The Powers That Be: Daily

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss how President Zelensky is fighting a new two-front war in New York and Washington. Then Dylan Byers returns to decipher the fallout from Rupert Murdoch’s titanic resignation, and Lachlan’s ascent.

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the controversial journalist Michael Wolff’s latest opus, this time about the Murdochs and the fate of Fox News. Then they debate the green room tizzy surrounding Kristen Welker’s first big interview as host of ‘Meet the Press.’

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter Hamby to discuss the behind-the-scenes tension between Peter Thiel and Donald Trump and Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner read the S.B.F. trial tea leaves.

Abby Livingston joins Peter for an in-depth dishfest on what's really playing out in the legislative and executive branches: the “ditch Kamala” rumors; McCarthy’s deepening crisis; and many more subplots.

Jon Kelly joins Peter for a candid chat about Bob Iger’s ABC deal options and Kevin McCarthy’s political suicide vest.

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss her conversation with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and his innovative plan to help fund the Ukrainian resistance with oligarchs' seized assets. Then Ben Landy and Lauren Sherman review the highlights from fashion week.

For more from Julia: https://puck.news/just-spoke-to-blinken/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230915

For more from Lauren: https://puck.news/my-fashion-week-postmortem/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230915

In a special episode, Bill Cohan and Dylan Byers join Peter to reflect on the hasty Disney-Charter deal and compare notes on the demise of pay TV as we know it.

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to talk about the fate of Ryan Salame, the latest former FTX executive to cooperate with the government. And then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner discuss Google’s extraordinary litigation.

Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the House G.O.P.’s rocky strategy and high wire act as Congress returns. Then they dig into Ron DeSantis’ Hillaryesque problem.

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the latest on Bob Iger’s challenging negotiation with Charter and whether this powder keg will destroy cable as we know it. Then the two chat about CAA’s monster new deal.