{"podcast":{"title":"The Tara Palmeri Show","slug":"the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277","podcast_index_feed_id":7313277,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thetarapalmerishow","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2752238a-2058-11f0-ab29-137fd2d0370e/image/e6b90ba68a5d318a9e9a593ddd57f402.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TaraPalmeri.com","episode_count":296,"summary":"Welcome to The Tara Palmeri Show! Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless political journalists. As a deeply-sourced reporter, she brings her audience inside the machinations of the highest level of power. Her quick wit and unvarnished reporting goes beyond the headlines, offering a deeper understanding of the intrigues of the permanent political class. This show is not about platitudes. Rather it's about what’s really happening at the highest levels of power and the inside conversation. Tara has covered national politics and foreign affairs for fifteen years. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News, where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the Chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She’s also worked for the Washington Examiner, the New York Post, POLITICO Europe and Puck, and she hosted The Ringer's election podcast \"Somebody's Gotta Win.\" Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein called \"Broken: Jeffrey Epstein\" and \"Power: The Maxwells.\" Subscribe to her weekly newsletter The Red Letter on Substack Support her independent jo…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:20:50.307364+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277"},"episode":{"title":"Is Hollywood Self-Censoring to Please Trump?","slug":"is-hollywood-self-censoring-to-please-trump","published_at":"2026-06-14T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277/is-hollywood-self-censoring-to-please-trump","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL5192392874.mp3","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL5192392874.mp3","summary":"Tara Palmeri sits down with producer Chris Fenton — dubbed \"Hollywood's MAGA whisperer\" — to unpack how an entire industry is learning to speak Donald Trump's language. With LA hemorrhaging jobs (50,000 lost in recent years) and production fleeing to the UK, Canada, and 80-plus countries offering national tax incentives, Hollywood is pushing for a federal film incentive to bring shoots back to America. The catch: getting it passed runs through a president who rewards allies and punishes critics. Fenton lays out the economics — state-by-state rebates, why Marvel left Georgia for Britain, and why the real beneficiaries are middle-class \"below the line\" crews in red states, not the Hollywood elite the public loves to hate. But Tara presses on the harder question lurking underneath the talking points: where does lobbying end and self-censorship begin? She and Fenton spar over whether studios are quietly shelving politically risky projects to avoid angering Trump, the payouts ABC and CBS have made, the firing of late-night hosts, and the broadcast networks afraid of losing their licenses. Fenton concedes the biggest tell of all: a film about Jeffrey Epstein that actually examined Donald Trump's role would \"never get a full release\" from a major studio. Tara argues it's the biggest corruption story of our time and 80% of the country would watch it — yet Hollywood won't touch it. Along the way: the China problem (why James Bond never has a Chinese villain), Steve Bannon's surprising openness to the idea, Fenton's own story of being shut out of left-leaning platforms, and his new faith-tinged comedy \"Bad Counselors.\" 0:00 – Has Hollywood flipped? The new Trump-era dynamic 3:18 – What does a \"MAGA translator\" actually do? 5:31 – How the federal film incentive works: tax rebates…","meta_description":"Tara Palmeri sits down with producer Chris Fenton — dubbed \"Hollywood's MAGA whisperer\" — to unpack how an entire industry is learning to speak Donald Tru…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2429,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277/episodes/is-hollywood-self-censoring-to-please-trump/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277/is-hollywood-self-censoring-to-please-trump.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}