The Tragedy of the Trump-Putin Pact
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to unpack the latest on the war in Ukraine as Trump tries to hash out a peace deal by flouting almost every tradition of U.S. diplomacy—while berating Ukrainian President Volod...
25 Feb 202523min
Media Monday: Trump's Press Play & ESPN's Exit Strategy
Jon Kelly rejoins Peter to dissect exclusive polling data on how the media is navigating Trump II—and how Democrats and mainstream news consumers perceive today’s press environment compared to Trump’s...
24 Feb 202527min
The MLB-ESPN Standoff & Stephen A. For President?
John Ourand joins Peter for a midterm review of the NBA season thus far, reflecting on the lousy All-Star Weekend and diving deep into the business of the league. Then the duo switch gears to discuss ...
21 Feb 202530min
Elon Musk: Heat Shield Or Achilles’ Heel?
Tara Palmeri joins Peter to debate whether Elon Musk is really an asset to Donald Trump, or merely a disposable blunt instrument for his slash-and-burn agenda. According to exclusive new polling, it a...
20 Feb 202527min
Weapons of Mass Defamation
As Trump's war on the media accelerates, Eriq Gardner joins Ben to discuss whether the industry is headed for a state of mutually assured destruction, with MAGA allies chipping away at Times v. Sulliv...
19 Feb 202519min
Hakeem’s Nuclear Option
Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent at Puck, joins Ben to discuss the centrist vs. progressive civil war consuming Democrats, the leadership void fueling the party's paralysis, and whet...
18 Feb 202525min
Media Monday: CBS News Blues & Fox's Mainstreamification
Jon Kelly and Dylan Byers huddle up to address a wide spectrum of plotlines consuming the media landscape, from Fox News’s mainstream pivot—bolstered by a recent influx of blue chip advertisers—to the...
17 Feb 202533min
The Mar-Lago Story Behind Amazon’s $40M ‘Melania’ Deal
Kim Masters joins Peter for an inside look at Amazon’s perplexing $40 million bid for a forthcoming Melania Trump documentary, directed by disgraced Hollywood filmmaker Brett Ratner. Kim reveals the l...
14 Feb 202522min
