The Powers That Be: Daily

Former Barstool Sports C.E.O. and Food52 chief executive Erika Ayers Badan joins Dylan to reflect on navigating bankruptcy at Food52, a onetime $300 million company that ultimately collapsed under roughly $25 million in debt. She breaks down what went wrong, the dangers of undisciplined growth, and why diversified revenue streams matter now more than ever. She also discusses what kind of buyers might be circling, what industry peers can learn from Food52’s downturn, her take on the state of media writ large—and much more.


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Bill Cohan joins Peter for an inside look at the final days of Jay Powell at the Federal Reserve—and the shortlist of Trump sycophants who could replace him. Then they dig into Paramount’s ongoing quest to wrest Warner Bros. from Netflix, and how the Ellisons could still win.

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Eriq Gardner joins Peter to explore a potential regulatory shockwave: F.C.C. chair Brendan Carr floating changes to the longstanding Equal Time Rule that could reshape everything from presidential debates to late-night comedy. They dig into what Carr is actually proposing, how serious the threat is, and whether his track record suggests he’s actually more bark than bite.

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Abby Livingston joins Peter to navigate the politics of Minnesota and ICE, as Abby considers whether Senate Democrats will pursue a government shutdown this week by demanding reforms to the immigration agency—and the odds that Democrats will push to impeach D.H.S. secretary Kristi Noem. Then Abby breaks down the buzz on the Hill surrounding Virginia Democratic governor Abigail Spanberger’s early days in office.

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Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the tragic killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the growing shift in American public opinion against ICE, and why even Republicans are beginning to push back on Trump’s deportation war. She also breaks down Trump’s Greenland gambit—what he stood to gain, and what it means after the president claimed victory in Davos by touting a new U.S. deal granting access to the Arctic territory.

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