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Pivot

Google's data breach, Facebook Portal, and Taylor Swift

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott discuss why the Google Plus hack matters, the new Facebook Portal and its plastic lenscap, and Kara's affection for Taylor Swift (even before Swift's Instagram post exhorting her fans to register to vote). In this episode: (01:48) The Google hack; (7:03) Facebook Portal; (12:49) Wins of the week: Taylor Swift and Nikki Haley; (16:23) Anand Giridharadas and the problem with elites; (21:12) Predictions: Sniper retail acquisitions and techlash; (25:51) Would Apple or Google buy Tesla?; (28:42) Kavanaugh and Melania Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Every week on Pivot, we take a sharp unfiltered look at the technology and media industries

0:04.4

and highlight examples of winning leadership.

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0:32.0

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0:40.2

Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:43.4

I'm Cara Swisher, founder of RECode.

0:45.6

And I'm Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at NYU.

0:48.4

Today Cara, I'm bringing you Jared Kushner like Hidden Genius.

0:53.6

You're in Florida today, is that right?

0:55.4

How's the weather if you're expecting a storm, right?

0:58.3

Yeah, it's, um, fortunately we're on the east coast, so it's really, it's not a big deal,

1:04.4

but obviously our, our good wishes go out to the folks in the panhandle.

1:08.3

Absolutely, absolutely.

1:09.4

It seems a little scary.

1:10.0

Got this little scary than we thought.

1:11.0

This is part, you know, it was interesting because there was a climate change report that

1:13.9

President Trump completely ignored this week, but it seems like this is what it's been

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