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Kara and Scott discuss Kash Patel's lawsuit, Trump's psychedelics initiative, and Netflix's podcast strategy.

Kara and Scott discuss Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic, and Donald Trump’s attempt to appease Joe Rogan with an executive order on psychedelics. Then, they break down the U.S. seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, as JD Vance heads back to Pakistan for peace talks. Plus, Anthropic’s “productive” White House meeting, and Netflix’s push into vertical video and podcasts. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠.Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠.Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email Pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Kara Swisher, Scott Galloway

Topics covered

• defamation lawsuit
• psychedelics
• cargo ship seizure
• peace talks
• vertical video
• podcasts

Keywords

• Kash Patel
• Trump
• psychedelics
• Netflix
• podcasts
• defamation
• cargo ship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic, U.S., Anthropic, Netflix

Places: Pakistan, Iran

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