The Powers That Be: Daily

In a very special episode, Tara joins Peter to discuss Ivanka Trump’s quiet maneuvering to steer her family back into the White House. Then they discuss the media’s Chicago ‘68 fetish, and whether this summer’s convention will suffer a similar fate.  

Jon Kelly and Peter are reunited to discuss David Zaslav's NBA negotiating headaches and the latest shocking twists in the Paramount M&A spectacle.

Julia Ioffe joins Peter for a candid discussion about the $61 billion Ukraine package and whether it’s simply come too late to make a material difference. They also delve into the Columbia mess, and try to figure out how we got here in the first place.

Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to dissect Hunter Biden’s multifaceted, Bryan Freedman-led legal war against Fox News. Then they foreshadow how A.I. is poised to infiltrate the courtroom.

Abby Livingston joins Peter Hamby to dig into the G.O.P. bravado surrounding the party’s odds of maintaining control of the House next year despite the historic leadership tumult that has plagued the caucus. Then they parse R.F.K.’s true threat to Biden’s reelection odds.

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to parse the WHCD weekend micro-drama surrounding a story published in Politico last week, which shined a klieg light on the simmering tensions between the White House and The New York Times.

In a very special episode, Peter plays the interview that he and Matt Belloni conducted with Aaron Sorkin during Puck’s WHCD party with WME and Snap. Sorkin dishes on his forthcoming Jan 6 project, his departure from CAA, and his thoughts on Biden.

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to divulge all the inside chatter heading into White House Corespondents’ Dinner week in Washington. They rate who’s up and who’s down in the D.C. media scene, the parties (including Puck’s shindig with WME) where everyone is coveting an invite, and much, much more.

Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby for a candid evaluation of Trump’s historic criminal trial: 45’s courtroom antics, the judge’s gag order threat, the prosecution’s evolving strategy, and how this soap opera might eventually resolve.

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter Hamby to discuss the recent wave of Silicon Valley money lining up behind Trump, and why so many Bay Area technocrats are suddenly falling over themselves to fundraise for the Republican nominee. Then they discuss the covert operation to convince R.F.K.’s V.P. pick, Nicole Shanahan, to drop off the ticket.