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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Apr 7, 2023 • 28min
Ari Emanuel’s Art of the Deal
Dylan Byers joins Peter to explain why Ari Emanuel and Endeavor went all in to acquire WWE. Then Tina Nguyen and Ben Landy philosophize about the waning DeSantasy. 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
Apr 6, 2023 • 29min
Final “DeSantasy”?
Tara Palmeri joins Peter to scope out DeSantis’s post-indictment blues. And then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander dig into Amazon’s streaming challenge. 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
Apr 5, 2023 • 27min
Predicting Twitter’s Future
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to hash out precisely what Elon Musk misjudged about the blue check community, how perversely he misaligned incentives, and what his Twitter is going to inevitably resemble. 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
Apr 4, 2023 • 29min
The Bezos NFL Quest
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss whether Jeff Bezos can get this hands on the Commanders. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy go long on the Twitter Blue eviction phenomenon, and what it means for Musk’s investment. 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
Apr 3, 2023 • 25min
Media Monday: Trump's Circus & ABC's Hellscape
Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss Trump's latest media seizure and what it means for '24. Then they get after all the ABC News drama. 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
Mar 31, 2023 • 30min
What Does Casey DeSantis Want?
Tina Nguyen and Peter Hamby chat about Ron DeSantis’ learning curve and what he’s learning from his wife. Then Peter and marketing guru Alex Bigler spill secrets on Puck’s next iteration.Click here to for a Puck special offer -https://puck.news/subscribe/?subscribe__coupon=SPRING23To sign up for Lauren Sherman's Line Sheet -https://puck.news/newsletters/line-sheet 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
Mar 30, 2023 • 30min
Eat, Pray, Pompeo
Tara Palmeri joins Peter from Florida with an update on DeSantis’ suburban strategy, Mike Pompeo’s Roman holiday, and a Glenn Youngkin backup plan. Then Julia Alexander drops by to discuss Netflix’s secret super power. For more on Tara Palmeri's story - https://puck.news/desantis-doubts-a-o-c-s-strategy-pompeo-whereabouts/For more on Julia Alexander's story - https://puck.news/netflix-the-most-valuable-real-estate-in-hollywood/ 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
Mar 29, 2023 • 28min
A Peacock Breakthrough & Biden’s Ukraine Red Line
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss Peacock’s cable news streaming innovation, and whether it might work. Then Ben Landy and Julia Ioffe weigh in on the foreign policy secret around town: just how long the Biden administration will support Ukraine. 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
Mar 28, 2023 • 25min
An Elon Legal Mouse Trap
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss, among other things, an Elon Musk legal trap of his own design. Then Bill Cohan discusses Credit Suisse’s tragic deal point with Ben Landy. 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
Mar 27, 2023 • 26min
Media Monday: Tiktokalypse & D.C M&A
Jon Kelly joins Peter to decipher just how screwed TikTok may be in the current political environment. Then they dish on the inside story behind a D.C. media acquisition. 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
