The Texas Abortion Ban, Joe Rogan's Covid, and the Politico Acquisition Soap Opera

Pivot

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News Commentary, News, Technology, Tech News

4.3 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Guest host George Hahn joins Kara to talk about the Texas abortion ban and Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s threats to tech companies over the Jan. 6 riot inquiry. Plus, why are there so many viral videos of anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers spinning out? Then, a surprise listener question catches both hosts off guard. And finally, George tries to figure out why he keeps getting being banned from TikTok, and gives an update on his bid to co-host The View. You can follow George on Twitter at @georgehahn, and check out more of his work at georgehahn.com. Send us your Listener Mail questions, via Yappa, at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.9	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from New York Magazine in the Vox Media Podcast
1:10.4	Network. I'm Cara Swisher. Scott Galloway is taking in a performance of his
1:14.0	favorite play, Mama Mia, so I'm joined by George Hahn, actor, writer,
1:18.1	satirist, and according to The New York Times, Urban Rack on Terror, George.
1:24.1	Cara. I'm so excited to have you here. Not as excited as I am to be here.
1:29.0	Well, this is this you are the final guest host of the Scott Galloway does
1:33.3	whatever the fuck he's doing and here you are. How are you? So what is an Urban
1:38.2	Rack on Terror? May I ask? So a very good question. That's what Hillary Howard was
1:44.2	this woman, the lovely woman who wrote this piece on me in the Times, I think
1:48.2	was back in April, and that word because I guess I had gotten some attention
1:52.6	for some videos I've been doing on social media, which were really just sort
1:56.1	of like performative therapy for me. Like New York City streets are like a
2:00.7	fucking hellscape. I mean there was like people and violence and like
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