The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · June 19, 2026 · 17m

The Week: SpaceX, Iran, and the World's First Trillionaire

A weekly breakdown of the biggest stories shaping business, technology, politics, and culture. This episode covers SpaceX's historic IPO making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, a framework agreement between the U.S. and Iran after 107 days of war that leaves major questions unresolved, and a discussion with historian Heather Cox Richardson on expertise, institutions, and America's future.

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Editorial

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SpaceX IPO as Wealth Concentration Signal

SpaceX's historic IPO marks a threshold moment: the largest IPO in history, instantly creating the world's first trillionaire in Elon Musk, concentrating extraordinary wealth and power in a single individual and company.

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Iran Framework Agreement Leaves Strategic Ambiguity

After 107 days of war, the U.S. and Iran announced a framework agreement that appears to resolve the immediate conflict while leaving the fundamental disagreements and deeper strategic questions unresolved.

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Expertise and Institutions Under Pressure

Historian Heather Cox Richardson discusses the erosion of expertise and institutional authority in American culture, and what this means for the country's future at 250 years old.

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Misc

✧SpaceX IPO: Largest in history

✧Elon Musk becomes first trillionaire

✧U.S.-Iran framework agreement after 107 days of war

✧Unresolved questions remain in Iran deal

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