

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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Mar 26, 2024 • 18min
Ken Griffin’s $7.5 Billion Fumble
John Ourand joins Peter to discuss the runaway valuation of NFL franchises and how hedge fund founder Ken Griffin almost got his hands around the Miami Dolphins. Then they unpack the financial conundrum facing Diamond Sports and its new CEO’s post-bankruptcy deal with Amazon. 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 25, 2024 • 27min
Media Monday: TikTok Motives & Zucker’s Out
Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss two unusual government-prompted media sagas: Capitol Hill’s TikTok legislation and Jeff Zucker’s sullied U.K. newspaper chase. 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 22, 2024 • 32min
Trump’s Yard Sale & Moskovitz ’24
Bill Cohan joins Peter Hamby to break down Donald Trump’s financial pickle: Is a declaration of personal bankruptcy truly on the horizon if he can’t fork over the $454 million bond payment by Monday? Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy consider how Dustin Moskovitz plans to money bomb D.C. ahead of the ’24 election. 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 21, 2024 • 26min
Condé Fissures & the Elon-Lemon Fallout
Dylan Byers joins Peter to dig into the ongoing labor drama at Condé Nast. Then the pair discuss whether Elon’s falling out with Don Lemon will cascade into a new series of headaches at X. 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 20, 2024 • 25min
Putin’s Election Math & Bravo’s Reality Shock
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to parse the ramifications of Russia’s presidential election as Vladamir Putin clocks in with an absolutely comical 87 percent of the vote. Then Eriq Gardner joins Ben to discuss the wave of lawsuits threatening Hollywood’s reality TV business. 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 19, 2024 • 17min
Ohio’s Civil War & TikTok’s Senate Gauntlet
Abby Livingston joins Peter to unpack the pair of high-stakes Senate races unfolding in Montana and Ohio, where MAGA Republicans and the remnant establishment wing of the G.O.P. are warring over primary candidates. Then, they game out whether the House bill to ban TikTok will survive the Senate. 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 18, 2024 • 27min
Media Monday: The Zazurrection Prophecy & College Football’s Wildcatters
Jon Kelly is reunited with Peter to discuss the bull case for David Zaslav’s WBD turnaround, which boils down to “good debt,” HBO, and DTC. Then they weigh in on the new “think tank” trying to exploit college football without irreparably damaging the entire enterprise of amateur sports. 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 15, 2024 • 21min
Musk vs. Lemon & The Kassan Fiasco
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the new media title fight between Don Lemon and Elon Musk after the billionaire abruptly cancelled the former CNN star’s new show on X. Then they turn to the wild legal battle erupting between UTA and its now-former partner Michael Kassan. 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 14, 2024 • 24min
Yass’s Crusade & A Biden Impeachment Post-Mortem
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to chart the multi-front campaign by billionaire Republican donor Jeff Yass to keep TikTok alive, before revealing a secret meeting between Biden and a few Silicon Valley heavyweights last year. Then Abby Livingston and Ben dig into how the Biden impeachment inquiry fell apart. 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 13, 2024 • 31min
TikTok Intrigues & Biden’s Wall Street Cavalry
Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss the TikTok ban marching through Congress, whether it’s all a political stunt, and how this issue is probably bound for the courts, anyway. Then Ben and Bill Cohan dig into the lively post-SOTU chatter on Wall Street. 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