Media Monday: Time’s Troubles & Convention Goss
Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to chat about the latest dish emanating from Chicago—the Anita Dunn intrigue, the Kamala extended honeymoon, etcetera—and then the duo reflect on Time magazine’s latest piv...
26 Aug 202426min
Harris’s NatSec Dream Team & An F.B.I. Mystery
Julia Ioffe rings up Peter Hamby to break down the known-unknowns surrounding Kamala Harris’s foreign policy plan, and reveal the shortlist of potential NatSec candidates who might staff her administr...
23 Aug 202421min
The Trump Circus Returns
Tara Palmeri meets up with Peter Hamby on the grounds of the D.N.C. to discuss the chaos in Mar-a-Lago while Democrats celebrate their new nominee in Chicago, and the fallout inside the campaign as Tr...
22 Aug 202417min
The NFL’s New Moneymen & Venu’s Legal Blockade
John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to unpack the legal challenge blocking the launch of Venu, the WBD-Fox-Disney sports streamer, and whether the service will ever see the light of day. Plus, a look at whe...
21 Aug 202418min
Live from the D.N.C…
Abby Livingston links up with Peter Hamby on the convention floor in Chicago to exchange notes on the ebullient chatter they’re picking up from Dems, assess whether the excitement will inevitably be t...
20 Aug 202416min
Media Monday: DNC Kremlinology, Conde’s New Revenue Boss & More Cable Chills
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby are reunited to discuss the media industry’s hot button issues: DNC speaker slot politics, the dark side of NBCU’s Olympics narrative, and Conde Nast’s new c-suite member.
19 Aug 202420min
Cable-pocalypse Now, Part 2
Guest host John Ourand continues his rollicking conversation with Matt Belloni about the Cable-pocalypse, breaking down what the death of linear television entails for the inevitable migration of spor...
16 Aug 202417min
Cable-pocalypse Now, Part 1
The great John Ourand, host of the forthcoming Varsity pod, sits in for Peter and chats up Matt Belloni on a host of broadcast topics: the epic $9.1 billion Zaz write-down, Paramount’s NFL out, Comcas...
15 Aug 202417min
