Pivot · Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Cara Swisher and Scott Galloway discussed the changing media landscape, highlighting how platforms like Substack allow talent to bypass traditional gatekeepers. They observed a growing market for expertise and substantive content in a post-Trump era.
“I think post Trump, there's a real market for smarts, experts, smarts, scientists, things like that.”
“Well, the, um, the thing that if there's anyone theme, it's that these institutions in these middle, this middleware is going away.”
“And great talent bubbles through.”
“I mean, that's the most positive thing I think you can say about these platforms and social media is that people no longer need to give money to the DNC, they just give money to John Osof.”
“And people don't need to go kiss the ass of some executive on the 45th floor of the Rockefeller Center to try and get on MS Now, they can just, you know, they can just go live on Substack.”