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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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#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.
#63
Dec 6, 2019 · 40 min
CEO’s are out (literally), France's "digital service tax” is in, and 'innovator privilege’
Kara and Scott talk about leaderships shifts at Google -- Larry and Sergey are out and Sundar Pichai is in.
#63
Dec 3, 2019 · 36 min
Dorsey moves to Africa and streaming platforms trump movie theaters
Kara and Scott talk about the future of Twitter as Jack Dorsey announces he's off to live in Africa.
#62
Nov 29, 2019 · 43 min
London gives Uber the boot, the billionaire's 2020 strategy, and streaming wars continue
Kara and Scott talk about Uber getting kicked out of its biggest EU market, London.
#61
Nov 22, 2019 · 49 min
Trump lies about Apple, HBOMax fumbles its brand, Juul gets sued
Kara and Scott talk about how Apple CEO Tim Cook, let Trump get away with lying about being responsible for building a 2013 factory.
#60
Nov 15, 2019 · 43 min
Big Tech wants to be your wallet and your healthcare provider. What could go wrong?
Kara and Scott talk about all the Silicon Valley companies rolling out credit cards and checking accounts.
#59
Nov 8, 2019 · 44 min
Twitter and the Saudis, Facebook’s 'Switcharoo', and the 2020 digital ads race
Kara and Scott talk about former Twitter employees who were spying on user data for Saudi Arabia.
#58
Nov 1, 2019 · 42 min
Twitter will stop running political ads ... your move, Facebook
Kara and Scott celebrate Jack Dorsey announcing that Twitter will not be running political ads anymore. That puts Facebook on the spot.
#63
Oct 25, 2019 · 42 min
The screw-up-billionaire, quantum computers, and the skewering of Zuckerberg
Kara and Scott take a victory lap as SoftBank buys out Adam Neumann, the founder of weWork for a cool $1.7 billion.
#57
Oct 23, 2019 · 58 min
Mark Zuckerberg the free speech jester, and Marc Benioff the class traitor
Kara and Scott met up at Stanford University (where they were both rejected from) for a live Pivot!
#56
Oct 18, 2019 · 38 min
LIVE at the Podcast Upfronts in NYC!
Kara and Scott meet up at the Podcast Upfronts in NYC. And we make a special announcement...wait for it... WE'RE GOING TO 2 DAYS A WEEK! BOOM!
#55
Oct 11, 2019 · 42 min
Going after venture capital culture and the unicorn industrial complex
Kara and Scott talk about feuds with VC's, billionaires paying fewer taxes than the working class and tech companies folding to Chinese state media pressure.
#54
Oct 4, 2019 · 46 min
Mark Zuckerberg’s leaky staff and the silver lining to WeWork’s downfall
Kara and Scott talk about the a leaked Facebook tape, why WeWork CEO Adam Neumann may have to go into the Unicorn Protection Program, and President Trump's dangerous "coup" tweets.

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