The Powers That Be: Daily

Apr 09 2025 850 ep. 25 mins 663

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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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FAANGs Out for Hollywood

Apr 09 2025 25 mins

Julia Alexander joins Peter debate what the Big Tech players are really doing in Hollywood, and whether Apple, which is heavily reliant on manufacturing overseas, will use Trump’s tariffs as cover to retreat from the content business. They also examine the explosive growth of YouTube TV, and discuss whether its focus on live sports and a superior UX could replace cable for good.

Wall Street Goes to Defcon 1

Apr 08 2025 30 mins

Bill Cohan joins Peter for a sobering discussion of Trump’s trade war and its discontents: Bill Ackman, warning of an “economic nuclear winter”; Jamie Dimon, sending panicked smoke signals to the White House; Larry Fink, predicting an imminent recession; and many more. Then they turn to the meltdown in the crypto market, the decline in consumer confidence, and what comes next

Media Monday: VF Regime Change & Kornacki Politics

Apr 07 2025 26 mins

Jon and Peter reunite to chew over Radhika Jones’ departure from VF and the 30 Rock custody battle over Steve Kornacki. 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

Trump Against the World

Apr 04 2025 21 mins

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the shock impact of the president’s blunt-force trade warfare—raising prices, tanking markets, and alienating even America’s closest geopolitical allies. Then they chew over the troubling historical antecedents (Soviet Russia, for one) and debate why and how we got here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: ht

Trump’s Tariff D-Day

Apr 03 2025 30 mins

Bill Cohan joins Peter Hamby to chew over Trump’s whirlwind tariff announcements and their inevitable impact on the financial markets. Then they dig into the president’s series of recent pardons for white-collar criminals, including the disgraced Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson, and the broader implications for the criminal justice system. To learn more about listener data

NCAA’s April Madness & The NFL’s Palm Beach Confab

Apr 02 2025 22 mins

John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to discuss the current state of college sports, including the drama surrounding the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the impact of N.I.L., and the ever-controversial transfer portal. They also delve into the carriage dispute between Comcast and the YES Network, and rehash the NFL owners’ meeting in Palm Beach. To learn more about listener data and

The A.O.C. Boomlet

Apr 01 2025 25 mins

Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to talk about what the future holds for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who, at 35, is already one of the most scrutinized and compelling figures in the political arena. She’s increasingly generated buzz as an emerging leader for the Dems ever since Schumer voted with the G.O.P. on the funding bill. Now, Washington is wondering whether she’ll challenge

Media Monday: Graydon Week & Peyton Manning’s Mega-Series A

Mar 31 2025 26 mins

Jon Kelly and Peter reunite for a rundown of Puck’s major D.C. soiree, a rehash of Graydon Carter’s bildungsroman, and an analysis of Peyton Manning’s ~$800 million mediaco valuation. 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

The Atlantic’s Signalgate Boost & CNN’s Zucker Redux

Mar 28 2025 28 mins

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the chatter swirling around The Atlantic, which made the headlines this week after E.I.C. Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he was added to a group chat filled with high-ranking national security officials discussing war plans—and why the imbroglio has boosted the magazine’s reputation among the political and media elite. Then, Dylan breaks down

Signalgate Fallout

Mar 27 2025 22 mins

Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter for an inside look at D.C.’s remarkable Signal group chat scandal, in which senior national security officials from the Trump administration accidentally added The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to a private group chat discussing war plans. Leigh Ann digs into the G.O.P.’s response—from those doubling down Trump-style deflection, to those soundin