Pivot
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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Spotify’s podcast boom, Amazon checks out JCPen...
Kara and Scott talk about Spotify's new deal with Joe Rogan and the implications for the podcast industry.
50 min
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The DOJ readies a lawsuit against Google, Amazo...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook purchasing Giphy and reports the DOJ is likely to sue Google for antitrust violations in the digital ad space.
53 min
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Uber offers to gobble up GrubHub, Elon Musk is ...
Kara and Scott talk about Uber's offer to buy GrubHub, which would give the company a majority of food delivery market share.
54 min
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Amazon might acquire AMC theaters and Friend of...
Kara and Scott talk about Amazon in talks to acquire AMC theaters, Uber earnings and how education will change with white collar workers at home.
53 min
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Facebook's oversight board is the "League of Na...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's new oversight board and whether it will be effective in controlling content on the platform.
45 min
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Congress weighs liability for businesses, Amazo...
Kara and Scott talk about whether or not Congress should give businesses legal protections against lawsuits from workers who contract COVID-19.
55 min
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Facebook pushes e-commerce business, Uber in tr...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook earnings during the pandemic and the company's push into e-commerce.
46 min
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Amazon under scrutiny; Zoom security expert Ale...
Kara and Scott talk about Senate Democrats being vocal about breaking up Amazon, after a report that the company lied to the House Judiciary Committee.
62 min
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings has a huge quarter, Fac...
Kara and Scott talk about Netflix's biggest quarter yet. The company doubled its projections for how many new subscribers it would acquire.
50 min
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Andreessen tells Silicon Valley it’s “time to b...
Kara and Scott talk about Marc Andreessen's manifesto to Silicon Valley. They also discuss the PPP and the big companies that applied for those loans.
48 min
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World Health Organization in the crosshairs, th...
Kara and Scott evaluate President Trump's recent business decisions from defunding the W.H.O., to his "council to reopen America", and the public/private partnership.
56 min
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Google and Apple team up to track COVID-19, Ube...
Kara and Scott talk about tech giants Google and Apple teaming up to track COVID-19 cases on iPhones and Androids.
62 min
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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.
50 min
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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.
59 min
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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.
62 min
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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