Pivot - Kara and Scott explain what happens on Pivot

Episode Date: September 24, 2018

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Hey, everyone. I'm Cara Swisher, editor-at-large of Recode. And I'm Scott Galloway, NYU Stern Marketing Professor, also known as Of Cara. We want to introduce you to our podcast, Pivot. It's the weekly news breakdown of all things tech and business. It's like Game of Thrones, but less entertaining. If Sarah Say was a lesbian and icon in the tech journalism community, she wouldn't have a dragon. She'd have a dog. That's right.

I'm putting a chain on you, Scott. We explain the biggest headlines of the week, bringing our own unique analysis and hot takes. Big stories this week. Let's go right to them. The aftermath of the New Zealand terrorist attack was streamed on Facebook. It's just one more perfect mess the company has to clean up.

Which means on Pivot, we tell it like Scott thinks it is, and then I completely disagree with him. That's right. And we're not afraid to call out people at the top. In fact, that's the only people we call out. Is that correct? Well, that's right. We like to attack the top, don't we?

Anything else is just bullying. It's okay to have enemies as long as they're more powerful than you. Question for Dara was one thing. Are you just lipstick on a pig? I like you. I think you're nice. You've calmed down the water stair. Right.

But should the two and a half million people who have built this company participate in the $120 billion windfall? Yes, they have to. Oh, wait, Cara, you didn't tell them about my superpower, my secret talent. Your secret talent, Scott, is that you are a fortune teller. You are like Miss Cleo. That's right. You use data to come up with weekly predictions about what we can expect out of different companies and investors. And so far, I hate to admit it, it's been impressively true. I think WeWork is going to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.

I think the unicorn class is going to lose in 19. Go on. Go on. So here are all the bickering, the bantering, and one in ten chance I end my career every week on this show. Subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app to get our wins, fails, predictions, and analysis delivered right to you every week with me and the big dog, Scott Galloway. It's time for Pivot.