Who Scott Mentors (and Doesn’t), the Bankruptcy Double Standard, and the Case Against Marriage and Kids

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

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Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Scott shares how he chooses who to mentor. He then responds to a listener who asks why bankruptcy is seen as strategic for the wealthy, but shameful for the working class. Finally, Scott makes the argument for never getting married or having children. Want to be featured in a future episode? Send a voice recording to [email protected], or drop your question in the r/ScottGalloway subreddit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.4	Welcome to office hours with Prop G. This is the part of the show where we answer your questions
1:26.6	about business, big tech entrepreneurship and whatever else is on your mind. If you'd like to submit a question for next time, you can send a recording, a voice recording to Office Hours at Propgmedia.com. Again, that's Office Hours at ProfgMedia.com. Or post a question on the Scott Galloway subreddit, and we just might feature it in our next episode.
1:44.7	First question.
1:47.6	Our first question comes from low-definition 31-86 on Reddit.
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