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The Powers That Be: Daily
Hosted by Puck | Audacy · EN
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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Schumer’s Platner Problem
2d ago00:23:14Tap to summarizeLeigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to break down Graham Platner’s momentum, and the public restaurant blow-up between Chuck Schumer and David Krone over the candidate Schumer reluctantly inherited. Then they discuss Trump’s Iran ceasefire, which has already been downgraded from “peace deal” to a “memorandum of understanding.” 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
Transcribe →Media Monday: The Pelley Post-Mortem & More McAfeebucks
3d ago00:24:40Tap to summarizeThe besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby are reunited to share their deep readings on the latest reverberations of Pelleyghazi before turning their attention to the realities of Pat McAfee economics. 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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Fox One's Big Moment
5d ago00:03:15Tap to summarizeDylan sits down with Fox One head Pete Distad to discuss why the World Cup is a make-or-break moment for Fox's streaming service. They dive into the platform's new features designed to pull in and retain fans and why sports fans are sticking around for Fox News in greater numbers than anticipated. See all the ways bp is driving American energy forward at bp.com/InvestingInAmerica. 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
Transcribe →The People v. Netflix
6d ago00:20:29Tap to summarizeEriq Gardner swings by to discuss two mind-melting legal sagas: Ken Paxton’s “dark patterns” lawsuit accusing Netflix of ensnaring kids with addictive algorithms, and the University of Cincinnati’s lawsuit against a transfer quarterback for potentially breaching the terms of his $1 million NIL contract. 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
Transcribe →Can Democrats Still Take the Senate?
1w ago00:22:18Tap to summarizeAbby Livingston joins Peter to break down key Democratic Senate races, from the Platner-Mills showdown in Maine to Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan wild card and James Talarico’s slim lead in Texas. Then they discuss the surprisingly deep Democratic bench—and why this cycle is starting to look like 2010 in reverse. 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
Transcribe →The Bari Diaries
1w ago00:27:18Tap to summarizeDylan Byers and Peter Hamby sit down to discuss the latest developments in the world of Bari Weiss. They set the record straight on the Axios report about Paramount bringing in back-up for Bari, why the names on the list don't make sense, and the real test for new 60 Minutes EP Nick Bilton when the show premieres this fall. 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
Transcribe →The Trump Endorsement Slump
1w ago00:24:16Tap to summarizeMarianna Sotomayor joins Peter to discuss Tuesday’s primaries—and the growing evidence that Donald Trump’s once-vaunted endorsement is losing its punch. Then they discuss Graham Platner’s controversy-mired march through Maine, and the FISA reauthorization Democrats are holding hostage over Bill Pulte, Trump’s underqualified D.N.I. pick. 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
Transcribe →Media Monday: Too Scott to Handle!
1w ago00:31:09Tap to summarizeBesties Jon and Peter weigh into the latest developments in the ‘60 Minutes’ soap opera: the firing of Scott Pelley, the Nick Bilton showdown, and the newsroom murder-suicide pact. Then they dig into the media meta-narrative surrounding the New York Times oppo drop on Senate wannabe Graham Platner, and whether the lawyers watered it down. 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
Transcribe →French Hill on the Senate Crypto Stalemate
2w ago00:31:39Tap to summarizeThe G.O.P. chairman of the House Financial Services Committee joins Leigh Ann Caldwell in Washington to walk through his ambitious legislative agenda: the stalemate over crypto, sticking points on housing reform, his complicated position on Ukraine, and more. 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
Transcribe →The Graham Platner Dilemma
2w ago00:28:42Tap to summarizeAbby Livingston joins Peter to chew over the newest damaging revelations surrounding Senate candidate Graham Platner, the Marine veteran turned progressive folk hero. Could his checkered past cost Democrats a winnable seat in Maine? And if the oppo bombs keep coming, is the Senate majority out of reach? 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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