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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.

621 episodes transcribed

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Trillion dollar companies and tax season; how the “Black List” shapes Hollywood’s big business… and is podcasting coming for radio dollars?

Episode Date: January 21, 2020

Kara talk about Google becoming the world's fourth trillion-dollar company ... and who is actually paying taxes on all of it? They discuss world leade...

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Gloves off over privacy, from Apple to Microsoft to Grindr. PLUS Scott's big 2020 bets.

Episode Date: January 17, 2020

Kara and Scott argue about whether the government should have the right to hack into phones of suspected criminals. In a reversal of strategy the hist...

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Will Casper go public? How will Softbank’s latest fail affect Asia? And how will Sundar Pichai move Google forward?

Episode Date: January 14, 2020

Kara and Scott talk about Casper's S-1 and how it compares to other internet retail companies like Away and Warby Parker. We also get a rant out of Sc...

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Social networks' minimum effort to be less toxic, Listener Mail from Australia, and fails at CES

Episode Date: January 10, 2020

Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's decision not to change their political ad policies. They also discuss Facebook banning "deep fakes" and Teen Vogu...

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Trump vs. Iran on Twitter, more on HQ2 incentives, and 'mandatory happiness'

Episode Date: January 7, 2020

Kara and Scott talk about how Trump has been escalating US conflict with Iran on Twitter. They also discuss how politics were downplayed at the Golden...

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California is regulating consumer data privacy, the gig economy revisited, and Tesla’s big stock spike.

Episode Date: January 3, 2020

Kara and Scott are back to talk about a suite of new regulations in California that will give consumers agency over their data and gig workers more pr...

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"Friends of Pivot" breakdown the big stories of the decade

Episode Date: December 27, 2019

Kara and Scott look back at the 2010s and the biggest stories of the decade with the help of some friends. With cameos from Colorado Senator Michael B...

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Impeachment… it happened, Peter Thiel’s influence at Facebook, and prediction: “FedEx gets acquired"

Episode Date: December 20, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about what impeachment might mean for business. Also they talk about Peter Thiel's influence behind the scenes at Facebook and the...

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What’s up with the China/US trade deal, why haven’t “smart guns” popularized, and who is going to stream the NFL?

Episode Date: December 17, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about the "Phase One" trade agreement between the US and China and what it means for big tech. It's the anniversary of the tragic...

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Netflix Golden Globe noms, bipartisan agreement on encryption, and Amazon's plan for fashion

Episode Date: December 13, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about Congress' hearing on regulating end-to-end encryption on messaging apps. They discussJack Dorsey's tweet storm about buildin...

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A letter to Twitter, Uber's data transparency, and Away proves startup culture is rough

Episode Date: December 10, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about a letter Scott wrote to the board about concerns at Twitter. They discuss Uber's data report on sexual assault that occurred...

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CEO’s are out (literally), France's "digital service tax” is in, and 'innovator privilege’

Episode Date: December 6, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about leaderships shifts at Google -- Larry and Sergey are out and Sundar Pichai is in. In Friend of Pivot we hear from French law...

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Dorsey moves to Africa and streaming platforms trump movie theaters

Episode Date: December 3, 2019

Welcome to Pivot 2x! Our first twice weekly episode. Kara and Scott talk about the future of Twitter as Jack Dorsey announces he's off to live in Afri...

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London gives Uber the boot, the billionaire's 2020 strategy, and streaming wars continue

Episode Date: November 29, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about Uber getting kicked out of its biggest EU market, London. They parse out the ad, media and digital strategy of Michael Bloom...

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Trump lies about Apple, HBOMax fumbles its brand, Juul gets sued

Episode Date: November 22, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about how Apple CEO Tim Cook, let Trump get away with lying about being responsible for building a 2013 factory. They also talk ab...

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Big Tech wants to be your wallet and your healthcare provider. What could go wrong?

Episode Date: November 15, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about all the Silicon Valley companies rolling out credit cards and checking accounts. Google is also partnering with a Catholic n...

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Twitter and the Saudis, Facebook’s 'Switcharoo', and the 2020 digital ads race

Episode Date: November 8, 2019

Kara and Scott talk about former Twitter employees who were spying on user data for Saudi Arabia. They also talk about a big leak of internal Facebook...

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Twitter will stop running political ads ... your move, Facebook

Episode Date: November 1, 2019

Kara and Scott celebrate Jack Dorsey announcing that Twitter will not be running political ads anymore. That puts Facebook on the spot. They talk abou...

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The screw-up-billionaire, quantum computers, and the skewering of Zuckerberg

Episode Date: October 25, 2019

Kara and Scott take a victory lap as SoftBank buys out Adam Neumann, the founder of weWork for a cool $1.7 billion. They talk about what the future mi...

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Mark Zuckerberg the free speech jester, and Marc Benioff the class traitor

Episode Date: October 23, 2019

Kara and Scott met up at Stanford University (where they were both rejected from) for a live Pivot! They talk about the decline of applicants to elite...

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