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The White House UFC Fight, SpaceX’s Big Pop, and Fox’s Roku Deal

Explore episode Jun 16, 2026
Society & Culture
UK Bans Social Media for Under-16s: The World's Strictest Teen Law

The White House UFC Fight, SpaceX’s Big Pop, and Fox’s Roku… · Jun 16, 2026 Society & Culture

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the world's strictest teen social media law, banning all major platforms for users under 16. Scott Galloway, who has a 15-year-old at home, argues this is not a parenting failure — it's a collective action problem that requires collective action. The data backs him up: one week off social media cuts anxiety 16%, depression 25%.

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Wins & Fails: Meta's Veterans Glasses Get Drowned Out

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Kara uses the wins and fails segment to honor what she genuinely sees as a good effort — Meta providing navigation glasses to blind veterans at the White House UFC event, an initiative pushed by newly hired Dina Powell — while lamenting that it was entirely drowned out by one fighter's grotesque comments about Michelle Obama. She notes Dana White also sits on Meta's board, connecting the dots of why Meta was there at all. She thinks the glasses technology — not just Meta's Ray-Bans but the broader category — will be genuinely transformative for blind people, and she wants to see Meta pursue these kinds of initiatives in non-partisan settings where they won't get sucked into the vortex of Trump spectacle. It's a rare moment of measured praise for Meta from Kara, balanced by frustration that good work got stolen by a bad scene.

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