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The Powers That Be

The Powers That Be is Puck’s free podcast, where our expert writers bring you smart, elite conversations about the inside story at the intersection of Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood.



LATEST EPISODES

Oct 27 11 min 48 sec

Here’s a preview of a new podcast, Story of the Week. Each week, journalist Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker […]

Oct 27 21 min 45 sec

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss Dr. Oz’s ascendance in the Pennsylvania Senate race after John Fetterman’s disastrous debate. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer discuss Hillary Clinton’s legacy-making moves. Read Teddy's Piece https://qa.puck.news/hillarys-new-play-newsoms-midterm-post-mortem-a-thiel-shake-up/ 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

Oct 26 19 min 32 sec

Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter cost-cutting bloodlust. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner get into the Ye insanity. 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

Oct 25 20 min 8 sec

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to dive into the Ukraine escalation question. Then Julia Alexander and Ben Landy chat about Disney’s Star War IP wars. 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