Mediaite's Press Club

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  • Mediaite presents Press Club, a podcast featuring conversations with the top figures in media and politics. Each week, Mediaite editor-in-chief Aidan McLaughlin sits down with the broadcasters, reporters, editors, and executives making the headlines. Guests will take listeners inside the news industry, reveal its secrets, and break down the forces shaping its trajectory. New episodes drop every Saturday after airing on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 at 10 am EST.
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Episodes
  • Makena Kelly

    Makena Kelly
    Feb 18 2025
    Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with senior WIRED reporter Makena Kelly on Elon Musk's DOGE, its extremely young and controversial team, and this concerning intersection of tech and politics in Washington. She also touches on the 'contentification' of the Trump White House and why she thinks Democrats need to lean further into new media. In the second half of the episode, Aidan talks with MSNBC producer Dan Wolfman about a new film he co-wrote that is currently working its way through the festival circuit.
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    50 mins
  • Peter Baker

    Peter Baker
    Feb 10 2025
    Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, about Trump's 'fast and furious' first weeks in office, the differences between Trump 1.0 and 2.0, and his 'volatile and provocative' proposal to take over Gaza and relocate two million Palestinians. They also speak about the pros and cons of today's information ecosystem and how it lends itself to Trump's "flood the zone" effect. In the second half of the episode, Aidan speaks with Mediaite's senior media reporter, Diana Falzone, about Trump's cabinet nominees and what's next for them.
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    50 mins
  • Jim VandeHei

    Jim VandeHei
    Feb 3 2025
    Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with the CEO and co-founder of Axios, Jim VandeHei, about Trump's wild first week, his optimistic take on the future of journalism amidst a fragmenting media industry, and disabusing ourselves of the idea that legacy media is the gatekeeper, without falling victim to Elon Musk's smear-campaign against it. In the second half of the episode, Aidan speaks with Mediaite founding editor Colby Hall about the first White House press briefing.
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    50 mins

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