{"podcast":{"title":"Pivot","slug":"pivot-174725","podcast_index_feed_id":174725,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/pivot","website_url":"http://nymag.com/pivot","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d6280242-e5c9-11e8-a7e3-d766bb7d2d3e/image/bbb7849ef30865b87218347b3a090613.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox Media Podcast Network","episode_count":794,"summary":"With great power, comes great scrutiny. Every Tuesday and Friday, journalist Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:18:36.654398+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pivot-174725"},"episode":{"title":"Paramount Merger Pause, Meta AI Optimism, and the Peptide Boom","slug":"paramount-merger-pause-meta-ai-optimism-and-the-peptide-boom","published_at":"2026-07-28T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pivot-174725/paramount-merger-pause-meta-ai-optimism-and-the-peptide-boom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pivot-174725","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6180058432.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6180058432.mp3","summary":"Kara and Scott discuss Paramount's decision to pause its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, and predict whether the blockbuster deal will ultimately go through. Then, Meta's latest ad campaign puts an optimistic spin on AI, but Scott has a few ideas for better taglines. Plus, Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner jokes fall flat, and the FDA's decision to ease restrictions helps fuel America's peptide boom. 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","meta_description":"Kara and Scott discuss Paramount's decision to pause its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, and predict whether the blockbuster deal will ultimately go t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4145,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pivot-174725/episodes/paramount-merger-pause-meta-ai-optimism-and-the-peptide-boom/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pivot-174725/paramount-merger-pause-meta-ai-optimism-and-the-peptide-boom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}