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Military Testosterone Screenings, Diarrhea Parasite Politics, and Data Center Debates

Pivot

July 17, 2026

Kara and Scott unpack the military’s new testosterone screening program, Trump’s election fraud obsession, and the growing food contamination outbreak. Then, they discuss OpenAI’s first AI device, IBM’s stock plunge, and New York’s new restrictions on data centers.
Speakers: Scott Galloway, Kara Swisher, Neil Patel
**Scott Galloway** (0:00)
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**Scott Galloway** (1:26)
You need to appreciate government before you start shitting yourself.

**Kara Swisher** (1:33)
Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.

**Scott Galloway** (1:38)
And I'm Scott Galloway.

**Kara Swisher** (1:39)
Hey, Scott, are you recovering from the game?

**Scott Galloway** (1:45)
God, that was rough.

**Kara Swisher** (1:46)
Was it?

**Scott Galloway** (1:47)
Oh my God.

**Kara Swisher** (1:48)
Yeah.

**Scott Galloway** (1:49)
I've got like Argentina. I won't say Argentina is the better team, but they play the better game. It was an amazing game. Congratulations to team Argentina. What I would just say to team England and the people surrounding that team, me and my boys got so much joy from watching team England through this tournament. It was so much fun for us. It created so much additional connection.
I had such a great time. So not that anyone's going to hear this, but thank you, team England. It was wonderful.

**Kara Swisher** (2:18)
Who's going to win now? Who's going to win? Argentina or Spain? I say Spain.

**Scott Galloway** (2:21)
I think you're right. I think this kid Yamal, you actually called this. I did call this. You said that the very beginning of the tournament, you thought it was going to be Spain.

**Kara Swisher** (2:31)
I did. I did an interview with smart people and they said Spain.

**Scott Galloway** (2:34)
I'm going to the game on Sunday. You are?

**Kara Swisher** (2:36)
Good. That'll be fun.

**Scott Galloway** (2:37)
I'm going because this is the one place, my total advocacy for drinking has paid off. You know who's taking me?

**Kara Swisher** (2:44)
Who?

**Scott Galloway** (2:44)
ABMBF.

**Kara Swisher** (2:46)
Oh my God.

**Scott Galloway** (2:46)
They're like, that's the dude that likes alcohol. Bring him.

**Kara Swisher** (2:49)
Oh my God. Why don't I get invitations? I pick the winner and then I never get invited to anything.

**Scott Galloway** (2:56)
Okay. But I have to pay for my boys to go. I'm buying tickets.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:02)
It is crazy expensive to go to the final.

**Kara Swisher** (3:06)
That's money well spent for you, Scott Galloway. Anyway, Scott, I saw the Odyssey.

**Scott Galloway** (3:11)
Oh, what did you think?

**Kara Swisher** (3:12)
I loved it. It was great.

**Scott Galloway** (3:13)
Really?

**Kara Swisher** (3:14)
Yeah. I went with Casey Newton after going. I was in San Francisco. I went to where my son is working, which is he's working at a restaurant called Boulevard. He's the Saladier.
We had dinner there and then we went to see the Odyssey. I was thinking of you the whole time. You know it's interesting because Elon's against it, right? Who gives a shit? I know that.

**Scott Galloway** (3:34)
What does Kara think of the movie?

**Kara Swisher** (3:35)
I know. What does Kara think? Here's the thing. It is an anti-fascist movie.
It's an anti-fascist movie disguised as, of course, the Odyssey, but the way he's done it, and he finally reveals himself at the end. Matt Damon is amazing. Anne Hathaway, off the fucking charts. There's very little CGI and so it's real people.
So that's the thing. That's what's astonishing because you keep watching, you think for a minute it's AI or CGI and it's not. Charlize Theron is in it for five seconds. It's Calypso and it looks like an ad for Lancome, essentially.

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