Kara and Scott Shred Zuck’s Vision for AI | Pivot

Kara and Scott discuss the advancement of a bill to ban stock trading by lawmakers, President Trump’s Joe Rogan problem, and Ghislaine Maxwell agreeing to testify for immunity. Then, President Trump says he will not extend the latest August 1st tariff deadline, and Microsoft and Meta’s mega earnings. Plus, Novo Nordisk shares are plummeting after weak growth for Ozempic and Wegovy. Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:49 Manhattan Office Shooting 9:35 Stock Trading Ban 18:32 Joe Rogan Comes For Trump 32:33 Tariff Deadline 41:18 Microsoft and Meta Earnings 46:07 Zuck’s AI Manifesto 54:30 Novo Nordisk’s Slump 59:25 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kevin Oliver Audio Engineer: Ernie Indradat Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

Scott GallowayhostKara SwisherhostGuestguestMark Zuckerbergguest

Aug 1, 20251h 13mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: August 1, 2025
Duration: 1h 13m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott discuss the advancement of a bill to ban stock trading by lawmakers, President Trump’s Joe Rogan problem, and Ghislaine Maxwell agreeing to testify for immunity. Then, President Trump says he will not extend the latest August 1st tariff deadline, and Microsoft and Meta’s mega earnings. Plus, Novo Nordisk shares are plummeting after weak growth for Ozempic and Wegovy. Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:49 Manhattan Office Shooting 9:35 Stock Trading Ban 18:32 Joe Rogan Comes For Trump 32:33 Tariff Deadline 41:18 Microsoft and Meta Earnings 46:07 Zuck’s AI Manifesto 54:30 Novo Nordisk’s Slump 59:25 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kevin Oliver Audio Engineer: Ernie Indradat Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

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Scott Galloway
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Kara Swisher
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Mark Zuckerberg
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Kara and Scott Shred Zuck’s Vision for AI | Pivot explores kara and Scott Skewer Tech, Tariffs, Guns, Rogan, and Zuck’s AI Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway open with the Manhattan office shooting, using it to examine America’s unique mix of gun access, mental health issues, CTE in football, and normalized mass-violence anxiety. They move to Washington, dissecting the stalled push to ban stock trading by lawmakers and arguing for mandatory blind trusts and much higher pay for public officials to curb corruption. The conversation then pivots to politics and media power: Joe Rogan and other ‘manosphere’ podcasters turning on Trump over Epstein, immigration raids, and free speech, and Trump’s baffling Epstein/Ghislaine Maxwell strategy. They close with big-picture economics and tech: Trump’s tariffs versus Powell’s restraint, AI-driven earnings explosions at Microsoft and Meta alongside Zuckerberg’s pseudo-philosophical AI “manifesto,” the disruptive rise of GLP‑1 weight-loss drugs, and why Figma’s IPO and EU antitrust show how regulation can actually strengthen markets.

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