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Pivot

SPACs tumble, the education tech market and the future of automation

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, News Commentary, Tech News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott talk about how SPACs have tumbled in recent weeks and what that means for the IPO landscape. They also discuss Coursera going public and the future of education tech post-pandemic. Then, New York Times tech reporter and author of the new book, "Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation", Kevin Roose joins to discuss the future of automation in our day-to-day lives. Mackenzie Scott's marriage is our win! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Contitions and exclusions apply.

1:02.8

Hi everyone. This is Pivot from New York magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm

1:07.5

Cara Swisher. And this is Megan Markle. No, it's not. Come on. Is it Megan or Megan?

1:13.2

Megan? Megan Markle. Meg as Harry calls her. I've been consuming all this Harry, Megan,

1:18.6

and John Danought. I did. It was interesting because my son was downstairs watching the

1:23.2

NBA All-Stars or whatever. They were doing all kinds of beeswax down there. And he was

1:28.5

screaming from downstairs every time Steph Curry made some sort of three-pointer type of

1:32.8

thing. And then I watched the entire with Amanda who was not that interested Megan Markle

1:38.7

and Harry. But I got her to watch it and she liked it a lot, I think. She didn't seem

1:43.2

to be interested in it. But it was a big splash for Paramount Plus, which is CBS All Access.

1:48.9

It was a big plus for CBS. It had I think 17 million. Oprah can really still bring it

1:53.3

when she needs to. Oh my gosh. She's a she's incredible. I thought for a minute she wasn't

1:56.8

going to bring it, but she brings it. I didn't watch it. I think they should have renamed

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