Kara Swisher Says New AI Executive Order Is “Idiotic” | Pivot

Kara and Scott discuss a heavy weekend of news, with shootings at Brown University and Australia's Bondi Beach, as well as the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. Then, Disney's "cease and desist" letter to Google over AI-generated content, Oracle's stock slide, and Paramount's pushback on Warner Bros. Discovery’s financing concerns. Plus, Trump introduces an AI executive order, but Kara says it's all about politics, not policies. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #brownuniversity #bondibeach #robreiner #disney #google #paramount #warnerbros #trump #ai 00:00 Intro 00:39 Gun Violence at Brown and Bondi Beach 15:40 Remembering Rob Reiner 18:19 OpenAI to Exit ‘Code Red’ 21:20 Disney Hits Google with Cease and Desist 29:02 Oracle’s Struggles 39:22 Trump’s AI Executive Order 43:48 Wins and Fails Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin 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

Scott GallowayhostKara SwisherhostGuestguest

Dec 16, 202559mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: December 16, 2025
Duration: 59m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott discuss a heavy weekend of news, with shootings at Brown University and Australia's Bondi Beach, as well as the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. Then, Disney's "cease and desist" letter to Google over AI-generated content, Oracle's stock slide, and Paramount's pushback on Warner Bros. Discovery’s financing concerns. Plus, Trump introduces an AI executive order, but Kara says it's all about politics, not policies. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #brownuniversity #bondibeach #robreiner #disney #google #paramount #warnerbros #trump #ai 00:00 Intro 00:39 Gun Violence at Brown and Bondi Beach 15:40 Remembering Rob Reiner 18:19 OpenAI to Exit ‘Code Red’ 21:20 Disney Hits Google with Cease and Desist 29:02 Oracle’s Struggles 39:22 Trump’s AI Executive Order 43:48 Wins and Fails Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin 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

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Kara Swisher Says New AI Executive Order Is “Idiotic” | Pivot explores kara Swisher Blasts Trump’s ‘Idiotic’ AI Order, Media and Guns Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway open with the weekend’s mass shootings at Brown University and Sydney’s Bondi Beach, linking them to broader trends in gun access, radicalization, and rising antisemitism, while contrasting U.S. inaction with Australia’s likely policy response.

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