Bob Iger’s Rough Ride, Record-Breaking Heat Waves and Guest Ashlee Vance

Pivot

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News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott discuss Tesla’s Cybertruck, Tucker Carlson’s new media company, and a drop in Threads engagement. Also, Bob One’s contract has been extended after a rough first year, and SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher has him in her crosshairs. Plus, Earth is experiencing its hottest days on record. What does that mean for politics and infrastructure? Then we’re joined by Friend of Pivot Ashlee Vance to talk all things space and Elon Musk. You can find Ashlee on Twitter at @ashleevance and can buy his book here. We’ve got some more listener mail episodes coming your way soon, so send us your questions! Call 855-51-PIVOT or go to nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for Pivot comes from ServiceNow.
0:03.7	Today, it seems every business is influenced by the uncertainty in the world.
0:07.5	It seems into every discussion, it forces top choices for what to do next.
0:11.6	Should you drive efficiency or should you drive growth?
0:14.6	But what if instead of choosing, you could just say yes to both.
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0:22.2	You can say yes to unifying your existing systems and yes to accelerating growth.
0:26.7	Visit ServiceNow.com to see how they can help you put yes to work.
0:31.4	The world works with ServiceNow.
0:36.0	Hey, Drew, can you bring me my hat?
0:37.5	I think I'd look really like a baller in that hat.
0:39.8	You just jealous of my hat.
0:44.8	Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:49.0	I'm Kara Swisher and I'm wearing pink tonight because I'm going to the Barbie premiere.
0:53.6	I'm Scott Callaway. Are you excited about that?
0:57.8	It's interesting because I'm about to interview Fran Drescher, who is the head of SAG.
1:03.1	I kind of feel should we be watching this stuff, but there'll be no celebrities there which is fine.
1:08.8	It's just a question of should we be supported by not watching 100?
1:12.1	They want us to watch content.
1:13.8	I will ask her that question.
1:16.1	Obviously, there won't be any of the Barbie stars at this Washington premiere.
1:20.5	But it'll be fun.
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