The Trades

In Gelf Magazine's weekly podcast, The Hack and The Flack, journalist Michael Myser—the hack—and PR guru Merrill Freund—the flack—break down the news of the week. From their different perspectives, Michael and Merrill discuss sports, tech, politics, and media—much like Gelf.

In this week's episode, Michael and Merrill diagnose communications problems between liberals and conservatives, name winners and losers of the reported Verizon-Apple tie-up, admire Bill Belichick's latest move, doubt the reported office swap between Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, mourn the Reds' slow playoff start, and wonder what Rick Sanchez was thinking. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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Front-page image of courtesy of Congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle courtesy Speaker Pelosi's Flickr via Creative Commons.