X's Foreign Trolls, Google's AI Wins, and MTG's Resignation
Hosts Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss foreign-operated troll accounts on X, broader Russian and other foreign influence operations on U.S. politics, and the GOP's shifting stance on Russia, including Marco Rubio's role in a controversial Ukraine peace plan. They analyze Google's new Gemini 3 model and Alphabet's AI strategy versus OpenAI, evaluate market jitters around the AI boom and crypto, and cover Marjorie Taylor Greene's announced resignation, Eli Lilly's GLP-1-fueled valuation, elite wealth and political power, and the importance of competent public servants and everyday gratitude practices.
Most Replayed Moment: Calories In, Calories Out Is A Myth! Why Most Diets Fail - Dr. Jason Fung
The episode segment critiques the simplistic 'calories in, calories out' model of weight loss by explaining how the body adapts its basal metabolic rate to caloric restriction. The guest emphasizes the central role of hormones-especially insulin-in determining whether the body stores or burns fat, arguing that food is an instruction to the body, not just a source of calories. They discuss intermittent fasting, snacking patterns, exercise, and the concept of breakfast as tools or factors that influence hormonal balance and long-term weight regulation.
Colleges Push Back, Ozempic Price Promise, and White House vs. Anthropic
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway open with personal banter about Las Vegas, aging, relationships, and Kara's upcoming trip to Korea to film a show about demographic aging. They then discuss the nationwide No Kings protests against Trump, the Trump administration's proposed Compact for Academic Excellence and universities' coordinated pushback, and the White House's conflict with Anthropic over AI regulation amid broader concerns about regulatory capture by big tech. The hosts also cover GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Trump's claim about cutting their price, a major Chinese-linked cyberattack on F5 and U.S. infrastructure vulnerabilities, the externalities of AI data centers, and wins and fails including the protests, George Santos' commuted sentence, and debates over billionaire influence and philanthropy.
No. 1 Sugar Expert: 17 Seconds Of Pleasure Can Rewire Your Brain!
Dr. Robert Lustig explains how dopamine-driven behaviors and ultra-processed food, especially sugar, can create a "hostage brain" by rewiring reward pathways and degrading metabolic and brain health. He details mechanisms linking sugar, artificial sweeteners, mitochondrial dysfunction, and reactive oxygen species to Alzheimer's, cancer, depression, and other chronic diseases, while contrasting environmental versus genetic risk. The conversation also covers GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, vaccines and public health communication, loneliness, serotonin and oxytocin, practical strategies to reduce sugar and ultra-processed food, and emerging research on psychedelics and brain rewiring.
The Insulin & Heart Doctor: The Fastest Way To Burn Dangerous Visceral Fat. This is How Insulin Is Quietly Clotting Your Blood! - Dr Pradip Jamnadas
Cardiologist Pradip Jamnadas explains how modern lifestyles drive heart disease through insulin resistance, visceral fat, chronic inflammation, and hidden factors like gut dysfunction, toxins, and mold. He describes how fasting, time‑restricted eating, targeted exercise, and gut repair can reduce visceral fat, lower inflammation, improve vascular health, and rebalance the autonomic nervous system. The conversation also covers LDL particle quality, the limitations and side effects of statins, practical diet guidance, vagus nerve "hacks", and his personal reflections on mortality and living in the present moment.