Peloton “sells happiness” and bedbugs take over Twitter

Pivot

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4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Kara and Scott talk Peloton's S-1 ... is it the WeWork of exercise or an innovation in happiness? They also talk about Facebook's newest attempt to undercut Snapchat. Kara's fail is journalists who can't take a joke. And for the first time ... Pivot is taking listener mail! This week, Scott gets pushback from a listener in Minnesota on his Tesla views. PLUS: we get the inside scoop on how Scott comes up with his predictions (spoiler: it's more than shaking a Magic-8 ball). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.0	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:41.0	I'm Cara Swisher.
0:42.0	And this is Scott Galaway.
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