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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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#46
Aug 9, 2019 · 38 min
Hate on 8chan and why Scott's not quitting Equinox
Kara and Scott talk about Cloudfare dropping 8chan after its latest link to domestic terrorism and hate speech.
#45
Aug 2, 2019 · 32 min
Facebook wants to read your mind. What could possibly go wrong?
Kara and Scott talk about the debates and how questions about big tech...well, didn't really come up.
#44
Jul 26, 2019 · 42 min
The Mueller hearing, Facebook's fine, and revisiting The Case of Al Franken
This week, your hosts Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway revisit their democratic presidential nominee faves, and talk about the Mueller hearing
#43
Jul 19, 2019 · 33 min
Peter Thiel is Pennywise, Trump's racist tweets, and Kara meets the Yang Gang
This week, Scott wants to scoop on all of Kara's interviews with presidential candidates.
#43
Jul 12, 2019 · 32 min
Epstein's Out, Rapinoe's In, Plus a Social Media-Less Summit
This week Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway are together in D.C.; we repeat: they are together in D.C.! They chat Jeffrey Epstein and double jeopardy, President Trump's social media summit (where no major social media networks were invited?), and whether or not start up culture is dead. The pair also celebrate Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. Navy, and they contemplate what Kara should ask Pete Buttigieg about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
#42
Jul 5, 2019 · 42 min
Fish and Chips and Biden and Harris and Reddit and Twitter
This week, Kara calls in from London!
#41
Jun 28, 2019 · 30 min
TikTok, Time's Up on Facebook's Content Moderation Sites
When Scott Galloway is away, Kara Swisher will play... with The Verge's Casey Newton! This week, Kara and Casey get down and dirty about Bodies in Seats, Casey's exposé on the terrible conditions inside Facebook's North American content moderation sites.
#40
Jun 21, 2019 · 36 min
Facebook's New Money and Slack's New Valuation
This week, Kara is in New York! And Scott's in... France? So close yet so far as usual.
#39
Jun 14, 2019 · 38 min
Pivot LIVE! From the 2019 Code Conference
This week's Pivot is live from the Code Conference in Arizona.
#38
Jun 7, 2019 · 34 min
The FTC and DOJ are Stayin' Alive, and YouTube backtracks on bigotry
This week, Kara and Scott talk breaking down the big boys (Facebook, Google, etc) and YouTube kicking out the bad boys ("free speech" haters).
#37
May 31, 2019 · 36 min
Deepfake takedowns, white supremacy on Twitter, and the companies boycotting anti-abortion states
Pivot takes up the internet-age-old question of Facebook's responsibilities as a media company.
#36
May 24, 2019 · 39 min
Medium's "Shampoo Effect," and Tesla, coming undone?
The hosts opine on Medium, L'Oreal, and Quora.
#35
May 17, 2019 · 39 min
Alabama's big fail, Uber's disastrous IPO, and the Facebook breakup debate
Recode's Kara Swisher and NYU's Scott Galloway discuss Chris Hughes' Facebook breakup proposal, Away Travel's big funding, how southern states are trying to ban abortion and more.
#34
May 10, 2019 · 34 min
Chris Hughes' Case Against Facebook, Strikes on IPO Week, GoT vs Avengers
"Union Scott" shows up to discuss the work stoppages at Uber and Lyft.
#33
May 3, 2019 · 36 min
Facebook's privacy fakeout, WeWork's reckless IPO, and Reagan the welfare queen
Kara and Scott discuss Facebook's new focus on privacy; what comes after the Web 3.0 era; and what Oprah has to say about Scott's new book.
#32
Apr 26, 2019 · 31 min
The FTC & the "Algebra of Deterrence"
Kara and Scott talk about the FTC's fine on Facebook -- it's basically a "parking ticket".
#31
Apr 19, 2019 · 40 min
Uber's IPO and, more importantly, Game of Thrones
Kara and Scott talk about Disney breaking into the content streaming business, the Uber IPO and, yes, Game of Thrones.
#30
Apr 12, 2019 · 37 min
Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington ... again
Kara and Scott talk about Congressional hearings on tech platforms responsibility for spreading white nationalism and other hate speech.
#29
Apr 5, 2019 · 35 min
"It's not a meritocracy, it's a mirror-tocracy"
Kara and Scott talk about the avalanche of recent Facebook news -- including Zuckerberg's new professed want for regulations.
#28
Mar 29, 2019 · 35 min
Will the rising tide of ride sharing Lyft all boats?
Scott and Kara are skeptical of Lyft's IPO. What exactly is the network effect of ride shares?

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