The Smiling Crocodile vs. Disney
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter Hamby to discuss the Democratic billionaire supporting the Biden alternative. Then Bill Cohan tells Ben Landy what Nelson Peltz will extract from Disney. To learn more ab...
15 Nov 202322min
The Obama Generation Gap
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to share his conversation with the former president about A.I., climate, and how technology is destabilizing democracy. Then they turn to the hardening political divide ...
14 Nov 202325min
Media Monday: The Biden-Axe Thing & a Requiem for Jezebel
Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss Biden’s complicated narrative problems: the Times poll, the Axelrod tweet, the Tuesday bounce and more. Then the duo recall Jezebel’s impact on the consumer Inte...
13 Nov 202326min
Julia on Israel-Hamas Third Order Effects
Julia Ioffe joins Peter for an unbelievably candid conversation about the most surprising and searing impacts of the war here in the U.S. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices ...
10 Nov 202325min
A New WaPo Era & Hulu Questions
Dylan Byers joins Peter to chat about the incipient Will Lewis era at The Washington Post. And then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy get into a Hulu guessing game. To learn more about listener data and ou...
9 Nov 202330min
Teddy on S.B.F. & Dalio’s Principles
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter for a conversation about S.B.F.’s post-conviction moves. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy question the Bridgewater culture and how the hedge fund makes its fortunes. To lear...
8 Nov 202322min
Hollywood’s Post-Strike Blues
Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss the town’s jarring post-strike reality: the free cash flow ambitions, the end of the free-wheeling days, the demise of overall deals, and so much more. To learn m...
7 Nov 202321min
Media Monday: Conde Nast Questions & Hulu Deal Points
Jon Kelly joins Peter to talk through Conde Nast’s economic problems and how it all came to this. Then they hypothesize how much Disney will pay for Hulu. To learn more about listener data and our p...
6 Nov 202328min
