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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Technology
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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
627
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
628
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
629
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
630
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
631
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
632
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
633
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
634
Kara’s back in action; a listener question on W...
37 min
635
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
636
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
637
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
638
Will Casper go public? How will Softbank’s late...
Kara and Scott talk about Casper's S-1 and how it compares to other internet retail companies like Away and Warby Parker.
36 min
639
Social networks' minimum effort to be less toxi...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's decision not to change their political ad policies.
41 min
640
Trump vs. Iran on Twitter, more on HQ2 incentiv...
Kara and Scott talk about how Trump has been escalating US conflict with Iran on Twitter.
27 min
641
California is regulating consumer data privacy,...
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.
47 min
642
"Friends of Pivot" breakdown the big stories of...
Kara and Scott look back at the 2010s and the biggest stories of the decade with the help of some friends.
48 min
643
Impeachment… it happened, Peter Thiel’s influen...
Kara and Scott talk about what impeachment might mean for business.
42 min
644
What’s up with the China/US trade deal, why hav...
Kara and Scott talk about the "Phase One" trade agreement between the US and China and what it means for big tech.
40 min
645
Netflix Golden Globe noms, bipartisan agreement...
Kara and Scott talk about Congress' hearing on regulating end-to-end encryption on messaging apps.
47 min
646
A letter to Twitter, Uber's data transparency, ...
Kara and Scott talk about a letter Scott wrote to the board about concerns at Twitter.
43 min
647
CEO’s are out (literally), France's "digital se...
Kara and Scott talk about leaderships shifts at Google -- Larry and Sergey are out and Sundar Pichai is in.
38 min
648
Dorsey moves to Africa and streaming platforms ...
Kara and Scott talk about the future of Twitter as Jack Dorsey announces he's off to live in Africa.
33 min
649
London gives Uber the boot, the billionaire's 2...
Kara and Scott talk about Uber getting kicked out of its biggest EU market, London.
40 min
650
Trump lies about Apple, HBOMax fumbles its bran...
Kara and Scott talk about how Apple CEO Tim Cook, let Trump get away with lying about being responsible for building a 2013 factory.
45 min