Electric Vehicles, Tech Giant Land Grab and Co-Host Joanna Stern

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern is Kara's co-host as Scott-free August comes to an end. They explore how Trump's mugshot is spawning merch from the right and the left, and what to expect from the upcoming iPhone 15. Then, Joanna's investigation into the best EVs on the market and why a group of Silicon Valley elite is buying up land in northern California. Our Friend of Pivot is Professor Peter Turchin, author of "End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration." He explains why the U.S. is in a state of social upheaval and sees a few paths that could get us out of it. You can follow Joanna at @JoannaStern and read her column at WSJ.com. Follow us on Instagram and Threads at @pivotpodcastofficial. Follow us on TikTok at @pivotpodcast. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for Pivot comes from Trinet.
0:03.9	The Trinet People Force Conference is back for a fourth year.
0:07.5	You can attend in person in New York or virtually from September 12th through the 14th.
0:12.5	This award-winning conference has featured amazing speakers in the past such as our very
0:16.2	own Scott Galloway.
0:17.8	And this year's guest list includes some famous faces from the world of AI, mental health,
0:21.8	journalism, humanitarianism, and entrepreneurship.
0:24.6	Turn more and register for free with the code Pivot23 at peopleforce.trinet.com, terms
0:31.6	and conditions apply.
0:38.2	Support for Pivot comes from another podcast.
0:40.9	Have you ever wanted to get inside the mind of a CMO?
0:43.4	The current podcast is your exclusive seat at the Modern Marketers table.
0:47.3	Tune in for candid conversations with today's top leaders, hear their stories, how they
0:51.1	built their careers, strategies, led to sales, moments of redemption, and more.
0:55.2	You don't want to miss this season.
0:57.2	Subscribe to the current at thecurrent.com or anywhere you get podcasts.
1:21.1	How much you all loved him, he was amazing, but I'm joined by my final guest co-host, Wall Street
1:26.9	Journal columnist, Joanna Stern.
1:28.9	Joanna, welcome.
1:29.9	It is so great to be here, and I am also a Louis fan, so he was really good.
1:34.2	He was really good.
1:35.2	It's a lot to live up to.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.