What does it really take to push a blockbuster media deal through today’s hostile antitrust environment? In this episode of Reputation Nation, Anne Marie and Stacy sit down with former FTC Chief Trial Counsel and WilmerHale partner Susan Musser to unpack the high‑stakes fight over the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery–Paramount merger. They get into how regulators, state AGs, unions, and the White House all tug on the same deal and what smart companies do on the legal, communications, and stakeholder fronts to survive the regulatory maze with their reputations and transactions still intact.

This week on Reputation Nation, Anne Marie and Stacy unpack yet another 30 Under 30 fraud case and why investors seem to never learn their lesson. They dig into a first-of-its-kind trial over whether social platforms are deliberately built to hook kids, and how AI is quietly supercharging the “WebMD effect” in lawyers’ offices. Then they wrap with a sharp look at the new trademark arms race, from pop icons to Real Housewives, as everyone scrambles to lock down catchphrases, signatures, and everything else in between.

Anne Marie and Stacy are back with Fast Four—four stories, four takes, and four lessons in what not to do when the spotlight hits.

This week, Costco’s $5 rotisserie chicken lands in a “no preservatives” class action, Apple gets sued in a fight over platform power and camera tech, the early-2026 layoff wave proves “efficiency” can become a credibility crisis overnight, and the Lively–Baldoni saga gets even messier as “private” texts and voice notes become public fodder.

They’ll break down what happened, what it means, and what you should do differently before the headlines do it for you.

Episode 13. Fast Four.