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Listen now (55 min) | Arthur Smith, the man behind 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'American Ninja Warrior', on his new book, 'Reach'
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Sonny Bunch
The Agency Titans Showdown
Listen now (50 min) | Listen now (57 mins) Blood was drawn this week in the decades-old grudge match between Bryan Lourd and Ari Emanuel
 • 
Richard Rushfield
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Elaine Low
, 
Sean McNulty
, and 
Peter Kiefer
Now it's Personal: Ari vs. Bryan
Endeavor CEO just called CAA 'Walmart' amid a brutal escalation in client poaching, private equity demands, and competing visions for entertainment's…
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Peter Kiefer
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The Lost Photos: When Hollywood Was Hollywood
 • Jennifer Laski
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H'wood FTX Frenzy as Michael Lewis Reveals He Spent 6 Months with Founder
 • Richard Rushfield and Peter Kiefer
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Apple Votes No on Haberman Trump Project
 • Andy Lewis
Rushfield: The 6-Month Shutdown Scenario
 • Richard Rushfield
10
Royals, Obamas and the End of the $100M Vanity Deal
 • Nicole LaPorte
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☀️ Ryan Reynolds sets his next APPLE / SKYDANCE film
Ruffalo doing HBO series from MARE creator / NBA Finals Ratings update / DIS makes bold Sports move in INDIA
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Sean McNulty
The A.I. Panic
Listen now (17 min) | Rob Long on the doom-casting driving not-so-nice writer conversations
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Rob Long
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Rushfield: After The DGA - The Sound of Silence
Perhaps Gov. Newsom should/could intervene as only one side shouts
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Richard Rushfield
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☀️Strike #PainPoints: How Wall Street & the Business Calendar could end the strike
PGA & LIV golf merge with Saudi investment / SAG-AFTRA authorizes a strike / NBA Finals #s rebound
 • 
Sean McNulty
ICYMI: DGA Deal; Execs' Awkward Summer
Catch up on our recent best
 • 
Richard Rushfield
 and 
Janice Min
Hollywood Execs' Summer Bummer
Listen now (33 min) | One month into the strike, creative decision-makers are left wondering, 'what's my purpose?'
Rushfield: Ariology, Saudis and Maxonomics
Some strike-free snark about this town
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Richard Rushfield
Business Affairs: Good Cop/Bad Cop of the Streaming Wars
The back engine that led us to a standoff also can get us out of it
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Entertainment Strategy Guy
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Execs on Eggshells: 'This Puts Us in a Weird Place'
Already stressed-out, 'I live in a state of... ugh' says one suit, as the strike tests social lives, allegiances and all sense of what to work on
 • 
Nicole LaPorte
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Peter Kiefer
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