The Powers That Be: Daily

Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to discuss an epic Greenwich Village co-op battle that will make you move to Mars. Then Tina Nguyen explains DeSantis’s crumbling surveillance state.For more from Eriq -https://puck.news/justin-theroux-the-greenwich-village-co-op-battle-from-hell/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230728For more from Tina -https://puck.news/desantis-blame-games-witch-hunt-mania/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230728 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

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to work through the story that everyone in media is talking about right now. Then Lauren Sherman and Ben Landy dig into that $4 billion Skims valuation.For more from Dylan -https://puck.news/notes-on-cnn-that-zucker-story/ 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 and Peter talk about the political hopes of Lauren Boebert, the MTG nemesis who is perhaps the least likely representative of Aspen imaginable. Then they draft the Congressional stars who might be quietly eyeing 2028. 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 chats with Peter Hamby about what really goes down at the Aspen Security Conference, where district natives hang every summer with the brahmins from the deep state. 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 for a spirited chat on how much Bob Iger could rake in for selling Disney’s various non-essential assets, and which entities he might sell. Then they talk about the impact that the Republican primary circus will have on various incumbent mediacos and startups, alike. 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

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss John Harris’s return to the top of the greasy pole at Politico. Then the duo discuss the new leadership regimes at CNN and The Washington Post.For more from Dylan -https://puck.news/the-politico-animal/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230721 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 most surprising races playing out on Capitol Hill. Then Ben Landy and Lauren Sherman discuss what fashion mogul Francois-Henri Pinault might do with CAA. 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 calls Peter from Europe with a critical update on Ukraine’s latest drone strike deep inside Russian territory. Then Eriq Gardner swings by to explain Hollywood’s surprising beef with A.I. 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

Matt Belloni joins Peter Hamby to break down every angle of the historic dual writers-and-actors’ strike: Fran Drescher’s war cry, A-list pay disparities, Iger’s faux pas, the streaming conundrum, and how it all ends.For more from Matt -https://puck.news/burning-questions-on-hollywoods-summer-from-hell/ 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 talk through all the various implications of Bob Iger's latest contract extension: the deal machinations, succession rumblings, and more. Then they dig into the New York Times Co.'s decision to cede its sports section to The Athletic and why it was so obvious (and necessary). 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