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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.
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Rupert, Russell, and a Looming Shutdown
As Rupert Murdoch announces his retirement, Kara and Scott discuss the future of the media mogul's empire and his legacy. They also react to the Russell Brand controversy, and Elon's plan for a Twitter paywall. Then, there's chaos in Congress as a shutdown approaches, so why is everyone talking about the Senate dress code?
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Strike Winners & Losers, Disney's ABC Decision, and Guest Benyamin Cohen
Kara and Scott discuss the Jann Wenner controversy, and the new management term "feedforward." And as the "summer of strikes" marches into the fall, they talk about the State of the Unions. Then, is Disney selling off ABC? And would that be the end of linear television? Our Friend of Pivot is Benyamin Cohen, the author of, "The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds," who also happens to be the man behind the official Albert Einstein accounts on social media.
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AI Summit, U.S. v. Google, and Drew Barrymore Backlash
Kara and Scott discuss the new openings for the greatest jobs in journalism – Taylor Swift and Beyoncé reporters. They also unpack Apple's underwhelming product launch and the backlash Drew Barrymore is facing after bringing her show back during the strikes. Then, was the big tech AI summit a big success? And who will be the winners and losers as Google's landmark antitrust trial gets underway?
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Inside Elon’s New Bio, A.I. Goes to Washington and Guest Kristi Coulter
Kara and Scott dish on their big date night at the U.S. Open. They also preview A.I.'s big week on Capitol Hill before Kara gives her no-holds-barred review of Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk biography. Our Friend of Pivot is former Amazon employee Kristi Coulter, who's pulling back the curtain on tech company culture in her new book, "Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career."
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Cable Wars, FTC vs. Amazon, and Elon vs. the ADL
Scott is back! He and Kara waste no time digging into Charter vs. Disney and the FTC’s possible Amazon suit. Our Friend of Pivot is CEO and National Chair of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt. He shares his thoughts on being on the receiving end of Elon Musk's latest tweetstorm.
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Land of the Giants: How Tesla Became the Elon Musk Co.
Not many people can name the original founders of Tesla. So how did two guys who wanted to build an electric car create a company synonymous with Elon Musk?
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Customer Reviews
Einstein
Did Kara really need to interject and make the point that she has more followers than her guest’s Einstein social media account? This was just obnoxious with no point or value. Kara’sinsecure “look at me” self-stroking comments are becoming more and more prevalent in the pod lately. What’s going on with you Kara?
Tedious
This show started fun, but has devolved into Kara Swisher’s incessant name dropping combined with Galloway’s constant reminders that he is extremely wealthy. Tedious. Had to turn it off when he started his union bashing rant again. His idea about more than tripling the minimum is a good one, but will never happen where I live on Earth One with this congress. He knows that. And the superior journalist Swisher (her only adjective is “interesting”) never asks.
Scott’s banter has become MORE annoying than Kara’s name dropping!
Hard to believe, But Scott’s bloviating about Aspen and his investments and his stupid puerile jokes has actually exceeded the annoying factor of Kara’s name dropping — which she is at least self aware of.
Scott, nobody cares that you’ve discovered Aspen — good for you. The cool people have already left Aspen, long, long ago because of pompous moneyed jerks who think they own the place. That’s why it’s such a vapid place, and maybe why it resonates so much.