Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon assortment of Puck’s best new reporting.

First up today, Marion Maneker and auteur director Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Call Me by Your Name, Queer, etcetera) chat about his forthcoming film, After the Hunt, and the art world influences that inflect his work. They also dig into his decision to cast his own art dealer, Zwirner partner David Leiber, alongside Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, and Ayo Edebiri. Did Leiber stumble into a new side hustle?

Plus, below the fold: Bill Cohan reveals why a heralded Wall Street industry rag called the Saks bond saga “consensus at gunpoint.” Leigh Ann Caldwell chronicles the comedy of errors surrounding Congress’s latest quixotic attempt to ban its own members from trading stocks. Julie Davich runs the numbers on the market for wearable artworks. And Sarah Shapiro considers whether revived O.G. athleisure brand Outdoor Voices can succeed in an activewear market that’s been overrun by imitators.

Meanwhile, on the pods: John Ourand rings up legendary sports columnist Sally Jenkins on The Varsity to discuss her decision to leave The Washington Post. On Impolitic, John Heilemann is joined by Adam Pritzker and Daniel Squadron, co-founders of The States Project and The States Forum, to explain their push to detoxify the Democratic brand. And on The Powers That Be, Peter Hamby and Jon Kelly chew over Emma Tucker’s editorial makeover at The Wall Street Journal and Apple TV+’s opaque streaming strategy.

ART

The acclaimed director is a favorite collaborator of actors like Julia Roberts, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya, but he also draws inspiration from painters like Giorgio Morandi, David Hockney, and Michaël Borremans. And he’s even cast his art dealer in his latest film.

WALL STREET

The latest Wall Street scholarship on Saks Global—from the heralded Grant’s Interest Rate Observer to Pari Passu to Covenant Review—offers a tragic and epic narrative of decadence and “consensus at gunpoint.”

WASHINGTON

Congress’s latest, inevitably futile ritual of attempting to ban its own members from trading stocks was particularly explosive this time around, after the president erupted at Sen. Josh Hawley over a perceived threat to his own bottom line. And yet, the latest effort may present even bigger hurdles.

ART

Artists from Lalanne to Picasso have made jewelry, sometimes as one-offs for friends and lovers, sometimes in larger numbers. Now, the niche field of artists’ jewelry is hitting its stride among buyers who might not splurge on a painting but can spring for a pendant.

FASHION

The once-beloved O.G. activewear brand Outdoor Voices is returning to a market oversaturated with its successors—competitors like Vuori, Beyond Yoga, and Lululemon, all trying to figure out the next version of the all-day, here-for-it outfit.

SPORTS

Sally Jenkins, perhaps the best sports columnist in the business, joins John for a candid conversation about her decision to leave The Washington Post after 25 years and join The Atlantic. She reflects on her rise through the ranks, Bezos’s generous buyout offer, the Post’s uncertain future, what she hopes to tackle in her next chapter—and much, much more.

WASHINGTON

John is joined by Adam Pritzker and Daniel Squadron, co-founders of a pair of increasingly influential Democratic groups trying to cure their party’s ailments by looking way beyond Washington, D.C.—to the nation’s state legislatures. Pritzker and Squadron explain the genesis of The States Project and the just-launched States Forum; the degree to which the Democratic Party’s brand is a drag on downballot candidates; and why the party would do well to look to its deep bench of governors for its presidential nominee in 2028.

MEDIA

Jon Kelly reunites with Peter Hamby to dissect The Wall Street Journal’s editorial renaissance under Emma Tucker—and how their current business model and Washington coverage contrast with that of their rival, The New York Times. Then the duo explore whether Apple TV+ might finally embrace ads as a way to stop the bleeding on its high-gloss, money-losing streaming service.

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