Due to My Role
Due To My Role is where PE Guy sits down with substantial founders, comedians, and the most interesting people on the internet to talk money, power, taste, and how it really all works behind the scenes. We get into how they made it, how they spend it, who they know, and where they actually hang when the cameras are off.
Expect conversations about real exits, private equity, absurd lifestyles, exclusive clubs, quiet flexes, catastrophic mistakes, and the decisions that separate operators from spectators. If you want polite success stories, this isn’t that. If you want the unfiltered version of money, influence, and identity — welcome to the table.
Due to My Role
Due To My Role | Power Without Permission with Jim Acosta | EP 004
Johnny Hilbrant (aka PE Guy) sits down with Jim Acosta, former CNN Chief White House Correspondent, to unpack what power actually looks like when permission is no longer required.
Jim reflects on his career inside legacy media, covering two presidential administrations, and the moment that put press freedom, access, and authority at the center of the national conversation. From there, the discussion turns to what’s happening behind the scenes in journalism today — the decline of corporate media, the rise of independent platforms like podcasts, Substack, and YouTube, and why audience ownership has become the new leverage.
The episode contrasts the worlds of private equity and legacy media, examines the PE Guy persona as a commentary on power and excess, and explores how journalists, creators, and operators are navigating a system where gatekeepers matter less than direct relationships. It’s a candid conversation about relevance, independence, and building a second act when the old rules stop working.
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