

The Powers That Be: Daily
Puck | Audacy
Join Emmy Award-winning journalist Peter Hamby, along with the team of expert journalists at Puck, as they let you in on the real conversations insiders are having across the four corners of power in America: Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Puck's contributors will bring you smart conversation around the inside stories happening in these worlds. Presented in partnership with Audacy, new episodes publish daily, Monday-Friday.
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Aug 22, 2023 • 17min
G.O.P. Debate Prep & Congress Anxieties
Abby Livingston joins Peter to dig into all the anxieties and chaos of the next Congressional season of discontent. Then they game plan out the first G.O.P. debate. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 21, 2023 • 25min
Media Monday: Iger’s Options & CNN’s Youthquake
Discussion on Bob Iger's limited options at Disney and CNN's decision to bring in a new generation. A leadership shakeup at CBS News leaves all six news divisions in the hands of women. Exploration of the persistent assumption of Apple buying Disney and the potential partnership between Disney-owned ESPN and Verizon. Analysis of recent lineup changes at CNN and speculation about Wolf Blitzer's potential departure. Generational shift at CNN and resignation of CBS News co-president, highlighting the rise of women in leadership roles in news networks.

Aug 18, 2023 • 27min
Iowa Gossip + Fashion M&A
Abby Livingston joins Peter to chat through the various evolving Iowa scenarios, then Ben Landy and Lauren dig into fashion’s biggest deal of the year. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 2023 • 26min
More Goldman Sachs Mishegas & a Putin Pivot
Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss the latest P.R. headaches facing David Solomon, Goldman Sachs’ C.E.O., and whether the narrative has become hyperbolic. Then Julia Ioffe and Ben Landy chat about a new twist in the Biden-Putin dynamic.For more from Bill -https://puck.news/the-judgment-of-solomon/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230817For more from Julia -https://puck.news/biden-putins-nuclear-blurred-lines/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230817 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2023 • 26min
S.B.F.’s Future and Iger’s ARPU Strategy
Teddy Schleifer, who was in the courtroom when Sam Bankman-Fried was cuffed, shares his observations and reporting with Peter Hamby. Then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander discuss Bob Iger’s Disney+ dilemma. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2023 • 21min
Hunter’s Lonely Heart & Iowa Dreams
Tara Palmeri joins Peter to work through the latest twist in the Hunter Biden legal saga and what it forebodes for 2024. Then Peter, on the ground in the corndog capital of the human imagination, reports on the stirrings on the G.O.P.’s latest fears and anxieties. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 14, 2023 • 23min
Media Monday: Iger’s Challenges & the Redstone Endgame
Jon Kelly joins Peter for a spirited, insidery conversation about the latest twists in Iger’s strategy, Dave Portnoy’s shot at a third (!!) windfall, and what the Simon & Schuster sale suggests about Shari Redstone’s endgame. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 2023 • 24min
M.B.S.’s Surprise Diplomacy & The Tim Scott Heartbeat
Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to discuss Saudi Arabia’s surprising emergence as a Russia-Ukraine mediator. Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy document Larry Ellison's ability to manipulate a Tim Scott dead cat bounce.Fior more from Julia -https://puck.news/the-treaty-of-m-b-s/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230811For more from Teddy -https://puck.news/larry-ellisons-eight-figure-anti-trump-dowry/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230811 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2023 • 24min
Musk’s Everything App Delusion
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to explain Elon Musk’s short-sighted fallacy of turning X—nee Twitter—into the new full-blown everything app of our time.For more from Baratunde - https://puck.news/silicon-valley-and-the-race-for-the-everything-app/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2023 • 24min
Trump Indictment Odds
Eriq Gardner joins Peter for a talmudic reading of the most recent Trump indictment. Then Ben Landy and Abby Livingston dig into one of the Senate’s most controversial subplots. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices


