Pivot · 2025-08-12 · 62 min · 11,347 words

Trump's D.C. Crackdown, Putin Summit, and Cuomo's Mamdani Jabs

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This whole thing is so we are in a simulation, David, just so you know. This is none of this is real. Hi everyone, this is Pivot from New York magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher. Welcome back to Scott Ray August.

That was explosive. I like it. I know. Well, you we that's for Scott. And while Scott is off gallivanting who knows where, I have yet another brilliant co-host joining me, David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and host of the New Yorker Radio Hour.

He's a podcaster now. David, welcome. Oh, it's great to be here, Kara, since we've known each other for about 242 years. 242 years at our old alma mater, the Washington Post. How is it going?

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