The Powers That Be: Daily

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss whether a string of wannabe blockbusters can revive the summer box office, and if R-rated sex comedies are due for a comeback. Then they get into Tom Cruise’s furious campaign to muscle out Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig in the battle for the big screen. 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

Peter and Ben debate whether Ron DeSantis is a winner or a weirdo, and if the media doom loop narrative is overplayed. Then they weigh the aftershocks of another Trump indictment and the legacy of Youngkin’s “parental rights”campaign.For more from Peter - https://puck.news/desantis-extinction-theory-revisited/ 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

Jon Kelly reunites with Peter for a post-Licht jam session that focused on David Zaslav’s real priority: servicing the debt burden of the WBD colossus. Then they assess Tucker Carlson’s legal quagmire. 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

Teddy and Peter marvel at how Jack Dorsey and the V.C. contrarian crew fell head over heels for alt-left crank RFK Jr. Then Tina joins Ben for a Talmudic reading of Kevin McCarthy’s latest G.O.P. family psychodrama.For more from Teddy -https://puck.news/jack-bobby-2-0/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230609For more from Tina -https://puck.news/desantiss-iowa-edge-elons-anti-woke-headache/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230609 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

Dylan Byers, who broke the news on Chris Licht’s ouster at CNN, chats with Peter about how it all went down: when Zaz turned on him and what’s next for both CNN and Licht, himself.For more from Dylan -https://puck.news/lichts-out/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230608 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

Eriq Gardner joins Peter to break down the latest twists as A.I. threatens the writers’ strike. Then Bill Cohan and Ben gab about Apple’s new headset, the S.E.C.’s war on crypto, and Dimon ‘24 fever. For more from Eriq - https://puck.news/is-your-robo-lawyer-breaking-the-law/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230607For more from Bill - https://puck.news/a-chamath-humbling-president-dimon-chatter-elliotts-triumph/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230607 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

Lauren Sherman joins Peter to dissect the exit of Edward Enninful from British Vogue and the power struggles inside Condé Nast as Anna Wintour consolidates power yet again. Then they dig into the murky economics of celebrity stylists in Hollywood. For more from Lauren -https://puck.news/the-end-of-the-edwardian-age/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230606 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

Dylan Byers and Jon Kelly discuss the double-barreled headache at CNN: the surprise Dave Leavy C.O.O. appointment and that atrocious Atlantic story… Oof, is Licht toast? 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

Tina Nguyen joins Ben to decipher how Kevin McCarthy put down the House debt ceiling rebellion and gave Biden a surprise win. Then they dig into Elon’s misadventures trying to court the far right.For more from Tina -https://puck.news/elons-murdochian-desantasy/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230602 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

Baratunde Thurston joins Ben for a rollicking debate over whether the latest A.I. panic is self-aggrandizing hysteria or cynical ass-covering. Then they dig into what Washington can do to help—or if new red tape will make everything worse. For more from Baratunde -https://puck.news/the-case-for-temporarily-unplugging-a-i/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230601 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