The Powers That Be: Daily

By: Puck | Audacy
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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 America: Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Puck's contributors will bring you smart conversation around the inside stories happening in these worlds. Presented in partnership with Audacy, new episodes publish daily, Monday-Friday.
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Episodes
  • Trump’s Law & Disorder
    Jan 29 2025
    Eriq Gardner joins Peter to break down the flood of legal developments emanating from the new Trump regime—from the firing of career D.O.J. prosecutors to the pause on civil rights and environmental litigation to the murky future of the TikTok ban. Then they dive into what antitrust enforcement might look like under Trump 2.0, as F.T.C. chair Lina Khan exits and Republicans grapple with just how far they’re willing to go in siding with consumers over big business. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Trump's Divided G.O.P & Cabinet Conundrums
    Jan 28 2025
    Puck’s newest partner and chief Washington correspondent, Leigh Ann Caldwell, joins Peter for an insider’s take on the growing rift within the G.O.P. as they wrestle with whether to roll Trump’s ambitious agenda into one sweeping “big, beautiful bill” or split it in two. Plus, Leigh Ann previews two highly anticipated nomination hearings this week, with Tulsi Gabbard and R.F.K. Jr. gearing up to face intense scrutiny from skeptical Senate committees. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Media Monday: CNN’s Layoff Aftermath & NFL Streaming Woes
    Jan 27 2025
    Jon Kelly connects with Peter to scrutinize CNN’s post-layoff digital transformation and how long it'll take for Mark Thompson’s vision to come to fruition, before discussing the strategic decisions by the Times, CNN, and other news outlets to tone down their political coverage during Trump 2.0. Finally, they gab about NFL’s declining ratings as Amazon and Netflix become major players in sports media. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins

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GOP is taking action against Jared & SCOTUS judges

Not when George Santos is still there and McConnell is still keeping Kentucky in poverty.
This episode made it strikingly clear that monetized podcasting means shifting values towards what is actually shady business vs what the right wing decides is shady are not going to be able to find a connection.

Unfortunately this episode doesn't touch on the ongoing corrupt activities of Thomas/Alito & dark $ invading the high Court. Nor anything about Jared's clearly dangerous White House activities. But Hunter is a bad guy who cannot seem to rise to the extent of criminal activity of Jared's billions or the SCOTUS judges who are subsidized by billionaires bribing them for favorable rulings.
Jared happily traded his oath of office & classified Intel for at least $2 billion in personal windfall. I'm disheartened by the fact that this podcast has opted to drift rightward into the area that ignores the facts and uses the crazy caucus as a tool to monetize their podcast discussing the taste for impeaching Biden. I've yet to hear anything remotely close to this topic in regards to the Trump kids but the GOP hasn't got anything remotely close to a definition of criminal activity if it's in their own interests.

The media landscape is filled with right wing grifters and it appears the direction keeps the coffers filled enough that even those podcasts that once were interested in focusing on Truth are eager to grasp their piece of the pie. Money replaces Truth and values are being adapted for Cash. No longer matters how ignorant the podcast must degrade itself in order to keep financial backing. I'm curious whether democracy is for sale to almost anyone with a podcast, I'm disappointed by the direction.

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