Kara Swisher Calls Out Elon Musk and Big Tech’s “Petty, Angry" People | Pivot

Kara and Scott discuss Ted Turner's legacy and unpack a major week of earnings from Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, and Disney. Plus, Anthropic teams up with SpaceX, the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial gets even messier, and just how good is ChatGPT at picking stocks? #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #elonmusk #samaltman #openai #tedturner #chatgpt #ai #stocks #warnerbros #paramount #disney #media #spacex #anthropic 00:00 Intro 00:24 Remembering Ted Turner 9:17 WBD, Paramount and Disney Earnings 21:40 Anthropic’s Deal with SpaceX 26:40 OpenAI vs. Musk Trial 37:24 ChatGPT Stock Management 48:18 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Video Producer: RIch Shibley 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 email pivot@voxmedia.com

Kara SwisherhostScott Gallowayhost

May 8, 202656mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 8, 2026
Duration: 56m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott discuss Ted Turner's legacy and unpack a major week of earnings from Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, and Disney. Plus, Anthropic teams up with SpaceX, the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial gets even messier, and just how good is ChatGPT at picking stocks? #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #elonmusk #samaltman #openai #tedturner #chatgpt #ai #stocks #warnerbros #paramount #disney #media #spacex #anthropic 00:00 Intro 00:24 Remembering Ted Turner 9:17 WBD, Paramount and Disney Earnings 21:40 Anthropic’s Deal with SpaceX 26:40 OpenAI vs. Musk Trial 37:24 ChatGPT Stock Management 48:18 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Video Producer: RIch Shibley 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 email pivot@voxmedia.com

SPEAKERS

Kara Swisher
host
Tech journalist and co-host of the Pivot podcast.
Scott Galloway
host
Business professor, author, and co-host of the Pivot podcast.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, Kara Swisher Calls Out Elon Musk and Big Tech’s “Petty, Angry" People | Pivot explores pivot weighs Turner’s legacy, media earnings, Musk drama, AI investing risks Ted Turner is remembered as a visionary, philanthropic, and idiosyncratic billionaire whose original CNN mission was news access—not today’s outrage-driven cable incentives.

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