One nepo baby to rule them all

一个泥巴宝宝,统治一切。

Today, Explained

2026-03-14

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David Ellison’s daddy won him Warner Brothers. The rest of us are probably losing. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Alright, what's the craziest thing your daddy ever bought you?

  • For David Ellison, son of Ora Clary, the answer would be Warner Brothers.

  • Not the actual brothers.

  • Larry Ellison bought his best boy, David, the studio.

  • Larry had already bought David Paramount the studio,

  • and Paramount the studio just beat Netflix out in a long, drawn-out saga to acquire...

  • The WB!

  • The debt-ridden studio that owns Batman, Bugs, Harry, Carrie, Mad Max, The Matrix,

  • Tony, Tyrion, All Six Friends, The Lego Cinematic Universe, and the Lisan Al-Gaib.

  • Lisan Al-Gaib?

  • Oh, and CNN, you just bought Wolf Blitzer.

  • Blitzer.

  • The biggest night in Hollywood is around the corner,

  • but we're going to talk about the biggest deal in Hollywood and why it's probably going to be bad for you on Today Explained.

  • How can we understand the decisions facing the United States and Israel and Iran

  • as they weigh next moves in this war?

  • War that was meant to prevent from reaching a bomb eventually might push them beyond the Rubicon and to have that bomb.

  • I'm John Feiner.

  • And I'm Jake Sullivan.

  • And we're the hosts of The Long Game, a weekly national security podcast.