Inside the Hive by Vanity Fair

Each week, Vanity Fair special correspondent Brian Stelter examines the powerful forces driving today’s news and politics. Through incisive conversations with newsmakers, journalists, politicians, and Vanity Fair’s own experts, Stelter reveals the story behind the story.

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The Jan. 6 Case Against Trump Is "A Shark Benea...
32 min
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It’s the Clarence Thomas Court Now
42 min
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CNN's Shakeup and the Media's Identity Crisis
32 min
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Threat to Fox News
31 min
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HBO’s Succession Is Ending. The Murdoch Family ...
39 min
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Fox News Is Losing Its Grip on the Base
35 min
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Tucker and Twitter and Trump, Oh My!
33 min
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The Tucker Carlson Implosion Continues
41 min
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Inside The Hive: Fox vs. Tucker Carlson
37 min
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Fox on Trial: Fox News Won’t Apologize—Or Change
34 min
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Fox on Trial: Rupert Murdoch’s Date With Destiny
35 min
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The Winners and Losers in Trump’s Stormy-Weathe...
32 min
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Who Actually Still Wants to be An Influencer?
28 min
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Can the news media ever learn to resist Trump’s...
On this, the last episode of Inside the Hive featuring cohosts Emily Jane Fox and Joe Hagan, the Vanity Fair Correspondents reflect on 3 years of covering and discussing Trump and ask whether indictments will finally chasten Trump—and whether the media will remain hopelessly addicted to his noise.
22 min
40
All You Need to Know About the "Absolute Utter ...
Nick Bilton talks to author Zach Carter about SVB, Credit Suisse, and whether or not a total meltdown is on the horizon
52 min
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Gen Z Takes the Dems
29 min
42
(Rerun) Lis Smith Says the Path to Trounce Ron ...
This week, Inside the Hive cohost Joe Hagan talks to Lis Smith, Democratic campaign veteran and author of the new memoir Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story, which details her journey, the public one and the private one, through Democratic campaigns over the past 17 years, for candidates as varied as Jon Corzine, Barack Obama, Pete Buttigieg, and, most infamously, former governor Andrew Cuomo, whose lurid political demise she details down to the last moments of his time in office. A savvy political operator, Smith trains her sights on stubborn problems like Florida governor Ron DeSantis, and what to do about President Joe Biden, who, despite his abysmal poll numbers, she says is preparing to come out swinging in advance of the midterms. “If the [midterms] are a referendum on Democrats, we will be screwed in November,” says Smith, but if Biden and his surrogates can effectively target Trump-tainted election deniers and antiabortion Republicans, “that’s a terrain we can win on. And that’s a switch that we need to flip—we need to flip that switch pretty soon. And we have the opportunity to now.” Smith, who helped take Buttigieg’s star to the national level, is now working with Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow, who went viral with a searing counterattack on anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans. Smith puts McMorrow on a short list of candidates, along with Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas, to form the future of the party.
41 min
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Let’s Just Say It: The GOP Is Obsessed With Pen...
19 min
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(Rerun) Inside Ozempic’s Rise as Hollywood’s La...
On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, dietician Kim Shapira joins Emily Jane Fox to talk about the new weight loss drug taking Hollywood and TikTok by storm—how it works, why everyone seems to be talking about it, and what kind of message the “quick-fix” trend is sending. Plus: Fox and Joe Hagan break down Michael Avenatti’s sentence and what it could mean for other wayward political figures.
33 min
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Is the Party Over for Peak TV?
34 min
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Who Is the ‘New Right’ Anyway?
Poser fascists? Dilettante preppers? The new elite? James Pogue and Jeff Sharlet join Joe Hagan to discuss and debate the specific contours of America's rising fringe
67 min
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(Rerun) An Interview with Hunter Biden
On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, Emily Jane Fox sits down with the First Son to talk about his addiction, his dad, what makes a Biden love story, and why he thinks the GOP, and Don Jr. in particular, are obsessed with him.
37 min
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The Right's Obsession with Culture Wars
22 min
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The Dark Scandals and Power Struggles of Sumner...
This week, “New York Times” reporters James Stewart and Rachel Abrams join “Inside the Hive” cohost Joe Hagan to discuss their explosive new book, “Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy,” which details the unseemly power struggles around the late Sumner Redstone, who controlled Viacom and CBS, and the downfall of CBS chief Les Moonves, whose attempts to cover up years of alleged sexual misconduct exploded at the height of the #MeToo movement.
33 min
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America’s Grifter Obsession
29 min