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Pivot

New York Magazine

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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  • #9
    Nov 16, 2018 · 37 min

    Facebook's dirty tricks

    Kara and Scott talk about Facebook and the explosive report on their mismanagement and deception over the past three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • #8
    Nov 9, 2018 · 26 min

    Amazon’s HQ2 was a con, not a contest

    Kara and Scott talk about the upshot of the 2018 midterms, Amazon’s surprise HQ2 announcement and how our perception of social media has been permanently changed by bots and trolls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • #7
    Nov 2, 2018 · 35 min

    Sexual harassment at Google, nasty YouTube comments and Beto O'Rourke

    Kara and Scott talk about Google's attempts to cover up sexual harassment claims against three of its top executives; the negative effects of cable news on society; and Scott's man-crush on Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke. Plus: What Kara did on Halloween and Scott's taxonomy of love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • #6
    Oct 26, 2018 · 28 min

    Tim Cook’s 'data industrial complex,' Uber’s IPO and Saudi money

    Kara and Scott talk about Apple CEO Tim Cook's latest critiques of Facebook and Google; the fact that Uber's IPO could value the company at as much as $120 billion; and the ethical question of what to do if you're a startup that could raise money from Saudi Arabia, or a tech company that already has. Plus: Scott goes car-shopping for Kara, and the implications of Facebook losing another Oculus co-founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • #5
    Oct 19, 2018 · 23 min

    Saudi money, Facebook’s fib and Amazon HQ2

    Recode's Kara Swisher and NYU's Scott Galloway talk about Silicon Valley's Saudi money crisis, the ongoing fallout from Facebook Portal and the cities that never had a chance in Amazon's HQ2 competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • #4
    Oct 12, 2018 · 32 min

    Google's data breach, Facebook Portal, and Taylor Swift

    Kara and Scott discuss why the Google Plus hack matters, the new Facebook Portal and its plastic lenscap, and Kara's affection for Taylor Swift (even before Swift's Instagram post exhorting her fans to register to vote). In this episode: (01:48) The Google hack; (7:03) Facebook Portal; (12:49) Wins of the week: Taylor Swift and Nikki Haley; (16:23) Anand Giridharadas and the problem with elites; (21:12) Predictions: Sniper retail acquisitions and techlash; (25:51) Would Apple or Google buy Tesla?; (28:42) Kavanaugh and Melania Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • #3
    Oct 5, 2018 · 24 min

    Facebook's data breach, Elon vs. SEC and the Kavanaugh hearings

    On this episode of Pivot, Kara and Scott talk about: (01:20) Facebook's massive data breach; (06:05) Elon Musk's $20 million SEC settlement; (12:43) Wins of the week: Jeff Flake, Amy Klobuchar and Jeff Bezos; (20:47) Soul-sappingCycle and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • #2
    Sep 28, 2018 · 25 min

    Instagram co-founders, "tech bias" and why Amazon will buy Snapchat

    Kara and Scott talk about the dramatic departure of Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Attorney General Jeff Sessions' war on "tech bias," and the future of Snap. In this episode: (01:44) The big story: Why did Instagram’s co-founders leave?; (07:13) Attorney General Jeff Sessions and “tech bias”; (12:39) Will Amazon buy Snapchat?; (17:44) GOATs of the week: Craig Newmark and Margrethe Vestager; (20:08) Absurd quotes of the week; (21:27) Scott’s prediction on the future of Facebook stock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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