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Pivot

Uber is 'disruptive and drunk', weWork is 'just drunk', and Pivot turns 1!

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, News Commentary, News, Tech News

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Happy 1st anniversary to Pivot! Kara and Scott talk about weWork's halted IPO (we'll take partial credit). They talk about Amazon manipulating its algorithm to present more of its own products in search. Facebook is making its own "Supreme Court", is it just a band-aid? Should Kara Swisher be one of the Justices? (Yes). Fail: Trudeau -- and the (STILL) Governor of Virginia -- wearing black face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey pivot listeners, today's show officially marks one full year of pivot.

0:05.7

In that time, Scott and I have talked every week from studios in Nantucket to basements

0:09.7

in Paris and London to live stages at South by Southwest, and it's always been audio magic.

0:15.6

But of course, this week to celebrate our first year, we've had our first technical

0:20.0

snafu and Scott, through no fault of his own, had to call in from Florida.

0:24.6

So bear with us this one week because our sun quality isn't quite up to pivot standards.

0:29.4

Thanks for hanging in for all of our antics and hijinks.

0:32.6

So without further ado, here's the show.

0:38.8

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

0:41.9

I'm Cara Swisher and I'm Scott Galway and care.

0:44.6

I'm locked and loaded and just waiting on instruction.

0:47.2

How much?

0:47.7

Saudi Arabia on what to do next.

0:51.0

I'm waiting.

0:52.0

I said that you're waiting from Saudi Arabia.

0:54.8

Just like the president.

0:55.7

I'm waiting for our allies.

0:57.1

The Saudi's the telephoto.

0:58.2

Oh my God.

0:59.1

There's actually a really disturbing story about the whistleblower.

1:02.0

I think that's going to be interesting.

1:03.2

We're up to talk about that next week.

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