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With great power, comes great scrutiny. Every Tuesday and Friday, journalist Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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#83
Feb 21, 2020 · 44 min
The debate after the debate (Kara and Scott assess Nevada), Bezos and Buffet: who is the “better” billionaire and a big prediction on Zoom
Kara and Scott have a lot of thoughts about the Nevada debate and how the candidates should be marketing themselves.
#82
Feb 18, 2020 · 58 min
The EU takes on AI, the US vs. Huawei continues, Airbnb is in the red, and a Friend of Pivot on your children’s data privacy
Kara and Scott talk about the big players in Silicon Valley headed to the EU where they are debating new regulations on artificial intelligence.
#81
Feb 14, 2020 · 54 min
Amazon pays taxes (and fights for JEDI), SoftBank gains on Sprint and what ClassPass tells us about the fitness economy
Kara and Scott talk about what it means for Amazon to be paying (minimal) taxes, as Jeff Bezos is "going Hollywood", and the company battles with the government over JEDI.
#80
Feb 11, 2020 · 42 min
The Oscars' rebrand, Uber’s ‘yoga babble’ earnings call, and Friend of Pivot Andrew Ross Sorkin calls Instagram the 'Super App'
Kara and Scott talk about The Oscar's and how the award is being rebranded. They discuss Uber's most recent earnings call and whether or not they'll actually be profitable next year.
#79
Feb 7, 2020 · 48 min
Tech meltdown in Iowa, Sheryl Sandberg’s engagement (Kara and Scott debate), One Medical and US healthcare disruption and a Tesla prediction
Kara and Scott talk about technical difficulties at the Iowa caucuses. They disagree about whether Sheryl Sandberg's engagement announcement was a PR stunt or a personal moment.
#78
Feb 4, 2020 · 41 min
IBM leadership shuffle, Amazon earnings, plus "Friend of Pivot” Jon Lovett pops in from Iowa to talk Trump’s inevitable ad operation
Kara and Scott talk about IBM's new CEO as the company struggles to keep up with cloud computing. They also discuss Zuckerberg's "new approach to social media", and breakdown Amazon's major earnings.
#77
Jan 31, 2020 · 47 min
US budget deficit will hit $1-trillion; AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, FB earnings breakdown; and Britain sides with China on Huawei
Kara and Scott talk about the Congressional Budget Office projecting that the U.S. budget deficit will pass the $1 trillion threshold in 2020.
#76
Jan 28, 2020 · 39 min
Kara’s back in action; a listener question on WeWork’s impact on co-working companies, and a pop culture quiz
Kara and Scott talk about the spread of coronavirus and how it is affecting China. They discuss how the story of Kobe Bryant's tragic death played out on Twitter. Also, YouTube is now having their moderators sign a release acknowledging they could get PTSD from doing the work... Kara has thoughts. In listener mail, we get a question about players in the co-working space and how they are strategizing after the fall of weWork. It's definitely a FAIL that Kara did not get invited to Jeff Bezos' mansion party. In wins, Scott remembers Clayton Christensen. PLUS: Brooke Hammerling -- writer of the newsletter " Pop Culture Mondays" joins Kara and Scott for a special segment on the biggest pop culture moments of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
#75
Jan 24, 2020 · 45 min
Bezos vs. the world, retail in India and Scott’s earnings predictions
Scott co-hosts with Erica Anderson (Pivot's indomitable Executive Producer!) and they talk about the Saudi's hacking Jeff Bezos' phone.
#74
Jan 21, 2020 · 41 min
Trillion dollar companies and tax season; how the “Black List” shapes Hollywood’s big business… and is podcasting coming for radio dollars?
Kara talk about Google becoming the world's fourth trillion-dollar company ... and who is actually paying taxes on all of it?
#73
Jan 17, 2020 · 44 min
Gloves off over privacy, from Apple to Microsoft to Grindr. PLUS Scott's big 2020 bets.
Kara and Scott argue about whether the government should have the right to hack into phones of suspected criminals.
#72
Jan 14, 2020 · 39 min
Will Casper go public? How will Softbank’s latest fail affect Asia? And how will Sundar Pichai move Google forward?
Kara and Scott talk about Casper's S-1 and how it compares to other internet retail companies like Away and Warby Parker.
#71
Jan 10, 2020 · 44 min
Social networks' minimum effort to be less toxic, Listener Mail from Australia, and fails at CES
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's decision not to change their political ad policies.
#70
Jan 7, 2020 · 29 min
Trump vs. Iran on Twitter, more on HQ2 incentives, and 'mandatory happiness'
Kara and Scott talk about how Trump has been escalating US conflict with Iran on Twitter.
#69
Jan 3, 2020 · 50 min
California is regulating consumer data privacy, the gig economy revisited, and Tesla’s big stock spike.
Kara and Scott are back to talk about a suite of new regulations in California that will give consumers agency over their data and gig workers more protection.
#68
Dec 27, 2019 · 51 min
"Friends of Pivot" breakdown the big stories of the decade
Kara and Scott look back at the 2010s and the biggest stories of the decade with the help of some friends.
#67
Dec 20, 2019 · 44 min
Impeachment… it happened, Peter Thiel’s influence at Facebook, and prediction: “FedEx gets acquired"
Kara and Scott talk about what impeachment might mean for business.
#66
Dec 17, 2019 · 43 min
What’s up with the China/US trade deal, why haven’t “smart guns” popularized, and who is going to stream the NFL?
Kara and Scott talk about the "Phase One" trade agreement between the US and China and what it means for big tech.
#65
Dec 13, 2019 · 50 min
Netflix Golden Globe noms, bipartisan agreement on encryption, and Amazon's plan for fashion
Kara and Scott talk about Congress' hearing on regulating end-to-end encryption on messaging apps.
#64
Dec 10, 2019 · 46 min
A letter to Twitter, Uber's data transparency, and Away proves startup culture is rough
Kara and Scott talk about a letter Scott wrote to the board about concerns at Twitter.

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