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Pivot

With great power, comes great scrutiny. Every Tuesday and Friday, journalist Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Nvidia CEO's Spy Scandal, JD Vance’s 2028 Problem, and America’s Brain Drain
Nov 2026
Stephen Miller’s Promotion, Big Tech’s Reality Check, and Guest Harvey Levin
Nov 2026 · 1 book
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Horton Hears a Who!
Dr. Seuss
“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant certain one hundred percent. Thank you. I have children. It's from Horton Here's a Who, thank you”
Blue Tsunami: Dems’ Next Move, Wall Street Reax, and Guest Amy Klobuchar
Nov 2026 · 1 book
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
“I was as you know, I've been listening to the Yuvel Harari Sapiens book and one of the chapters at the end is about uh capitalism”
Michigan Midterm Drama, Crypto Heist, and Guest Hillary Clinton
Nov 2026 · 2 books
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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Kara Swisher
“They did buy the rights to Burn Book and it's now a lesbian murder mystery”
Cover of Adrift: America in 100 Charts
Adrift: America in 100 Charts
Scott Galloway
“The most recent one, Notes I'm being a man is being an option for an R rated No under Years”
Trump's War on "Artificial Intelligence," Elon v. Scott, and Google's Wall Street Meltdown
Oct 2026
Anthropic's IPO Filing, Elon's Talarico Obsession, and Elizabeth Holmes' Box Office Surprise
Oct 2026 · 1 book
Cover of The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger
“it's basically it's based on the twenty twenty two uh Buzz Bissinger book. The Mosquito Ball, a game of life and death in World War Two”
Pivot Extra: From ‘Trump Curious’ to ‘Trump Furious’: Inside the Midterm Odds
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (and How Republicans Can Keep Up)
Kristen Soltis Anderson
“She's the author of The Selfie Vote, where millennials are leading America and how Republicans can keep up”
Cover of This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
Ben Wikler
“author of the book This Is the Plan, How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy”
Elon v. Kara, Tesla’s SpaceX Lifeline, and Sacha Baron Cohen on Satire
Oct 2026
Trump's Putin Play, Elon's SpaceX Stock Pledge, and Netflix's Staffing Shakeup
Oct 2026
Pivot Extra: America at 250 — with Heather Cox Richardson
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
“And you think of even things like the Scarlet Ladder, right? Which everybody suffered through in high school, is really about that question”
Elon Musk's Midterm Spending Spree, Trump's Press Secretary Debacle, and OpenAI Gets Bugged
Oct 2026
Kara Swisher Says the #1 Longevity Tool Isn't Sleep, Food, or Exercise | Project Swagger with Robin Arzón
Oct 2026
Pivot Extra: Inside “Musk”: Power, Family and the Making of a Tech Demagogue
Oct 2026 · 2 books
Cover of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors
Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors
Edward Niedermeyer
“I made contact with a guy named Ed Niedermeyer, who's in the film briefly who had written a book called Ludacris, which really looked at the vast disparity between What Elon Musk said Tesla was and what Tesla really was”
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Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
“it's like he m did so much good, so you have to accept the fact that he's cruel. Uh no, I don't accept it. And the cruelty took us to a terrible place in terms of where we are in this country, the damage that is gonna have to be undone at some point. In terms of what was done during Doge is is really a one two punch for our country in a lot of ways. What do you think? Two of the favorite. You know, quotes they always come across in Silicon Valley. Um the future is here already, it's ju”
Camp Donald, Bezos's AI Fantasy, and Desperately Seeking Kara Swisher
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
“We talk about his critically acclaimed run in Death of a Salesman”
Ellison's Rebrand, Netflix's Struggles, and Elon's Breakup
Oct 2026
Pivot Extra: Timothy Snyder on America’s Superpower Suicide
Oct 2026 · 5 books
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The Gates of Europe
Serhii Plokhy
“and there's a good book about this, by the way, by my colleague Ser He Ploki at at Harvard”
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The Road to Unfreedom
Timothy Snyder
“He's the author of various books, including On Freedom, On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom and Bodlands”
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Bloodlands
Timothy Snyder
“He's the author of various books, including On Freedom, On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom and Bodlands”
Cover of On Freedom
On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
“He's the author of various books, including On Freedom, On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom and Bodlands”
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On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
“He's the author of various books, including On Freedom, On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom and Bodlands”
AI’s Rocky Road to Wall Street, Hegseth’s Macho Military, and Trump’s AI Safety Theater
Oct 2026
Nvidia’s AI Guardrails, Big Tech’s White House Visits, and Elon’s Voter Data Grab
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Auslander
Michael Moritz
“His new book, Auslander, Scott, it actually is a really good book, is all about his family members who escaped Nazi Germany and those who died in the Holocaust”
Trump TV, Meta’s Muse Charm, and Xi in D.C.
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Artificial Intimacy
Sherry Turkle
“I just didn't read Sherry Turkle this week for her new book, Artificial Intimacy, which is amazing”
Trump’s Press Crackdown, Paramount Settles, and Anthropic’s $2 Trillion IPO
Sep 2026 · 4 books
Cover of Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era
Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era
Jake Weisberg
“let's hear a clip from Jake Weisberg who has a book out on all of the people and institutions who have failed to stand up to Trump called Profiles in Cowardice”
Cover of Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era
Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era
Jake Weisberg
“let's hear a clip from Jake Weisberg who has a book out on all of the people and institutions who have failed to stand up to Trump called Profiles in Cowardice”
Cover of The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
Scott Galloway
“I have a I have an equation for this and I wrote a book about it, times your annual burn, including how much money you'd like to give away, take that number times it by 25”
Cover of The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
Scott Galloway
“I have an equation for this and I wrote a book about it, times your annual burn, including how much money you'd like to give away, take that number times it by 25”
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