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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Which Network Won Election Night?
Julia and Dylan reunite to discuss which networks rose to the occasion on election night, which stumbled, and who ultimately won the night. They also discuss The New York
Nov 7 49 min
Post-Election Civil War
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Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor join Peter to reflect on a whirlwind election week: They dig into what the blue tsunami really means, what Democrats can actuall
Nov 6 20 min
The NFL’s Rust Belt Renaissance
John Ourand joins Peter for a midseason check-in on the NFL: the highs, the lows, and why a crop of winning Midwest teams is fueling a ratings boom. They also dig into th
Nov 5 20 min
Midterms-palooza 2026: An Election Night Special Report!
Puck’s campaign dream team reconvenes to digest the midterm results and dish out instant reactions, with Peter Hamby analyzing the final polls from California and Leigh A
Nov 4 30 min
An Election Night Cheat Sheet
Peter convenes Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor for an Election Night bonanza and a viewer’s guide to the evening ahead. They flag the early East Coast House rac
Nov 3 28 min
Will Republican Turnout Collapse This Tuesday? with Nate Silver
Polling guru Nate Silver joins Peter to offer his final set of midterm election predictions, from the Deep South to the Midwest and explain why his model shows Democrats
Nov 2 40 min
Media Monday: CNN Successionology & The G.O.P. Midterm Blitz
Jon Kelly and Peter reunite on the eve of the midterms to dig into a high-stakes test for pollsters, and why nearly $12 billion in political ad spending has become a wind
Nov 2 25 min
Tales From the Trail with Tim Miller
Tim Miller, co-founder of The Bulwark, a leader of the anti-Trump resistance, and a veteran of countless Republican campaigns from the pre-Trump era, joins Peter for a wi
Oct 31 57 min
The Great Washington Retreat
Julia Ioffe joins Peter with reporting on why European leaders are steering clear of formal Washington visits with Trump—where they risk public humiliation or a public be
Oct 30 20 min
Nathan Fielder Mania & ‘Odyssey’ Oscar Buzz
Matt Belloni joins Peter to break down how A24 turned ‘You Can See Everything’ into a genuine national phenomenon, even as some filmmakers bristle at the Nathan Fielder f
Oct 29 20 min
Art Basel’s Confidence Boost & Frieze’s Mood Swing
Marion Maneker joins Peter fresh off a European tour that saw his Art Basel visit overshadowed by the riots in France. And yet, Marion explains, the art market hasn’t mis
Bill Cohan joins Peter to consider whether Elon Musk can engineer the largest merger in history by combining Tesla and SpaceX—and why it’s hard to bet against Elon on thi
Oct 27 20 min
Media Monday: Netflix’s YouTube Problem & ESPN’s Aikman Math
Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss Peter Rice’s takeover at Netflix and whether he can win back attention from YouTube. Then they turn to ESPN letting Troy Aikman walk, and
Oct 26 24 min
The Trump Bro Exodus, with John Della Volpe
Veteran pollster John Della Volpe joins Peter to discuss why young men who took a chance on Donald Trump now regret their vote—the surging price of gas, unaffordable groc
Oct 24 42 min
The Lame Duck From Hell
Marianna Sotomayor joins Peter to look past Election Day at the chaos that could follow: If Democrats reclaim the House, the lame-duck session may turn combustible with s
Oct 23 18 min
Will Ellison Cut a Deal With Elon?
Dylan Byers joins Peter with a grab bag of Paramount intrigue: whether Ellison will cut a content deal with Elon Musk and Starlink, what Jon Stewart’s Daily Show extensio
Oct 22 24 min
Aikman–Buck Breakup Watch & Netflix Sports After Bela
John Ourand joins Peter to discuss the possible end of one of sports broadcasting’s most enduring pairings: Troy Aikman and Joe Buck, who’ve been calling NFL games togeth
Oct 21 16 min
The G.O.P.’s Defeatist Turn
Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to discuss how House Republicans are suddenly talking like a party resigned to the minority next year—and the members already jockeying to
Oct 20 15 min
Media Monday: ABC’s Trump Exposé Fiasco & ESPN Super Bowl Sprawl
Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss all the drama surrounding ABC’s posted, deleted, and then re-reported story on Don Jr. and Eric Trump profiting off Pentagon contracts. T
Oct 19 21 min
The Case for Shutting Down A.I., with JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker, the Illinois governor and rumored ’28 aspirant, sits down with Peter to discuss why he suspended tax breaks for data centers, how A.I. could make 10 percent
Oct 17 34 min
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A bit of “gentle criticism” for Peter Hamby.
Hamby devoted plenty of airtime to wondering whether there was really “anything here” in Pablo Torre’s Clippers reporting, invoking “clouts and clicks,” a “conspiratorial tone,” and Torre’s allegedly self-congratulating style.
Then the reporting held up.
It took one podcast to concede, “Pablo Torre was right”, a second podcast to admit Torre earned “a much deserved victory lap”. Curiously, the three words “I was wrong” remain just out of reach.
His chief justification for skepticism was that other major outlets failed to independently confirm Torre’s work. An interesting defense. If an entire sports-media ecosystem failed for a year to confirm an important story, perhaps the more obvious question is what that says about their own reporting - and Puck’s own investigative resources.
Will those institutions receive the same searching critique Torre did? Should their failure not “‘make us uncomfortable”?
Hamby thought Torre was a little self-congratulatory. Hamby’s inability to apologize now reads as something slightly less charming: self-righteousness.
Perhaps there really is “something here” after all - a useful case study in how enthusiastically media people scrutinize competitors, and how gently they scrutinize themselves.
Another view - Rothko · Sep 2026
Definitely a good way to start my day with some insightful topics/conversations. One of my daily must listens.
Dbsdf1 · May 2025
Bill Ackman may be outspoken and often hyperbolic but the issues surrounding Dr. Gay are serious and matter a great deal to the university’s standing and academia reputation.
The conversation made much less of concerns over her tenure, qualifications and performance than it did criticizing Mr. Ackman’s for speaking out about it.
If the Harvard Board is continuing to support Dr. Gay, even in part, because of what a hedge fund manager says, that is clearly not acceptable. It also gives the impression he has more influence than he actually has ‘in real life’.
The Board needs to make it abundantly clear, that for better or for worse, their support is not beholding to high-profile constituents, donors, or DEI criteria. Hopefully, integrity still matters.
Time will tell if Harvard maintains its stature and prominence - a glib analysis doesn’t adequately assess the possibility of real damage.
@Deanie · Dec 2023
Really love the in-depth analysis on key topics with insider scoops. Real reporting as it should be. Thank you and keep it up.
NickKol1975 · Jul 2023
The guests that are brought on are interesting to listen to- but the stories that are covered tend to be dated by 4-5 days. It’s a podcast, keep up with current events. No one wants to hear a news podcast about stuff that happened last week. Additionally, Peter Hamby has a somewhat shallow understanding of politics on the left. He did a story on Katy Porter’s senate bid and completely neglected the mention how much outrage there has been over Dianne Feinstein’s behavior, obvious cognitive decline, possible signs of dementia, etc. A shallow reading of the story
pachreik · Jan 2023
I’ve listened to most episodes of this podcast and find the guests very informative, but the host has become increasingly smug and grating. I find myself skipping it more and more.
102ACE · May 2024
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