The Powers That Be: Daily

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.

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.

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss David Zaslav’s year of magical thinking and Jeff Zucker’s U.K. deal heat.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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?

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss news and notes on Jeff Zucker’s Telegraph deal heat and Mark Thompson’s burgeoning new era.

Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss his recent conversation with Michael Lewis and his lessons learned from the S.B.F book. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner discuss Elon’s new adventure in litigation.