some press pool gripes about Kama...

5 Aug 202427min

John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to unpack how the Olympics have been a bonanza for NBCUniversal, leading to a massive ratings and revenue boost for its Peacock streamer. Then they dig into WBD’s lawsuit...

2 Aug 202418min