Pivot
Every Tuesday and Friday, tech 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. After all, with great power comes great scrutiny. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Dorsey donates 28% of his wealth to COVID-19, Z...
Kara and Scott talk about Jack Dorsey's $1 billion donation to fight COVID-19, as well as other tech billionaire's contributions to fight the virus.
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Zoom isn’t as “encrypted” as you think, tech re...
Kara and Scott talk about privacy issues at Zoom as we move our doctor's appointments, work, therapy and school onto the platform.
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Sean Hannity has a meltdown. Twitter, Facebook ...
Kara and Scott talk about Sean Hannity defending his work at Fox News (after Kara called him out for spreading misinformation in the early days of COVID-19).
49 min
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The Internet is buckling under COVID-19 pressur...
Kara and Scott talk about Internet slow downs and how companies are coping as the country starts living their work and personal lives online.
57 min
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Zoom stock surpasses airlines; MLB, NBA, Olympi...
Kara and Scott talk about Zoom's immense stock value in this moment and what the company should do with new power.
53 min
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Stimulus package stalled, how Airbnb, Tesla and...
Kara and Scott talk about the stimulus package in limbo and the Defense Production Act. They break down how tech companies like Lyft, Airbnb and Tesla are pivoting in the COVID-19 crisis.
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Addressing the US economy (a note from Andrew Y...
Kara and Scott talk about stimulus packages and possible emergency checks to deal with the US economic crisis.
49 min
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The private/public partnership to stop Covid-19...
Kara and Scott talk about the announced public/private partnerships between major companies and the federal government.
52 min
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Tech in the time of COVID-19, Congressional ant...
Kara and Scott talk about COVID-19, what tech could do to help, and what we need to see from leadership.
34 min
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Twitter’s new board, Silicon Valley vs. Washing...
Kara and Scott talk about the deal reached at Twitter and the fate of Jack Dorsey and his tenure as CEO.
49 min
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Fed cuts interest rates (and banks lobby for de...
Kara and Scott talk about the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts and big banks asking for deregulation. They talk through how COVID-19 may halt the economy.
55 min
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S&P hits a low, Jack Dorsey faces activist inve...
51 min
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Bob Iger exits — what’s going on at Disney? The...
Kara and Scott speculate about what is happening at Disney following Bob Iger's abrupt exit.
53 min
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Coronavirus hits the global supply chain, the d...
Kara and Scott talk about the spread of coronavirus and how it is affecting the global supply chain.
56 min
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The debate after the debate (Kara and Scott ass...
Kara and Scott have a lot of thoughts about the Nevada debate and how the candidates should be marketing themselves.
41 min
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The EU takes on AI, the US vs. Huawei continues...
Kara and Scott talk about the big players in Silicon Valley headed to the EU where they are debating new regulations on artificial intelligence.
55 min
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Amazon pays taxes (and fights for JEDI), SoftBa...
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.
51 min
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The Oscars' rebrand, Uber’s ‘yoga babble’ earni...
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.
39 min
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Tech meltdown in Iowa, Sheryl Sandberg’s engage...
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.
45 min
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IBM leadership shuffle, Amazon earnings, plus "...
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.
39 min
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US budget deficit will hit $1-trillion; AAPL, M...
Kara and Scott talk about the Congressional Budget Office projecting that the U.S. budget deficit will pass the $1 trillion threshold in 2020.
44 min
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Kara’s back in action; a listener question on W...
37 min
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Bezos vs. the world, retail in India and Scott’...
Scott co-hosts with Erica Anderson (Pivot's indomitable Executive Producer!) and they talk about the Saudi's hacking Jeff Bezos' phone.
43 min
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Trillion dollar companies and tax season; how t...
Kara talk about Google becoming the world's fourth trillion-dollar company ... and who is actually paying taxes on all of it?
38 min
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Gloves off over privacy, from Apple to Microsof...
Kara and Scott argue about whether the government should have the right to hack into phones of suspected criminals.
41 min