The Powers That Be: Daily

Peter Hamby, John
audacystudios@audacy.com (+2 verified host & producer emails)

Booking Overview

Daily, fast-moving insider reporting on power across Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. Emmy-winning journalist Peter Hamby and Puck contributors cover what decision-makers are really doing—often with high-profile thinkers and operators who can explain strategy, incentives, and outcomes.

Metrics

Episodes: 1185

Frequency: Daily

Rating: 3.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 95.0k followers

30s Ad: 182 - 207, 60s Ad: 215 - 240

Host

Peter Hamby - Emmy Award-winning journalist affiliated with Puck, leading coverage of real conversations among insiders across major U.S. power centers (Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, Hollywood).

John - Appears as an additional host/interviewer on at least one listed episode (e.g., episode with Jason Stein), indicating a co-host or segment host role alongside Peter Hamby.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior journalists/writers at major outlets (often Puck contributors) and/or recognized industry operators with direct access to deals, policy, markets, or major entertainment/tech power centers (e.g., investors, executives, high-level strategists).
Required Achievements:  
Newsroom or editorial leadership/regular national coverage, Notable authorship (reported analysis or books) and/or major deal visibility, Public credibility as a subject-matter expert on U.S. power ecosystems

Recent Guest Discussions

Jason Stein - Private Equity Investment In Sports; Commercialization Of The Ncaa; Future Of Youth Sports; Pickleball Inc. Investment

Ian Krietzberg - Openai Developments; Sam Altman And IPO Timing; Analysis Of Prominent AI Investment And Political/tech Intersections

Julia Ioffe - U.s. Policy Pressure Campaign Against Cuba; Links To Broader Geopolitical Strategy And Negotiation Dynamics

Recent Topics

Politics, Finance, Technology, Media, Entertainment, Policy, Investing, Startups, Power, Influence

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Powers That Be: Daily
:

Pro Sports’ Private Equity Pickle

May 23, 2026

Jason Stein, the sports investor and indefatigable pickleball advocate, joins John to discuss the flow of private equity into sports at all levels, the commercialization of the NCAA, the future of youth sports…. and Apollo’s $225 million investment in Pickleball Inc. 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

Sam Altman Unleashed!

May 22, 2026

Ian Krietzberg joins Peter to discuss a wild week for OpenAI, from the (somewhat anticlimactic) denouement of Elon Musk’s “stealing a charity” lawsuit to Sam Altman signaling that a potential I.P.O. filing is on the near horizon. Then they take a microscope to Donald Trump’s latest round of A.I. investments. 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

Is Cuba the Next Venezuela?

May 21, 2026

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to break down Trump’s pressure campaign against Cuba, where the administration seems to be deploying parts of the Maduro playbook: a D.O.J. indictment of Raúl Castro, Marco Rubio targeting Cuba's GAESA conglomerate, and a humanitarian collapse amid negotiations between Havana and the C.I.A. But if Trump isn’t after the country’s oil, what's the actual goal here? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-polic...

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