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Pivot

Dept. of War Rebrand, Trump's Tech Bro Dinner, and Elon's Pay Package

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, News, Technology, Tech News

4.37.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott discuss Trump rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War, and his "grotesque" dinner with Big Tech leaders. Then, how Tesla's new pay package could make Elon a trillionaire. Plus, RFK Jr.'s continued chaos, and Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement. 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 at ⁠⁠nymag.com/pivot⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:55.2

Whoever the new president is, is literally going to be the circus clown behind an elephant just scooping up shit for the first three or six months.

2:00.7

Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher. And I'm Scott. Well, hello, Scott. Do you have your shirt on today? You know, why not? You know, why not? That people seem to like that quite a bit. And then some people didn't. But a lot of people did more than they

2:17.6

think they're used to you at this point. I think it's quite polarizing. Is it? I think it gives people hope when they're 80, they can look 79. Actually, I thought you looked really good. And Gavin was correct. And his prediction that you'd been working out most of August, as we discussed with your son. Yeah, no, it's, I was actually inspired.

2:33.8

You said that you're running a few times a week now.

2:36.2

Yeah, three times a week.

2:37.7

It's a, there No, it's, I was actually inspired. You said that you're running a few times a week now. Yeah, three times a week. There's something about, I find that the high you get after, for the five or seven minutes after you run is really. Yeah, I'm liking it. A unique, interesting high. Yeah, I'm doing this, for this secret documentary series for CNN. Which everyone knows about.

2:52.6

That everyone knows about.

2:53.6

I'm running because I did the V-O-2 max thing to find out how efficient you are with your heart and your breathing and your fat burning.

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