Anthropic’s Fear Factor
Ian Krietzberg joins Peter to size up Anthropic’s mysterious new model—one the company claims is too powerful to release—and whether that’s genuine caution or savvy marketing. Ian also recaps the Huma...
15 Apr 20min
Hegseth’s Enemy Within
Julia Ioffe joins Peter with fresh intel on Pete Hegseth’s simmering vendetta against Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, a well-liked Washington figure with close ties to Vice President J.D. Vance. J...
14 Apr 21min
Media Monday: The Politico Pivot & YouTube ’28
Peter Hamby phones in from the Puck Coachella satellite office for a scintillating conversation with Jon Kelly about the big idea behind Politico’s major executive reshuffling: Has the pivot to video ...
13 Apr 28min
How Much NFL Is Too Much?
NBC Sports’s Mike Florio joins John to tackle the most pressing questions facing the NFL as it stares down a highly consequential offseason—from looming media rights negotiations and the potential los...
11 Apr 47min
Lululemon’s Midlife Crisis & FashionGPT
Malique Morris joins Peter to discuss Lululemon’s slide from category king to just another player in an increasingly crowded activewear market—and whether the brand can actually engineer a sustainable...
10 Apr 23min
ESPN Cuts Deep
John Ourand joins Peter to break down ESPN’s looming layoffs amid the lingering financial fallout from Disney’s carriage dispute with YouTube TV last fall—and whether new C.E.O. Josh D’Amaro would act...
9 Apr 23min
Sam Altman’s $100M TBPN Trap
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss OpenAI’s head-scratching decision to buy TBPN—and the very real possibility that it proves to be more headache than masterstroke for Sam Altman. Then he examines wha...
8 Apr 23min
Trump’s “Stone Age” Ultimatum
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to break down Trump’s maximalist threat to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure “back to the Stone Age” unless they agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz—an ultimatum that, for ...
7 Apr 23min
