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.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 701
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Crypto-crash, Streaming wars and tax plans with MSNBC Host Stephanie Ruhle
Kara and Scott are joined by MSNBC Host and NBC News Senior Business Correspondent Stephanie Ruhle for a lightning round about the week's news. They talk about the tough week for the crypto-market, m…
01:00:21 |
Fri 21 May 2021
AT&T's TimeWarner/Discovery+ super merger and GLAAD's report on social media platforms
Kara and Scott talk about AT&T spinning off their streaming service Time Warner and combining it with Discovery+ to compete with streaming content giants. They also discuss Twitter's potential new su…
01:01:27 |
Tue 18 May 2021
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and Tesla breaks up with Bitcoin
Kara and Scott talk about the fallout from the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and the gas hoarding that followed. They also discuss Tesla's decision to suspend accepting Bitcoin for car purchase…
00:51:07 |
Fri 14 May 2021
Elon Musk on Saturday Night Live and the dogecoin tumble
Kara and Scott recap Elon Musk's host appearance on Saturday Night Live and how it affected the cryptocurrency market. They also discuss a major cyberattack on a US natural gas pipeline. Then we are …
00:53:21 |
Tue 11 May 2021
Facebook Oversight Board and the Trump ban, trouble for Peloton and a listener question about AI
Kara and Scott talk about the Facebook Oversight Board's decision to uphold Facebook's ban of Donald Trump's Facebook account... for the next six months. Then they talk about Peloton recalling, their…
00:52:59 |
Fri 07 May 2021
Apple and Epic go to trial and Friend of Pivot Senator Amy Klobuchar
Kara and Scott talk about Apple going to trial with Epic over its choice to kick Fortnite out of the app store. They also discuss the upcoming Facebook Oversight Board decision on whether to uphold t…
01:12:30 |
Tue 04 May 2021
Trouble at Basecamp, Bezos fights for the moon, and a listener question about dating apps
Kara and Scott talk about controversies at Basecamp, as the company rolled out a new ban on internal political talk. They also discuss Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin petitioning to have NASA revisi…
00:56:28 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
CEO wealth surge, Apple/Facebook tensions heat up, and Friend of Pivot DoorDash COO Christopher Payne
Kara and Scott talk about how CEOs in the United States wealth has surged during the pandemic as compared to their workers. Meanwhile, tensions heat up between Tim Cook at Apple and Mark Zuckerberg a…
01:04:06 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Apple's podcast play, Netflix's rough quarter, and a listener mail on crypto's carbon footprint
Kara and Scott talk about Apple's big announcements in the podcast space and what that means for other competitors in the podcast market. They also discuss Netflix's falling subscriptions and take a …
00:58:04 |
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Facebook gets into audio, WeWork's SPAC, and Friend of Pivot Preet Bharara
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's new foray into the audio space and what it means for creators. They also discuss NASA partnering with SpaceX on its next moon landing mission. Scott's favorite di…
01:10:56 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
The crypto-surge, Bernie Madoff's dark legacy, and a question on Russia slowing Twitter
Kara and Scott talk about the Coinbase IPO and the surge for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and other currencies. They also discuss the legacy financial Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff, who died in prison this week.…
00:47:59 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Amazon union defeat, Alibaba’s antitrust fine, and Walter Isaacson on CRISPR
Kara and Scott talk about the failure to form a union at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama; this was the biggest unionization effort in the company's history. They also discuss China's antitrust fine ag…
01:03:36 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Twitch's new guidelines, YouTube's video violations, and a prediction on LG's handset company
Kara and Scott talk about Amazon's live-streaming service Twitch's new guidelines to keep hate speech and other forms of violence off their platform. They also discuss YouTube's new metric for showin…
01:03:24 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Global corporate tax, Facebook's data breach and a Friend of Pivot on "cancel culture"
Kara and Scott discuss Janet Yellen's call for a global corporate tax and what that would mean for corporations. They also discuss a new report saying that Facebook leaked millions of users' personal…
01:14:49 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Big Tech military contracts, Compass's IPO, and President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan
In this episode of Pivot, Kara and Scott talk about Big Tech getting involved in military matters, and how their employees are responding. They also discuss whether Compass really counts as real esta…
00:51:32 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
Tony Hsieh, Jeff Bezos's Twitter fingers, and Big Tech in Congress (again)
This week, Kara and Scott chat about the Wall Street Journal's deep dive on Tony Hsieh, Jeff Bezo's twitter fingers, and the future of unions. Then, Friend of Pivot Zephyr Teachout joins us to talk a…
00:56:05 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Microsoft and Discord, Goldman Sachs' junior bankers and a listener mail question on news consumption
Kara and Scott talk about Microsoft's potential acquisition of the video gaming social platform Discord. They also preview the big tech hearings on disinformation. Meanwhile, Scott thinks Goldman Sac…
00:47:46 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Struggles at Dispo, Trump's own social media network, and the 411 on NFTs
Kara and Scott talk about troubles at Dispo – the photosharing app – after allegations of sexual assault came out around the founder's circle. They also discuss the possibility of former President Tr…
01:01:05 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Facebook makes a Substack competitor, Netflix's carbon footprint and the future of McKinsey
Kara and Scott discuss scandals at Substack as Facebook builds a newsletter competitor. They also discuss a new tool that is measuring the carbon footprint of streaming on Netflix and what that means…
00:54:46 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
The future of travel and a Friend of Pivot on telehealth
Kara and Scott talk about the biggest weekend for airlines since the pandemic started and what that means for the industry. They are joined by Hims/Hers CEO Andrew Dudum to talk about how telehealth …
00:59:28 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
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