The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Vox Media Podcast Network
15 episodes
David Senra on What Drives Founders, What It Costs Them & When They Should Sell
9 Nov · 43 min
- David Senra says enduring founders chase a mission larger than themselves, not money, citing Steve Jobs and Elon Musk.
- Scott Galloway says balance does not exist and his 22-to-42 working life cost him his hair and first marriage.
No Mercy / No Malice: Boys to Men
7 Nov · 23 min
- Galloway calls the midterms a political earthquake, saying America rejected Trump and MAGA in the biggest electoral rout since 1974.
- Young men swung 36 points toward Democrats in two years, more than any other cohort.
The Week: The Blue Tsunami, Alphabet’s Worst Day Ever, and How to Log Off
6 Nov · 25 min
- Democrats won Congress with 54 Senate seats, 240 House seats, and 29 governorships, a sweep Scott Galloway calls a blue tsunami.
- Alphabet fell nearly 13%, its worst day since going public, after admitting AI mode generates fewer ads.
David Brooks on What Happened to American Conservatism
5 Nov · 52 min
- David Brooks says Trump's lust for power has eviscerated conservatism and Christianity.
- Brooks says progressives built universities, media and nonprofits with no room for working-class or conservative voices, creating a caste system where college-educated Americans live 15 years longer.
Brazil’s Election Comeback and What America Can Learn
4 Nov · 38 min
- Lula beats Flávio Bolsonaro 51.8% to 48.2%, Brazil's first four-term president and first runoff winner after losing the first round.
- André Janones built a 10-million-strong "Lula's Army" on WhatsApp in three weeks, helping Lula gain roughly 10m votes between rounds.
Fareed Zakaria on the Midterms and What Comes Next
3 Nov · 54 min
- Fareed Zakaria says the midterms could be the first significant breach in a decade of right-wing populism.
- Trump's 2024 coalition has receded, with Hispanic support down nearly 20 points and young and minority gains gone.
A Stanford Psychiatrist on Escaping the Addiction Economy
3 Nov · 1 h 4 min
- Lembke's Radical Surrender argues that unprecedented control erodes tolerance for uncertainty, producing anxiety, loneliness and shame.
- Lembke says social media is far more potent than television, and calls the Meta teen Instagram settlement landmark.
Is AI Killing Software? & Talking to Your Kids About Greek Life
2 Nov · 35 min
- Scott Galloway tells his fraternity-bound son to know his alcohol limits, never choke a partner, and be sober the first time he is intimate.
- Galloway attributes the SaaS selloff to terminal-value fears and notes Intuit is down 55% despite 14% revenue growth.
No Mercy / No Malice: Criminal
31 Oct · 16 min
- Galloway argues Trump's second-term corruption, from $1.8bn in vanity projects to gifts and trading, erodes America's edge over places where failure means prosecution.
- Galloway says Trump has gutted enforcement, firing or pushing out half the Justice Department's lawyers while SEC and CFTC staffing and actions fell sharply.
The Week: The Death of the Old GOP, Housing’s Incumbent Problem, and the Numbers Anthropic is Hiding
30 Oct · 25 min
- Heather Cox Richardson says the Republican Party as it was no longer exists, comparing the moment to the 1850s realignment against elite enslavers.
- Ad spending on the midterms has topped $11.2bn, the most expensive political advertising cycle on record, and Scott Galloway argues the return on that money will fall sharply.
Heather Cox Richardson on Why “The Republican Party No Longer Exists”
29 Oct · 1 h 4 min
- Heather Cox Richardson says the Republican Party no longer exists and has become a MAGA movement financially and politically tied to Donald Trump.
- Richardson compares the current moment to the 1850s, when the Whigs and Democrats splintered and the Republicans emerged from the remaining opposition.
Trump’s War on the Press and the Future of Free Speech — with Greg Lukianoff
28 Oct · 36 min
- Greg Lukianoff calls the Trump administration's campaign against the press, including excluding Politico, CNN and MS Now from the White House pool, the most important free speech issue today.
- Lukianoff's biggest fear is that power uses AI regulation to control AI's knowledge function and decide what is true, and he favours Karl Popper's disconfirmation model over Foucault's.
Do You Need Rich Parents to Buy a Home? — with Kyla Scanlon and Aziz Sunderji
27 Oct · 57 min
- Scott Galloway argues permitting power has shifted to homeowners who want supply restricted, and says the US should build five to seven million homes.
- Galloway cites completions falling from about 2.1m homes in 1973 to about 1.6m in 2024 while population grew from about 211m to over 340m.
Why Housing Is So Expensive, and the Myth of Timing the Market
26 Oct · 34 min
- Scott Galloway argues housing is a supply problem, blaming homeowners who block construction to protect their property values and noting that duplexes and fourplexes fell from 7% of new completions in 1979 to 1.1% in 2025.
- Galloway says Austin and Minneapolis improved affordability by removing height limits and parking requirements, while government incentives like the mortgage interest deduction add demand without fixing supply.
First Time Founders with Ed Elson – Could this AI Founder Replace Investment Bankers?
3 Mar 2024 · 44 min
- Scott Galloway tells AI founders to raise as much as cheap capital allows but spend with discipline, since overfunded companies often struggle.
- Gabe Stengel, a former Lazard investment banker, argues Rogo makes bankers smarter and that AI will automate PowerPoint and Excel work rather than replace them.