Summary
This episode of The Week from Prof G Media, hosted by George Han, rounds up the biggest conversations from across the Prof G network. The lead story is Elon Musk, who has put roughly $366 million into the current election cycle, up from the $290 million he spent in 2024. Atlantic writer Josh Tinguel describes Musk’s life as a browser with too many tabs and explains why SpaceX still thrives, crediting delegation and the skilled team assembled between 2003 and 2012. Political strategist Bradley Tusk weighs what the money actually buys, from favors owed by elected officials to the deterrent effect of being seen as the biggest spender.
The program then turns to Washington’s accountability gap. It covers the White House asking Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as ambassador to Greece after a Wall Street Journal report on a solicitation, and asks why similar scrutiny has not reached figures such as Tom Homan and Howard Lutnick.
The episode closes with a segment on the storytelling skill people should not hand over to AI, an argument about which human abilities are worth protecting as generative tools spread.
📺 Source: The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway · Published October 16, 2026
🏷️ Format: Roundup
