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

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Admiral Swisher, take over. Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher. And I'm Scott Galloway. Oh, do we have a lot to talk about. Wow. Well, come on. But first off, where are you? I'm in New York. I know that. You're at the Equinox Hotel. Oh, thanks for telling everybody. Yes, I am. Well, I'm sorry. You're not that important. That's not a security risk. I get it. A bunch of gay men are going to show up and ask for autographs?

I'm going to tell everyone where you are all the time. Please. I'm not that important. And you're like putting a tracker on you. I'm not that important. I try very hard not to say where you are. Yeah, find the nearest bar. Oh, my God. Don't get hostile. What did you go to the like? Did you finally go to that stupid UFC thing last night? I did not go. I did not go. You have the energy of it. I came home early. I told you this to watch the World Cup with my boys. Oh, good. And it was a mistake. It was a mistake. I got that. Yeah. But are you enjoying the World Cup anyway?

Oh, it's fucking amazing. Good. Netherlands and Japan was an amazing game. And I know you're very excited about this. I'm not. 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. All right. Spain. And if Scotland makes it t...

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