Pivot

Elon’s Timeline Takeover, Bing’s AI Freakout, and the Sordid Affairs of Sumner Redstone

Feb 17, 2023

01:15:17

Highlights

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Episode notes

How to be happy in a capitalist society

01:15

The resignation of Christine Wilson from the Federal Trade Commission

04:15

How to Make Money with a Podcast

00:57

The Internet Is the Worst of Us

01:27

Introduction

6min

AI She Crazy?

4min

The FTC's Only Republican Commissioner, Christine Wilson, Will Resign

4min

Scottish Leader Nicola Sturgeon Resigns

4min

Podcasting Is Not Hot Anymore

2min

The Top 200 Podcasts Make a Lot of Money, Right?

4min

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Elon Musk?

2min

Elon Musk's Tweets - Is He Really Trying to Affirm Dominance?

3min

NerdWallet - The Best Way to Find a Cashback Credit Card

3min

10.

Can We Get EVs Into Electric Vehicles Without China?

4min

11.

Tesla Will Open Part of Its Charging Network to Other EVs

3min

12.

Aren't They Doing the Minimum?

3min

13.

The Me Too Movement Meets the Corporate Boardroom

2min

14.

King Lear Meets Weekend at Bernie's

4min

15.

The Copley Plaza Incident With the Mangled Hand

5min

16.

Is There a Sexism in the Me-to Crisis?

4min

17.

Is Sherry Redstone Paying Me Off?

2min

18.

You Know, It's Either Black or White, Is It?

3min

19.

What's Sherry Going to Do?

4min

20.

I Think the Owner Mogul Is Over

6min

A week of surprising resignations: the FTC’s lone Republican commissioner announced her departure in the Wall Street Journal, and Scotland’s First Minister will step down after drama around a transgender prisoner. Also, the US and China practice electric car diplomacy, and Elon Musk *really* wants you to read his tweets. Friends of Pivot James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams discuss their book, Unscripted, about the scandalous last years of Sumner Redstone.

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Check out Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy and follow James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams on Twitter.

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