Pivot Podcast
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Official Bluesky for the Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. Part of New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
“Data centers have become the vessel for outrage around income inequality.” @profgalloway.com tells @karaswisher.bsky.social why he thinks data centers have become an outsized target for public frustration.
“You need to appreciate government before you start shitting yourself.” As explosive diarrhea sweeps the nation, @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social talk about how functioning public health agencies often go unnoticed—until they don’t.
"I didn't know they did gender-affirming care." @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss Pete Hegseth’s plan to begin testosterone screenings for U.S. service members.
“It’s like all of the goodwill that is resident in the world appears to be bubbling up in the World Cup.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social talk about how this year’s World Cup has become a rare source of optimism.
“Just wheel the old man out.” @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss how a lack of transparency around Mitch McConnell is fueling unnecessary conspiracy theories.
“It feels like a last-ditch, desperate effort to blackmail California.” California AG @robbonta.bsky.social tells @karaswisher.bsky.social why he sees Paramount’s reported threat to move its headquarters out of CA as an attempt to influence the antitrust case. Check out the full episode tomorrow!
"I have read the script. I don't particularly like the movie. I think there's a lot of nonsense in it." @karaswisher.bsky.social and @mattbelloni.bsky.social discuss the upcoming Sam Altman movie, and how it compares to "The Social Network."
“I’d watch the fucking hell out of that.” @karaswisher.bsky.social and @mattbelloni.bsky.social debate whether Taylor Swift will turn her wedding into a movie.
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“When you look up in the dictionary, ‘name-dropping’ and ‘starfucking,’ there’s a picture of me.” Anthony Scaramucci and @karaswisher.bsky.social's invitations to Taylor Swift’s wedding unfortunately got lost in the mail.
“When are you gonna say the emperor has no clothes?” @karaswisher.bsky.social tells Anthony Scaramucci her fail of the week is the continued suck-uppery of Trump officials.
"I want to channel Trump for you. So get the barf bags out." Anthony Scaramucci reenacts for @karaswisher.bsky.social how he imagines Trump decided to involve himself in the World Cup.
“The establishment didn’t lose on policy. They lost on energy.” @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com talk about why a new generation of candidates is breaking through in Democratic primaries.
“You know who else is an anchor baby, Kara? Your co-host.” @profgalloway.com tells @karaswisher.bsky.social the personal story of why birthright citizenship matters to him.
“You don’t want these numbers public right now.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social discuss one of the reasons OpenAI may be delaying their highly-anticipated IPO.
“This was terrifying to someone like myself.” @karaswisher.bsky.social explains to @profgalloway.com why she found Pete Buttigieg’s swatting story so upsetting.
“Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes.” @karaswisher.bsky.social calls out Fox News for telling a very different story about attendance at Trump's Great American State Fair.
“The flush of douchebag money about to roll over Europe this summer is gonna be frightening.” @profgalloway.com tells @karaswisher.bsky.social that he predicts a wave of newly minted AI millionaires is about to descend on Ibiza.
"Did he ever have an idea he thought of himself, that he didn't thieve?" @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s prediction market app aspirations.
“Just kiss his ass. It’s a really high ROI activity.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social on why tech billionaires are so eager to join Trump’s mob protection racket.
“I think the World Cup is doing what the UN initially envisioned it would do.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social reflect on the World Cup bringing people and cultures together.
“He’s figured out a way to feud with and alienate allies while simultaneously praising adversaries.” @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss Trump’s feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
“This thing is dead on arrival.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social discuss Snap’s “chonky” new AR glasses—and Scott is not impressed.
"To fuck it up this royally is really quite something.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social weigh in on the algae-filled White House reflecting pool.
“Should that power reside in a private citizen that has no government or electoral oversight?” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social discuss Elon Musk’s new trillionaire status following the blockbuster SpaceX IPO.
“It's not this is not a new fresh thing for Kara Swisher to flounce out and do better” With the Paramount-WBD deal clearing another hurdle, @karaswisher.bsky.social is making it clear that she REALLY doesn’t want to work for the Ellisons.
“There is still a large segment of America that wants to embrace some form of masculinity and feels like it’s been shoved aside.” @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss the White House UFC Fight Night and the Knicks’ NBA Finals win.
“This sets the tone for the next couple IPOs.” @profgalloway.com says the SpaceX IPO could shape investor appetite for upcoming IPOs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
“No one says at a funeral, ‘you know, this guy didn’t participate in the SpaceX IPO because he had real integrity.’” @profgalloway.com, @karaswisher.bsky.social , and MS NOW’s @stephruhle.bsky.social talk about why investors may overlook ethical concerns when there’s money to be made in SpaceX.
"And then the last like 30 seconds, this guy tipped a ball into the thing, and it was crazy." @karaswisher.bsky.social offers her expert analysis of the #Knicks’ Game 4 win. 🏀