Guest host Molly Wood joins Kara to discuss how social media platforms are preparing for the midterm elections, Elon Musk's Republican pajama party, and whether there's a capitalist solution to climate change. Also, an infamous ex-WeWork CEO gets a second chance... and $350 million.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or via Yappa, at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, we have the first in a two-part series on lessons from the crypto crash.Crypto, also known as Web3, also known as blockchain-based technologies, remains the weirdest space I’ve ever reported on. I’ve never learned so much about a topic where there were people I trusted roughly equally, whose intelligence I trusted roughly equally, coming to completely opposite opinions. People I consider brilliant think this is the wave of the future. Others are fairly positive that the bulk of this world is a giant Ponzi scheme that’s even worse than most people realize.Today's guest is Molly Wood, a financial journalist turned venture capitalist who also hosts the podcast 'This Week in Startups.' I would summarize Molly’s case against crypto in three main points: It is a double-enemy of the environment—an energy-intensive speculation that pulls money and talent from climate technology. It is an unregulated bonanza of investor shenanigans—Molly explains why the very structure of crypto tokens invites a kind of Ponzi-scheming dynamic, which deserves our attention. Even if you have nice things to say about crypto—and we do have nice things to say about it—there’s a strong case to be made that the promises and the grandiosity is wildly out of line with the actual use cases. The timing on this episode feels right. Last week, several employees of the crypto trading exchange Coinbase were charged with wire fraud, the first insider-trading case involving cryptocurrencies. This is our little podcast trial of crypto. Today, the prosecution. Tomorrow, the defense.Host: Derek ThompsonGuest: Molly WoodProducer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Molly Wood discusses company's efforts to decarbonize LA before 2028 Olympics. Tesla's latest earnings and AI training speed-up efforts are explored. Tech news includes EV market competition and failed attempts to replace floppy disks. Risks and benefits of DNA data sharing are discussed. Molly Wood's work and show details are mentioned.

J+M have big hotel energy today as the duo lets it fly on a bunch of topics including: Trump's documents (2:21), Code Conference poker stories (18:40), Instagram shutting down "Shopping" + Zuck's new look (33:36), Starlink (1:04:37), and more! Then, Molly joins Jason for part 9 of The Blueprint! (1:13:00) 0:00 J+M intro today's segments 2:21 Theories on Trump's classified documents 17:18 SnackMagic - Get 10% cashback up to $1000 until October 15th with code HOLIDAY, and see more at snackmagic.com/twist 18:40 Molly's big interview + Jason's tells poker stories from the Code Conference 29:06 Visa - Learn more about Visa’s online Small Business Hub at Visa.com/smallbusinesshub 30:02 Jason brainstorms a publicity stunt 33:36 Instagram looks to sunset "Shopping" feature, Zuck changes his public persona 40:02 Brave - Download today at https://brave.com/twist to browse faster, search privately and so much more 41:28 Jason confronts his Zuck-induced insecurity 48:11 Why Instagram is shutting down its "Shopping" tab 49:16 Reacting to Apple's event, new watch, AirPods, and iPhone 14 1:04:37 Starlink helping bring broadband to rural areas via school COVID subsidies 1:13:00 The Blueprint Part 9: Molly Wood on manifesting your future! FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1

Instagram and Threads label posts as political, Reddit files to go public. Supreme Court cases on online speech analyzed. Reddit's advertising revenue model and challenges discussed. Navigating political content on social media and algorithm transparency highlighted.