Nancy Guthrie Disappearance Raises New Surveillance Questions | Pivot

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

February 13, 2026

Duration

1h 5m

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Pivot

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott discuss AG Pam Bondi's disastrous testimony on the Epstein files and Big Tech's day in court as Meta and YouTube face trial for deliberately addicting young users. Then, the Nancy Guthrie disappearance case reveals that Google Nest stores “deleted" video, and an Anthropic researcher resigns, warning the “world is in peril.” Plus, Hong Kong media mogul and activist Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in prison, and Antitrust Chief Gail Slater resigns. Also, Scott predicts IPO trouble for OpenAI. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #pambondi #epstein #bigtech #meta #openai #YouTube #google #Nest #nancyguthrie #anthropic #ai #jimmylai #gailslater #ipo 00:00 Intro 3:19 Pam Bondi Hearing 17:19 Trump Tariffs 22:55 Social Media Addiction Trial 32:03 Nancy Guthrie Disappearance 43:08 AI News Roundup 51:30 Jimmy Lai Sentenced 54:35 DOJ Antitrust Chief Steps Down 57:16 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Video Producer: Manolo Moreno 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

• Scott Galloway

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, Nancy Guthrie Disappearance Raises New Surveillance Questions | Pivot explores surveillance, social media addiction, AI turmoil, and political accountability collide The episode moves from consumer-style economic protest (unsubscribing) to high-stakes governance failures, especially around DOJ handling of the Epstein files and Pam Bondi’s combative congressional testimony.

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