

Pivot
New York Magazine
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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Dec 7, 2018 • 32min
The U.K. piles on Facebook
Kara and Scott talk about the latest dump of emails exposing Facebook management’s malfeasance, but Scott thinks it’s just the U.K. piling on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2018 • 36min
Microsoft is more valuable than Apple again. Why?
Kara and Scott talk about Microsoft surpassing Apple. They also come to an agreement that “Republicans buy football teams and Democrats buy media properties”. In case you missed some recent headlines, Kara and Scott talk under-reported stories. China is unveiling a social credit surveillance system and it’s literally a ‘Black Mirror’ episode. Scott’s “win of the week” is NASA beating big tech to a Mars landing. Kara’s win is Google employees making bold statements about their company on her recent podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 2018 • 27min
It's time for Facebook's board to step up
Kara and Scott talk about how Facebook's C-suite has responded to reports of mismanagement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2018 • 37min
Facebook's dirty tricks
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook and the explosive report on their mismanagement and deception over the past three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2018 • 27min
Amazon’s HQ2 was a con, not a contest
Kara and Scott talk about the upshot of the 2018 midterms, Amazon’s surprise HQ2 announcement and how our perception of social media has been permanently changed by bots and trolls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2018 • 35min
Sexual harassment at Google, nasty YouTube comments and Beto O'Rourke
Kara and Scott talk about Google's attempts to cover up sexual harassment claims against three of its top executives; the negative effects of cable news on society; and Scott's man-crush on Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke. Plus: What Kara did on Halloween and Scott's taxonomy of love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2018 • 29min
Tim Cook’s 'data industrial complex,' Uber’s IPO and Saudi money
Kara and Scott talk about Apple CEO Tim Cook's latest critiques of Facebook and Google; the fact that Uber's IPO could value the company at as much as $120 billion; and the ethical question of what to do if you're a startup that could raise money from Saudi Arabia, or a tech company that already has. Plus: Scott goes car-shopping for Kara, and the implications of Facebook losing another Oculus co-founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2018 • 23min
Saudi money, Facebook’s fib and Amazon HQ2
Recode's Kara Swisher and NYU's Scott Galloway talk about Silicon Valley's Saudi money crisis, the ongoing fallout from Facebook Portal and the cities that never had a chance in Amazon's HQ2 competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2018 • 32min
Google's data breach, Facebook Portal, and Taylor Swift
Kara and Scott discuss why the Google Plus hack matters, the new Facebook Portal and its plastic lenscap, and Kara's affection for Taylor Swift (even before Swift's Instagram post exhorting her fans to register to vote). In this episode: (01:48) The Google hack; (7:03) Facebook Portal; (12:49) Wins of the week: Taylor Swift and Nikki Haley; (16:23) Anand Giridharadas and the problem with elites; (21:12) Predictions: Sniper retail acquisitions and techlash; (25:51) Would Apple or Google buy Tesla?; (28:42) Kavanaugh and Melania Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2018 • 25min
Facebook's data breach, Elon vs. SEC and the Kavanaugh hearings
On this episode of Pivot, Kara and Scott talk about: (01:20) Facebook's massive data breach; (06:05) Elon Musk's $20 million SEC settlement; (12:43) Wins of the week: Jeff Flake, Amy Klobuchar and Jeff Bezos; (20:47) Soul-sappingCycle and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


