Facebook gets into audio, WeWork's SPAC, and Friend of Pivot Preet Bharara
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's new foray into the audio space and what it means for creators. They also discuss NASA partnering with SpaceX on its next moon landing mission. Scott's favorite dis...
20 Apr 20211h 10min
The crypto-surge, Bernie Madoff's dark legacy, and a question on Russia slowing Twitter
Kara and Scott talk about the Coinbase IPO and the surge for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and other currencies. They also discuss the legacy financial Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff, who died in prison this week. ...
16 Apr 202147min
Amazon union defeat, Alibaba’s antitrust fine, and Walter Isaacson on CRISPR
Kara and Scott talk about the failure to form a union at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama; this was the biggest unionization effort in the company's history. They also discuss China's antitrust fine aga...
13 Apr 20211h 3min
Twitch's new guidelines, YouTube's video violations, and a prediction on LG's handset company
Kara and Scott talk about Amazon's live-streaming service Twitch's new guidelines to keep hate speech and other forms of violence off their platform. They also discuss YouTube's new metric for showing...
9 Apr 20211h 3min
Global corporate tax, Facebook's data breach and a Friend of Pivot on "cancel culture"
Kara and Scott discuss Janet Yellen's call for a global corporate tax and what that would mean for corporations. They also discuss a new report saying that Facebook leaked millions of users' personal ...
6 Apr 20211h 14min
Big Tech military contracts, Compass's IPO, and President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan
In this episode of Pivot, Kara and Scott talk about Big Tech getting involved in military matters, and how their employees are responding. They also discuss whether Compass really counts as real estat...
2 Apr 202151min
Tony Hsieh, Jeff Bezos's Twitter fingers, and Big Tech in Congress (again)
This week, Kara and Scott chat about the Wall Street Journal's deep dive on Tony Hsieh, Jeff Bezo's twitter fingers, and the future of unions. Then, Friend of Pivot Zephyr Teachout joins us to talk ab...
30 Mars 202156min
Microsoft and Discord, Goldman Sachs' junior bankers and a listener mail question on news consumption
Kara and Scott talk about Microsoft's potential acquisition of the video gaming social platform Discord. They also preview the big tech hearings on disinformation. Meanwhile, Scott thinks Goldman Sach...
26 Mars 202147min
