The Next Era Of Antitrust — ft. DOJ’s Jonathan Kanter
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Hey, this is Peter Kafka. I'm the host of Channels, a podcast about technology and media and how they're both changing all the time. And this week, I'm trying to figure out how Donald Trump is changing the media in Washington and the courtroom and in the boardroom. On to help me figure it all out is Sarah Fisher, the excellent Washington-based media reporter for Axios. That's this week on Channels, wherever you get your favorite podcast.
Buying a house has long been considered the best way to build wealth and move into true adulting.
Isn't it? I mean, at least that's what society wants us to think. Gotta get a Birkin, gotta get a home, you know.
Okay, the handbag you can probably manage without. But what about a house? Surely that's actually good, right? We're going to find out this week on Explain It To Me. New episodes every Sunday morning, wherever you get your podcasts.
Today's number, $55,000. That's how much a lifetime membership costs at Miami's New Harbor Club, which offers a private speakeasy and weekly backgammon tournaments. Ed, what's the difference between a garbanzo bean and a chickpea? I think I know this one. What? I'm not going to pay a garbanzo to bean on my face.
The delivery was wrong. To bean on your face? Oh, dude, shut the fuck up.
Just laugh and tell me how hilarious I am. Not when the delivery is completely wrong. Wait, it's, I won't pay someone 50 bucks to garbanzo on my bean, but I will pay 50 bucks for a chick to pee on me. You get it?
This is our worst opening ever.
Your fault. Totally your fault. No, not my fault. Do you not understand the corporate world? When your boss makes a bad joke, you laugh hilariously no matter. Oh my, oh, it's so, it's funny because it's true. My job is to protect my boss. I don't want you to humiliate yourself in front of our audience. Let's talk a little bit about private members clubs, which is my new hobby. You want to know the story of my life, Ed?
Yes, please.
I finally get the ultimate hookup. The best room in Europe, I don't know if it's in Europe, best room in London is Chiltern Firehouse. They have a bar there that is so well done. The DJ is on fire and they have total obnoxious face control. And I wouldn't even go there. There was no way I could get in. And I went with some friends and this nice woman came up and started talking to me, recognized me from the pod. She's like, I'm starting a podcast. Would you be willing to have coffee? And I said, yes. We had coffee. We became friendly. And she said, here's my WhatsApp. Whenever you want to come in, here's my number. I'm like, oh, my God. I am Charlie from Willy Wonka. I have just gotten the golden ticket. And for about the last six months, whenever I was with friends and they'd be like, oh, wouldn't it be great? Let's go to Chilton Press. Does anyone know anyone? Does anyone have a hookup? And I'm like, no. Oh, no problem. I'll handle it. No problem. I'll handle it. And boom, right in. Hello, Scott. Loved it there. Loved it there.
Hot people everywhere, which is not easy in the UK. It's not easy. It's not like New York or LA where they just let in a bunch of Uber drivers who are looking for their SAG-AFTRA card and they're hot. No, it's not easy. You are definitely like you've got some crazy pig hunting for truffles in the middle of some forest somewhere. I don't know how to come up with that analogy. Anyway, the best room I would bet in the UK. And I am totally finally fucking hooked up. And you know what happened? Burned down.
It burned down. I saw that. I had serious schadenfreude on that because obviously I've never gotten in.
And I'm not exaggerating. No less than a dozen people are like, sent me video footage and they're like, are you okay? Yeah. I'm not exaggerating. I think it burned down on a Thursday. So sorry for your loss, Scott. No one died, so we can joke about it. Whatever. Andrew Balazs is already super fucking rich, and the insurance will pay for it. So people—I'm not exaggerating. No less than a dozen people send me video footage, and they're like, are you all right? I was there the night before. I was there at the closing party. We just didn't know it was the closing party. Anyways, the new place is a place called Soho Muse.
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