'I love Amazon. Let's break it up'

Pivot

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4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Scott joins Land of the Giants host, Jason Del Rey, live on stage at the Code Commerce conference in New York City. Scott tells Jason that Amazon needs to be broken up - and which parts of the company should be spun off first. They discuss Amazon’s ultimate impact on us as consumers, who are the companies left that can really compete with Amazon, and question the idea that we live in an era of innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:05.8	I'm Cara Swisher.
0:06.8	And this has got Galloway coming to you live with a live bonus episode.
0:10.8	I met up with my podcast nemesis and your friend Jason Delray to talk about Amazon
0:15.7	at the Code Commerce Conference in New York.
0:17.6	It's nice to see someone read my book out loud and figure out a way to make money from
0:21.3	it.
0:22.3	It's a way to go JDR.
0:24.7	You better be threatened by Jason Delray.
0:26.6	He's quiet, but deadly.
0:28.1	Anyway, recode podcast crossover hit, Jason is the host of the podcast Land of the Giants.
0:33.8	It looks at the biggest tech companies of our time.
0:36.4	In the first season, Jason looks at Amazon where it gets its power and what it does with
0:41.0	that power.
0:42.0	Jason's a really great recode reporter and I can't wait to hear your conversation and
0:47.3	what you said about the company.
0:54.2	I thought a good way to start would be for people who haven't listened somehow to the
1:00.3	last episode of Land of the Giants, which was in the words of sellers and big brands that
1:04.8	do business on Amazon talking about both opportunity but really more and more the challenges
1:09.8	of doing business.
1:11.2	And so we have a brief clip, sort of a highlight reel of some of those sellers and brands
1:16.7	talking about what it's like dealing with Amazon's power today.
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