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The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · June 5, 2026 · 20m

The Week: AI, GLP-1s, and Scott's Iran War Reversal

David Ricks, George Hahn, Ted Sarandos

George Hahn hosts the inaugural episode of The Week, a new weekly breakdown of major stories in business, technology, politics, and culture. The episode explores the collision between technological promise and real-world costs, examining skepticism around AI's ROI, Netflix's optimism about Hollywood's AI future, GLP-1 drugs' potential to outpace AI in transformative impact, and Scott Galloway's reversal on military action in Iran after four months of war.

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Editorial

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AI's ROI Crisis: Promise Collides With Reality
Growing skepticism in Silicon Valley about whether AI actually delivers return on investment, despite years of massive capital deployment.
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Netflix's AI Optimism vs. Hollywood's Fear
Ted Sarandos believes Hollywood's fears about AI disruption are exaggerated, suggesting the entertainment industry is overreacting.
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GLP-1 Drugs More Transformative Than AI
Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks argues that GLP-1 drugs could prove more transformative than artificial intelligence.
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Galloway Reverses on Iran Military Intervention
Scott Galloway publicly reverses his early support for military action in Iran as the conflict enters its fourth month.
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The Week Format: Narrative Synthesis Across Verticals
New weekly show designed to connect dots across business, technology, politics, and culture in a coherent narrative.
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Misc

✧New weekly show format from Prof G Media — positioned as a dots-connecting synthesis across Galloway's broader media universe
✧Signals growing skepticism about AI ROI in Silicon Valley despite continued hype
✧GLP-1 drugs emerging as potentially more transformative than AI in near term — interesting reversal of conventional tech hierarchy
✧Galloway explicitly revisiting and reversing an early war position — rare public recalibration on military policy
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