Media Monday: CNN’s Step Child Problem
Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss Zaz’s new target at CNN—its very profitable digital unit that more people read than the Times. So what went wrong? To learn more about listener data and our pr...
4 Juli 202223min
Europe’s Putin Rumors
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the inside conversation emanating from the G7 – Putin’s health, Trump fears, and more. Then Baratunde Thurston explains how an activist Supreme Court has waved the w...
1 Juli 202218min
D.C. Insiders Discuss Roe’s Next Steps
Tara Palmeri talks with Peter about the sotto voce conversations surrounding Roe inside D.C.—what lawmakers are saying, how it might (or might not) impact the midterms, and all the Dems' challenges. ...
30 Juni 202219min
Maddowpocalypse & Trump’s Nightmare
Dylan Byers visits Peter to discuss MSNBC’s surprising decision to give Rachel Maddow’s 9 p.m. hour to Alex Wagner, which seems like a white flag for the network’s ambitions. Then Tina Nguyen and Ben ...
29 Juni 202220min
Where Have All the Deals Gone?
Bill Cohan joins Peter to unveil Wall Street’s latest anxiety—reduced deal flow (at least compared to the high water mark of ‘21), which means reduced bonuses and even RIFs (banker jargon for layoffs)...
28 Juni 202220min
Media Monday: The Roe Media Story & Semaforeplay
Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss how the Roe decision scrambled media, and the challenge it poses for a new era of centrism. Then they discuss the latest news emanating from Semafor. To learn ...
27 Juni 202226min
Emergency Pod: Samuel Alito’s Pandora’s Box
With the Supreme Court striking down the right to abortion in America, Julia Ioffe, Eriq Gardner, and Tara Palmeri join Peter to discuss how we got here, what it means for women, for the midterms, and...
24 Juni 202222min
Hollywood vs. SCOTUS
Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss how Hollywood’s biggest companies are reacting to the likelihood that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe. And then America’s favorite marketing executive, Alex Big...
24 Juni 202219min
