Media Monday: Iger’s Challenges & the Redstone Endgame
Jon Kelly joins Peter for a spirited, insidery conversation about the latest twists in Iger’s strategy, Dave Portnoy’s shot at a third (!!) windfall, and what the Simon & Schuster sale suggests about ...
14 Aug 202323min
M.B.S.’s Surprise Diplomacy & The Tim Scott Heartbeat
Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to discuss Saudi Arabia’s surprising emergence as a Russia-Ukraine mediator. Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy document Larry Ellison's ability to manipulate a Tim Scott...
11 Aug 202323min
Musk’s Everything App Delusion
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to explain Elon Musk’s short-sighted fallacy of turning X—nee Twitter—into the new full-blown everything app of our time. For more from Baratunde - https://puck.news/...
10 Aug 202323min
Trump Indictment Odds
Eriq Gardner joins Peter for a talmudic reading of the most recent Trump indictment. Then Ben Landy and Abby Livingston dig into one of the Senate’s most controversial subplots. To learn more about ...
9 Aug 202323min
The Biden Backups
Tara Palmeri joins Peter for an in-depth conversation on the state of 2024—the early state conundrum, DeSantisgate, and the Dems waiting on Biden’s next move. For more from Tara - https://puck.news/...
8 Aug 202323min
Media Monday: The Threads Letdown & It’s Bidenomics, Stupid
Jon Kelly and Peter explain why Threads’ descent to reality was pre-ordained and predictable. Then they tackle the Biden campaign’s futile messaging. To learn more about listener data and our privac...
7 Aug 202323min
A Fashion War & M.B.S.’s Diplomatic Play
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman’s volunteer attempt to free a U.S. journalist detained in Putin’s Russia. And then Ben Landy and Lauren Sherman discuss an activist ...
4 Aug 202326min
S.B.F.’s New Legal Pickle
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter for a conversation about Sam Bankman-Fried’s tightening legal noose. Then they chat about the latest action among the ‘24 megadonors. To learn more about listener data an...
3 Aug 202320min
