Impolitic with John Heilemann Scott Galloway: Resist & Unsubscribe, Boys & Men, Sam Altman & Agent Smith
16 snips
Mar 2, 2026 
Scott Galloway, author and entrepreneur behind The Prof G Pod and Resist & Unsubscribe, explains his economic strike against companies enabling Trump. He discusses Sam Altman and AI founders’ warnings after cashing out. He also tackles critiques of his book Notes on Being a Man and why focusing on young men matters.
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
Use Subscription Boycotts As Political Pressure
- Do use consumer non-participation strategically as political leverage by canceling subscriptions to companies supporting policies you oppose.
- Scott Galloway launched Resist and Unsubscribe and drove millions of site visits without paid ads, claiming measurable subscriber impact on big tech market caps.
Awareness Versus Boardroom Incentives
- Awareness alone can shift incentives if sustained, but Galloway says big tech product teams discuss pressure while boards do not.
- He rates movement success a six or seven and plans to hand traffic to full-time activists.
Galloway's Personal Unsubscribe Experiment
- Scott sold Apple and began unsubscribing from multiple services, cutting his family's streaming count from six to one and keeping Netflix.
- He also quit Uber, started using the subway and Lyft, and calculated potential savings versus leasing a car.
