Late Night TV & Tylenol Face Washington Pressure | Pivot

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

September 26, 2025

Duration

46m

Channel

Pivot

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott discuss the aftermath of Jimmy Kimmel's highly-rated return, Nvidia’s $100 billion investment in OpenAI, and what Tylenol's parent company should do about the attacks from the Trump administration. Plus, YouTube will reinstate accounts banned for posting misinformation, and a Charlie Kirk poster at Office Depot reignites a fight over whether businesses can refuse service. We’re nominated for a Signal Award! Vote for us here: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/thought-leadership #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #disney #jimmykimmel #charliekirk #Tylenol #nvdia #pambondi #OpenAI #officedepot Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:28 Jimmy Kimmel Returns 13:20 Nvidia to Invest $100B in OpenAI 21:54 Tylenol Maker Stock Down 28:57 YouTube to Reinstate Banned Accounts 32:04 When Can a Business Refuse Service? 37:40 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kate Gallagher Video Producer: Jim Mackil 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

• Scott Galloway

  host

• Kara Swisher

  host

• Jimmy Kimmel

  guest

• Stephen Colbert

  guest

• Narrator

  other

• Fiona Hill

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Late Night TV & Tylenol Face Washington Pressure | Pivot explores late Night Battles, Tylenol Panic, and NVIDIA–OpenAI Shell Games Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway unpack Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional late-night return amid political attacks, arguing he wins reputationally while legacy late-night TV loses structurally. They frame Trump’s attacks on Kimmel and Tylenol as part of an AI-amplified distraction strategy to keep Epstein and substantive issues out of the news cycle. The episode then dissects NVIDIA’s $100 billion OpenAI investment as late-stage-bubble financial engineering that risks creating a Wintel-style AI duopoly. They also explore free speech hypocrisies around content moderation and service refusal, the business crisis facing Tylenol’s parent over autism rumors, and predict massive, likely disastrous tech mega-deals ahead.

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