The Powers That Be: Daily

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August 12, 2023 Introducing: Search Engine
No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, host PJ Vogt answers the kinds of questions you might ask the internet when you can't sleep. If you find the world bewildering, but also sometimes enjoy being bewildered by it, Search Engine is here for you.
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10 min
August 11, 2023 M.B.S.’s Surprise Diplomacy & The Tim Scott Heartbeat
Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to discuss Saudi Arabia’s surprising emergence as a Russia-Ukraine mediator. Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy document Larry Ellison's ability to manipulate a Tim Scott dead cat bounce.

Fior more from Julia -

https://puck.news/the-treaty-of-m-b-s/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230811

For more from Teddy -

https://puck.news/larry-ellisons-eight-figure-anti-trump-dowry/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230811
22 min
August 10, 2023 Musk’s Everything App Delusion
Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to explain Elon Musk’s short-sighted fallacy of turning X—nee Twitter—into the new full-blown everything app of our time.

For more from Baratunde -

https://puck.news/silicon-valley-and-the-race-for-the-everything-app/
22 min
August 09, 2023 Trump Indictment Odds
Eriq Gardner joins Peter for a talmudic reading of the most recent Trump indictment. Then Ben Landy and Abby Livingston dig into one of the Senate’s most controversial subplots.
22 min
August 08, 2023 The Biden Backups
Tara Palmeri joins Peter for an in-depth conversation on the state of 2024—the early state conundrum, DeSantisgate, and the Dems waiting on Biden’s next move.

For more from Tara -

https://puck.news/the-biden-edge-case/
22 min
August 07, 2023 Media Monday: The Threads Letdown & It’s Bidenomics, Stupid
Jon Kelly and Peter explain why Threads’ descent to reality was pre-ordained and predictable. Then they tackle the Biden campaign’s futile messaging.
22 min
August 04, 2023 A Fashion War & M.B.S.’s Diplomatic Play
Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman’s volunteer attempt to free a U.S. journalist detained in Putin’s Russia. And then Ben Landy and Lauren Sherman discuss an activist investor’s attempt the rattle Kering’s cage.
25 min
August 03, 2023 S.B.F.’s New Legal Pickle
Teddy Schleifer joins Peter for a conversation about Sam Bankman-Fried’s tightening legal noose. Then they chat about the latest action among the ‘24 megadonors.
19 min
August 02, 2023 The Disney Succession Intrigue
Bill Cohan joins Peter to chat about the biggest story in media—Matt Belloni’s scoopage that Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer are going to help their old boss, Bob Iger, figure out his streaming conundrum. Then Eriq Garder swings by with a Trump-Fox News legal entanglement.

For more on Matt's story -

https://puck.news/iger-brings-back-his-old-heir-apparents/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230802

For more from Eriq -

https://puck.news/trump-has-subpoenaed-fox-news-for-tuckers-unaired-jan-6-interview/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230802
22 min
August 01, 2023 The Private McConnell Fallout
Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss the private conversation on Capitol Hill about Mitch McConnell’s health—plus, the intrigue in town surrounding the most watched ‘24 races.
16 min

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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…