NBCU’s Olympic Gold & Zaz’s NBA Folly
John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to unpack how the Olympics have been a bonanza for NBCUniversal, leading to a massive ratings and revenue boost for its Peacock streamer. Then they dig into WBD’s lawsuit...
2 Aug 202418min
Prisoner Swap Chatter & Harris’s Big Hire
Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to dig into the latest major news coming out of Moscow—the tell-tale signs of a prisoner swap, and why Putin would consider such a move at a time of enormously high tensi...
1 Aug 202423min
Ackman’s Gamble & Trump’s New Money Club
William D. Cohan joins Peter Hamby to discuss the topsy-turvy saga of Bill Ackman’s new investment fund, Pershing Square USA, and whether his culture warrior notoriety will sabotage its success. Plus,...
31 Juli 202426min
A Harris Heat Check & Vance’s Media Nightmare
Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to exchange candid and incisive assessments of the presidential race: the Dems’ new messaging that Trump and J.D. Vance are “weird,” how Harris is capitalizing on her re...
30 Juli 202419min
Media Monday: Zaz’s NBA Holy War & Kamala’s Tiktok Bounce
Jon Kelly joins Peter to chronicle the latest and weirdest chapter of the NBA media rights auction—David Zaslav’s decision to sue the league and hire Edelman to run a scorched earth influence campaign...
29 Juli 202428min
The Harris Doctrine & Vance Kremlinology
Julia Ioffe swings by the pod to offer her candid assessment of Kamala Harris’s foreign policy bona fides. What’s the chatter in Foggy Bottom—and the Blob consensus about Biden abandoning his bid for ...
26 Juli 202424min
Michael Rubin’s Legal Woes & A Skydance Scoop
Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to unwind the myriad legal challenges facing sports business behemoth Fanatics and its brash billionaire founder Michael Rubin. Plus, news on an under-the-radar trial su...
25 Juli 202418min
The Kamala Media Super Bowl
Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby for an incisive meta analysis of how the media has covered Joe Biden’s historic decision to exit the presidential race. Among other things: How is MSNBC pivoting to the H...
24 Juli 202421min
