Scott Galloway: GameStop's eBay Bid Is Just a “Bad Ayahuasca Trip" | Pivot

Kara and Scott unpack GameStop's $55 billion bid for eBay — and that disastrous CNBC interview. Then, AI super PACs are taking a page out of the crypto playbook, pouring millions into the midterms. Plus, the Senate bans itself from prediction market trading, the Pentagon rolls out a slew of new AI deals, and what Apple's latest earnings signal about its future. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #gamestop #ebay #metgala #midterms #pentagon #ai #apple 00:00 Intro 00:19 Met Gala 7:28 GameStop’s Bid for eBay 15:52 SCOTUS Restores Abortion Pill Access 22:55 AI and the Midterms 37:13 Apple Earnings 45:29 Pentagon’s AI Deals 54:46 Wins and Fails Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Christine Driscoll Todd Wiseman 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 Swisherhost

May 5, 20261h 7mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 5, 2026
Duration: 1h 7m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott unpack GameStop's $55 billion bid for eBay — and that disastrous CNBC interview. Then, AI super PACs are taking a page out of the crypto playbook, pouring millions into the midterms. Plus, the Senate bans itself from prediction market trading, the Pentagon rolls out a slew of new AI deals, and what Apple's latest earnings signal about its future. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #gamestop #ebay #metgala #midterms #pentagon #ai #apple 00:00 Intro 00:19 Met Gala 7:28 GameStop’s Bid for eBay 15:52 SCOTUS Restores Abortion Pill Access 22:55 AI and the Midterms 37:13 Apple Earnings 45:29 Pentagon’s AI Deals 54:46 Wins and Fails Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Christine Driscoll Todd Wiseman 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
Business professor, author, and co-host of Pivot.
Kara Swisher
host
Technology journalist and co-host of Pivot.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Scott Galloway: GameStop's eBay Bid Is Just a “Bad Ayahuasca Trip" | Pivot explores meme-stock theatrics, abortion pill politics, and AI’s growing power struggle Scott and Kara argue GameStop’s unsolicited bid for eBay is performative market theater driven by CEO incentives, weak financing, and meme-stock signaling rather than any credible strategic rationale.

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