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Democrats Listen to Podcasts, Too

A political media symposium with Puck’s own Peter Hamby, on the rise of the left’s new creator class, the business of hating on the Democratic establishment, and the dystopian reality of paid influencers shilling for candidates.

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Don Lemon accepts a Webby award in New York, NY, May 2026. Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Webby Awards
Dylan Byers
July 20, 2026

On Monday, my partner Peter Hamby sat down with the progressive YouTube star Brian Tyler Cohen to explore the Democratic Party’s long, somewhat awkward migration into the new creator era. Peter—Puck’s resident political savant, and one of the sharpest minds on the intersection of media and politics—has spent his career straddling both worlds and is a reliably brilliant analyst of the landscape. Meanwhile, his discussion with Brian stirred my own thoughts about the broader left-wing media ecosystem around him.