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Total: 617

Trump vs. Iran on Twitter, more on HQ2 incentives, and 'mandatory happiness'
2020/1/7

Kara and Scott talk about how Trump has been escalating US conflict with Iran on Twitter. They also

California is regulating consumer data privacy, the gig economy revisited, and Tesla’s big stock spike.
2020/1/3

Kara and Scott are back to talk about a suite of new regulations in California that will give consum

"Friends of Pivot" breakdown the big stories of the decade
2019/12/27

Kara and Scott look back at the 2010s and the biggest stories of the decade with the help of some fr

Impeachment… it happened, Peter Thiel’s influence at Facebook, and prediction: “FedEx gets acquired"
2019/12/20

Kara and Scott talk about what impeachment might mean for business. Also they talk about Peter Thiel

What’s up with the China/US trade deal, why haven’t “smart guns” popularized, and who is going to stream the NFL?
2019/12/17

Kara and Scott talk about the "Phase One" trade agreement between the US and China and what it means

Netflix Golden Globe noms, bipartisan agreement on encryption, and Amazon's plan for fashion
2019/12/13

Kara and Scott talk about Congress' hearing on regulating end-to-end encryption on messaging apps. T

A letter to Twitter, Uber's data transparency, and Away proves startup culture is rough
2019/12/10

Kara and Scott talk about a letter Scott wrote to the board about concerns at Twitter. They discuss

CEO’s are out (literally), France's "digital service tax” is in, and 'innovator privilege’
2019/12/6

Kara and Scott talk about leaderships shifts at Google -- Larry and Sergey are out and Sundar Pichai

Dorsey moves to Africa and streaming platforms trump movie theaters
2019/12/3

Welcome to Pivot 2x! Our first twice weekly episode. Kara and Scott talk about the future of Twitter

London gives Uber the boot, the billionaire's 2020 strategy, and streaming wars continue
2019/11/29

Kara and Scott talk about Uber getting kicked out of its biggest EU market, London. They parse out t

Trump lies about Apple, HBOMax fumbles its brand, Juul gets sued
2019/11/22

Kara and Scott talk about how Apple CEO Tim Cook, let Trump get away with lying about being responsi

Big Tech wants to be your wallet and your healthcare provider. What could go wrong?
2019/11/15

Kara and Scott talk about all the Silicon Valley companies rolling out credit cards and checking acc

Twitter and the Saudis, Facebook’s 'Switcharoo', and the 2020 digital ads race
2019/11/8

Kara and Scott talk about former Twitter employees who were spying on user data for Saudi Arabia. Th

Twitter will stop running political ads ... your move, Facebook
2019/11/1

Kara and Scott celebrate Jack Dorsey announcing that Twitter will not be running political ads anymo

The screw-up-billionaire, quantum computers, and the skewering of Zuckerberg
2019/10/25

Kara and Scott take a victory lap as SoftBank buys out Adam Neumann, the founder of weWork for a coo

Mark Zuckerberg the free speech jester, and Marc Benioff the class traitor
2019/10/23

Kara and Scott met up at Stanford University (where they were both rejected from) for a live Pivot!

LIVE at the Podcast Upfronts in NYC!
2019/10/18

Kara and Scott meet up at the Podcast Upfronts in NYC. And we make a special announcement...wait for

Going after venture capital culture and the unicorn industrial complex
2019/10/11

Kara and Scott talk about feuds with VC's, billionaires paying fewer taxes than the working class an

Mark Zuckerberg’s leaky staff and the silver lining to WeWork’s downfall
2019/10/4

Someone inside Facebook secretly recorded Mark Zuckerberg for two hours and sent the audio to The Ve

LIVE from Toronto, Kara and Scott go international!
2019/9/27

Kara and Scott are live at the Elevate in Toronto -- Pivot's first international appearance! They ta