The Powers That Be: Daily

Dylan Byers joins Peter to break down how the cable news networks are responding to the Israel-Hamas war—and managing the sensitivities of their newsrooms. Then Bill Cohan and Ben discuss how Elon’s broken media platform is making the conflict worse.  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 Schleifer and Eriq Gardner join Ben from the courthouse steps to share their inside-the-room impressions of the second week of the S.B.F. trial: the damning testimony of Caroline Ellison, Sam’s faltering defense strategy, and key new evidence that could bring the case to an extraordinary conclusion. For more from Teddy and Eriq - https://puck.news/will-michael-lewis-testify-for-s-b-f/ 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

Abby Livingston joins Peter from Capitol Hill with an inside look at the G.O.P.’s speaker race dilemma: What happens if neither Steve Scalise nor Jim Jordan can whip the votes to succeed McCarthy? Then they address the political intrigues surrounding the U.S. response in Israel. 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

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the horrific violence unleashed by Hamas and the unfolding tragedy in Israel, conditions in Gaza, the intelligence failure that led to the attack, and the evolving response in Washington. 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 joins Peter to discuss the Times’ response to Adam Nagourney’s new Times book. And then they dig into WBD’s new sports package. 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

Bill Cohan joins Peter Hamby to explore hedge fund titan Bill Ackman’s interest in X and where it might go. And then Ben Landy and Dylan Byers discuss David Zaslav’s controversial CNN streaming strategy. 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 Schleifer calls Peter from New York with notes from the front row of the trial of the century. Then Julia Ioffe and Ben discuss whether the fall of Kevin McCarthy will also bring down 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

Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to discuss the trial that could cost Trump his tower. Then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen explain how it all went down with Kevin and what’s next. 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

Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the whole McCarthy-Gaetz nightmare, where it goes, and whether the current Speaker is headed for the green room or K 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

Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss a grab bag of media goodies: the TV debate extinction event, Bezos’s WaPo succession options, and X CEO Linda Yaccarino’s on-stage meltdown at Code. 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