The Powers That Be: Daily

Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to share his conversation with the former president about A.I., climate, and how technology is destabilizing democracy. Then they turn to the hardening political divide between the Obama era and Gen Z.

Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss Biden’s complicated narrative problems: the Times poll, the Axelrod tweet, the Tuesday bounce and more. Then the duo recall Jezebel’s impact on the consumer Internet and its failed promise.

Julia Ioffe joins Peter for an unbelievably candid conversation about the most surprising and searing impacts of the war here in the U.S.

Dylan Byers joins Peter to chat about the incipient Will Lewis era at The Washington Post. And then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy get into a Hulu guessing game.

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter for a conversation about S.B.F.’s post-conviction moves. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy question the Bridgewater culture and how the hedge fund makes its fortunes.

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss the town’s jarring post-strike reality: the free cash flow ambitions, the end of the free-wheeling days, the demise of overall deals, and so much more.

Jon Kelly joins Peter to talk through Conde Nast’s economic problems and how it all came to this. Then they hypothesize how much Disney will pay for Hulu.

 On September 3, 2018, a rancher in Laredo, Texas, discovered a woman’s body shot execution-style on the side of the road. When investigators identified her as a local sex worker, their search for the killer took them into the darkest corners of the city. Then, after days of false starts and dead-ends, another body turned up, terrifying residents and leading law enforcement to conclude a serial killer is at large. More would die before a survivor finally came forward and identified the killer… but his motives proved as confounding as his crimes. 

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss The Washington Post’s latest hiccup in its C.E.O. chase. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy chew over Ari Emanuel’s take-private effort.

As the historic Sam Bankman-Fried trial comes to a close, Eriq Gardner joins Peter to offer his privileged view from inside the courtroom and behind the scenes.