

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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Dec 13, 2023 • 24min
Altman’s Other Controversy
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss Sam Altman’s newest controversy: an anti-Biden Super PAC that has the Valley liberal in crowd in a twist. Then Eriq Gardner handicaps Trump’s legal odds 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

Dec 12, 2023 • 16min
Nate Silver-ing the Biden Polls
Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss his latest piece on the cacophony of Biden polling woes, and how to sort the signal from the noise. Then the two dig into the House G.O.P.’s impeachment fantasies. 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

Dec 11, 2023 • 29min
Media Monday: Shari’s Deal Options & Debate Shenanigans
Jon Kelly joins Peter to explore all the angles of Shari Redstone’s Paramount sales process, and then dig in on the network presidentialdebate scheduling melee. 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

Dec 8, 2023 • 22min
Zaz’s Big Year & Zucker’s Deal Flow
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss David Zaslav’s year of magical thinking and Jeff Zucker’s U.K. deal heat. 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

Dec 7, 2023 • 27min
Julia on the Hostage Horrors
Julia Ioffe and Peter discuss the horrors of the hostage crisis in Gaza and how it has been politicized in the U.S. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy chat about Ari Emanuel’s effort to take Endeavor private. 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

Dec 6, 2023 • 27min
Iger’s Un-Wokening
In a special episode, Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss Bob Iger’s strategic decision to eject Disney from the culture wars. Then the duo wade into the streamers’ holiday movie economic 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

Dec 5, 2023 • 23min
House of Blues
Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss how House Republicans transformed Congress into the world’s worst workplace. Then Eriq Gardner and Ben break down a Russian oligarch art world caper for the ages. 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

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Dec 4, 2023 • 27min
Media Monday: Elon Psychology & Conde De-Mythology
Jon Kelly joins Peter to dissect that garden variety psycho Dealbook segment, and deduce Elon Musk’s real three dimensional chess play at Twitter. Then they weigh into the Conde Nast layoffs. 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

Dec 1, 2023 • 20min
Koch Zero
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss the subsiding G.O.P. megadonor fantasies. Will the Koch Network’s support of Nikki Haley make a difference or is it just good money after bad? 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

Nov 30, 2023 • 22min
Inside the CNN Cinematic Universe
Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss news and notes on Jeff Zucker’s Telegraph deal heat and Mark Thompson’s burgeoning new era. 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


