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 202526min
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 202523min
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 202531min
A Sports Rights Royal Rumble
Axios’s Sara Fischer returns to the pod to help make sense of the biggest sports media plot lines from the past few weeks: Paramount’s $7.7 billion deal with UFC, ESPN’s respective bombshell pacts wit...
16 Aug 202533min
Do Magazine Covers Still Matter?
Lauren Sherman joins Peter to assess how much magazine covers actually move the cultural needle in today’s digital-first media landscape. While big stars are still lining up for attention-grabbing sho...
15 Aug 202524min
Legacy Sports Media Strikes Back
John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to break down a consequential stretch in sports media, with Paramount cutting a $7.7 billion check for UFC rights and ESPN expanding its sports empire ahead of football s...
14 Aug 202526min
Altman’s Beltway Bargain
Ian Krietzberg joins guest host Julia Ioffe to discuss Sam Altman’s latest gambit: offering ChatGPT Enterprise to U.S. government agencies for next to nothing, in hopes of building muscle memory insid...
13 Aug 202523min
Congress’s Recess Reckoning
Abby Livingston joins guest host Julia Ioffe to break down the August recess town halls, where some members of Congress are dodging the spotlight while others face heat over the Big Beautiful Bill and...
12 Aug 202522min
