Johnson’s Army of One
Abby Livingston joins Peter Hamby to discuss the unfathomable—Speaker Mike Johnson’s temporary majority of one. And then the two chat about how each party is trying to take the House this fall.
9 Jan 202410min
Media Monday: The Messenger’s Quibi Throttle
Jon Kelly joins Peter to assess the agony of The Messenger and how things got there so quickly. Then the reunited duo weigh in on the antecedents of the 2024 campaign media torpor.
8 Jan 202429min
Bill on Wall Street’s New Post-Wunderkind C.E.O.
Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss the ascent of Peter Orszag, the new C.E.O. of Lazard, who has vowed to double revenue by 2030. Can the former top Obama aide resurrect Bill’s old firm, or will the ye...
5 Jan 202413min
Box Office Surprises & The Globes Revival
Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss the winners, losers, and surprises of the Christmas corridor holiday box office season and what to expect for the theatrical industry in ‘24. Then the two chew over...
4 Jan 202418min
A Times Lawsuit & Congress Politics
Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the generation divide rocking Capitol Hill while Eriq Gardner assesses The New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI with Ben Landy.
3 Jan 202425min
Media Tuesday: Elon’s Endgame & More!
In the second installment of their year-commencing prediction special, Jon Kelly and Dylan Byers dig into the Elon debt endgame at Twitter and much, much more.
2 Jan 202419min
Media Monday: The Bezos Inner Circle & Zaz’s Inside Edge
Happy New Year! In the first part of a special double-barreled media predictions show, Jon Kelly and Dylan Byers prognosticate about Washington Post leadership changes, Jeff Zucker’s billion-dollar de...
1 Jan 202416min
The Trump Insurrection Dilemma
Eriq Gardner joins Ben for a Talmudic reading of the Colorado court decision banning Donald Trump from the ballot, how it’s playing in Washington legal circles, and how the Supreme Court might rule. T...
29 Dec 202318min
