The White House UFC Fight, SpaceX’s Big Pop, and Fox’s Roku Deal artwork

The White House UFC Fight, SpaceX’s Big Pop, and Fox’s Roku Deal

Pivot

June 16, 2026

Kara and Scott unpack the White House’s UFC spectacle, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery clearing a major merger hurdle, and SpaceX’s blockbuster public debut.
Speakers: Scott Galloway, Kara Swisher, Seth Matlin, Peter Ternan
**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
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Admiral Swisher, take over.

**Kara Swisher** (1:50)
Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.

**Scott Galloway** (1:54)
And I'm Scott Galloway.

**Kara Swisher** (1:55)
Oh, do we have a lot to talk about?

**Scott Galloway** (1:57)
Wow. But first off, where are you?

**Kara Swisher** (2:00)
I'm in New York.

**Scott Galloway** (2:01)
I know that. You're at the Equinox Hotel.

**Kara Swisher** (2:03)
Oh, thanks for telling everybody. Yes.

**Scott Galloway** (2:06)
I'm sorry. You're not that important. That's not a security risk.

**Kara Swisher** (2:09)
I get it.

**Scott Galloway** (2:10)
A bunch of gay men are going to show up and ask for autographs?

**Kara Swisher** (2:12)
I'm going to tell everyone where you are all the time.

**Scott Galloway** (2:15)
Please. I'm not that important.

**Kara Swisher** (2:19)
I try very hard not to say where you are.

**Scott Galloway** (2:22)
Find the nearest bar. Oh, my God.

**Kara Swisher** (2:23)
Don't get hostile. Where did you go to the like? Did you finally go to that stupid UFC thing last night?

**Scott Galloway** (2:29)
I did not go.

**Kara Swisher** (2:30)
Well, you have the energy of it.

**Scott Galloway** (2:32)
I came home early, I told you this, to watch World Cup with my boys and it was a mistake.

**Kara Swisher** (2:37)
It was a mistake. I got that. But are you enjoying the World Cup anyway?

**Scott Galloway** (2:41)
Oh, it's fucking amazing. Netherlands and Japan was an amazing game, and I know you're very excited about this. Scotland's victory over Paraguay won nothing. Scotland has so much momentum.
You heard it here first, I think they're going to beat either Morocco or Brazil. I agree. Spain. If Scotland makes it to the quarters of the semis, I'm taking my kids to Boston and we're going to go see it. So I'm just so-

**Kara Swisher** (3:04)
That sounds fun. It sounds like a good thing. It sounds very wholesome.

**Scott Galloway** (3:08)
And also the US. The US had a big victory. They did.

**Kara Swisher** (3:12)
They did.

**Scott Galloway** (3:12)
So anyways, I'm all about the World Cup.

**Kara Swisher** (3:14)
Well, good. Did you watch the Knicks or not? Did you care?

**Scott Galloway** (3:18)
I hate to say it because, let me put it this way, I'm super excited about New York. I fucked up leaving. I'd love to be in New York right now because I think the city is electric.

**Kara Swisher** (3:25)
Yeah, it is.

**Scott Galloway** (3:26)
I don't care that much about basketball. So I basically watched it on TikTok.

**Kara Swisher** (3:30)
It was a nice win though. It was a nice win.

**Scott Galloway** (3:33)
It's great for the city. The city seems like everyone is really unified. It feels very, kind of demonstrates the power of sport.

**Kara Swisher** (3:41)
Yeah.

**Scott Galloway** (3:42)
It feels really good. You're there.

**Kara Swisher** (3:44)
I am. I'm not going to be here.
I'm going to meet you in Cannes, but I'm going early to Paris with my kids.

**Scott Galloway** (3:50)
Cannes.

**Kara Swisher** (3:50)
Cannes, whatever. Cannes. Anyway.

**Scott Galloway** (3:52)
That's right. We're going to be in the south of France together.

**Kara Swisher** (3:54)

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