Pivot
Hosted by Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway · 18 decoded episodes · newest Oct 6, 2026
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.
Episodes 18
- Oct 6, 2026 · 1h 5mTech moguls test media brands and public trustThe episode connects private conduct, institutional accountability, media strategy, and political polarization to the risks facing powerful organizations.
- Oct 4, 2026 · 52 minSnyder warns America is weakening its own powerThe conversation connects reduced support for Ukraine to the credibility of American alliances, deterrence, democracy, and national power.
- Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 5mAI firms face scrutiny Wall Street cannot postponeThe episode connects AI’s regulatory vacuum to enormous losses, concentrated financing, and public-market pressure that could reshape the industry.
- Sep 29, 2026 · 1h 7mNvidia’s buyback exposes tech’s AI accountability gapThe episode connects Nvidia’s confidence in the AI boom with a broader political and corporate struggle over responsibility, influence, and leadership character.
- Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 11mMedia power, AI hardware and the risks of political loyaltyThe episode connects concentrated media ownership, attacks on independent journalism, U.S.-China tensions and consumer technology’s privacy tradeoffs.
- Sep 22, 2026 · 1h 19mMedia owners retreat as AI races toward public marketsThe episode connects weakened press protections, concentrated media ownership, and lightly governed AI to a broader crisis of institutional accountability.
- Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 13mAI safety debate exposes limits of corporate self-regulationThe episode connects political grievance, media pressure, and AI-driven job anxiety to a broader question of who can still hold powerful institutions accountable.
- Sep 15, 2026 · 1h 4mAI backlash tests corporate accountability and political leadershipThe debate over AI regulation is becoming a test of whether governments can constrain powerful companies while political leaders resist oversight.
- Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 13mPivot weighs Trump’s promises against tech’s missing guardrailsThe episode links fiscal irresponsibility, political mythmaking, and unregulated technology to broader questions about civic trust and accountability.
- Sep 8, 2026 · 52 minIna Garten bets on intimacy beyond televisionThe conversation examines whether creative reinvention can preserve authenticity while reaching audiences through a more personal medium.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 7mCorporate deference collides with civic resilienceThe discussion connects political intimidation, economic warning signs, local journalism, and media consolidation to the health of democratic institutions.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 12mJournalists and tech elites confront MAGA’s pressure campaignThe episode connects corporate accommodation of political power with the growing risks facing journalists and independent media.