Zelensky's White House Return, Newsom Trolls Trump, and Guest Co-Host Abby Phillip

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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As Scott-Free August sails on, Kara is joined by CNN's Abby Phillip. Kara and Abby discuss Zelensky returning to the White House alongside European leaders, and whether a peace agreement will be hammered out. Then, Gov. Gavin Newsom has turned trolling Trump into an art form, but will that actually help Democrats? Plus, GOP governors send National Guard troops to D.C., the Trump administration floats a new ranking system for companies, and Costco says no to selling abortion pills. 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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0:00.0	How do we AI proof our jobs? How do we fix the deficit? How do we get our political system working again?
0:08.4	I'm Henry Blodgett, and I'm launching a new podcast called Solutions, where every week I'll talk to an innovative enterprising expert to cut through the doom and focus on how to build a better world.
0:21.2	Follow Solutions with Henry Blodgett wherever you get your podcasts.
0:25.2	The first episode will be out Monday, August 18th.
0:32.7	We use technology for everything these days.
0:35.9	We count our steps, keep tabs on our calories, and obsess over our sleep, all in the pursuit of wellness.
0:43.1	I mean, who wouldn't want to win at health?
0:44.4	It's like kind of the whole game.
0:46.6	Can we hack our way into being healthy?
0:48.6	That's this week on Explain It to Me.
0:50.7	New episodes every Sunday, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:04.4	Music to me. New episodes every Sunday, wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Jessica Tarlove. Last week, I sat down with the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
1:09.7	We got into how Democrats should approach their relationship with Israel, what it would take for her to actually nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, and why she's worried that he's getting a little too comfortable in the White House.
1:19.8	I personally believe that if he can, Trump is going to try to stay in office.
1:24.5	I don't say that lightly, but I think all the signs are there. You can hear the full
1:29.9	conversation on raging moderates wherever you get your podcasts. But I will just say that I don't think
1:36.6	that your presidential chances are related to your social media clout. Yeah. So he does look good,
1:42.4	a stride in Eagle with a chest. He does look.
1:48.9	Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.
1:54.1	Welcome back to Scott. Three August.
2:01.9	Scott is still away, so I have yet another fantastic co-host, Abby Phillip, the anchor of CNN's Newsnight with Abby Philip.
2:09.9	Abby, welcome.
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