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701

TikTokers take down Trump in Tulsa, a former-Google exec starts an anti-Google Google and John Rice on how to get more Black people in leadership

702

Twitter’s new audio innovation, Apple’s dominance gets a closer look and a prediction on the impact of online trading apps on mental health

703

Bezos offers to testify, COVID-19 infections are up and Suze Orman on why emergency savings are more important than ever

704

Amazon suspends facial recognition technology, Starbuck’s closes 400 stores and a prediction on Apple and search

705

Amazon warehouse workers issue lawsuit, Alexis Ohanian steps down from Reddit board and a deeper debate on Section 230

706

Zuckerberg does nothing about Trump, Google’s Incognito is not Incognito?, Amazon bonds and a prediction about 2020 IPOs

707

How Facebook and Twitter are dealing with racist posts and Friend of Pivot Baratunde Thurston on why “now is the time to step up, show up, or shut up”

708

Fact checking Trump on Twitter, SpaceX privatizes space, and a Listener Mail question on mental health apps and big tech

709

Disney open doors to the NBA, NYSE rings the bell, plus former Facebook Exec on Zuckerberg's WFH move

710

Spotify’s podcast boom, Amazon checks out JCPenny, Kara loves TikTok and a prediction on Shopify

711

The DOJ readies a lawsuit against Google, Amazon tries to get into designer retail again, and a Friend of Pivot on the “plandemic”

712

Uber offers to gobble up GrubHub, Elon Musk is “Re-open America guy”, and a prediction on mergers in digital media

713

Amazon might acquire AMC theaters and Friend of Pivot Stephanie Ruhle on business, CARES Act, wins and fails

714

Facebook's oversight board is the "League of Nations", Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky's master class on leadership, and a prediction about Uber's numbers

715

Congress weighs liability for businesses, Amazon will put its $4billion profit into its supply chain, and Anand Giridharadas on "Rich Corona; Poor Corona"

716

Facebook pushes e-commerce business, Uber in trouble, eyes on Amazon Media Group… and a prediction: Sonos gets acquired

717

Amazon under scrutiny; Zoom security expert Alex Stamos explains it all (and talks Facebook), plus some special Wins and Fails

718

Netflix’s Reed Hastings has a huge quarter, Facebook makes big investment in India, Bezos takes the reins at Amazon

719

Andreessen tells Silicon Valley it’s “time to build”, Facebook/Google’s ad market hit, Friend of Pivot Rebecca Traister on women’s leadership

720

World Health Organization in the crosshairs, the robot revolution, Softbank's struggling Vision Fund and a big prediction: Amazon is going to be a $2 trillion company by 2020

721

Google and Apple team up to track COVID-19, Uber drivers face unemployment hurdles, and Robert Reich says 30% of people may be out of work by summer

722

Dorsey donates 28% of his wealth to COVID-19, Zoom as the poster child for tech privacy and the video-game industry as Amazon enters the production game

723

Zoom isn’t as “encrypted” as you think, tech regulation amidst COVID-19, and economist Gene Sperling on being in a “jobs depression”

724

Sean Hannity has a meltdown. Twitter, Facebook and Google tackle misinformation. Softbank abandons WeWork. PLUS Quibi gets a break.

725

The Internet is buckling under COVID-19 pressure, Esther Perel on our relationships in quarantine, and the possible Fox News reckoning

726

Zoom stock surpasses airlines; MLB, NBA, Olympics are on pause — what happens to the media that covers them? And a Listener Mail about relief package guardrails.

727

Stimulus package stalled, how Airbnb, Tesla and Uber fare during COVID-19, and Corey Johnson (NYC Speaker) on small businesses and New York on “PAUSE"

728

Addressing the US economy (a note from Andrew Yang), data privacy in a public health emergency, and a listener question on the "great WFH-experiment”

729

The private/public partnership to stop Covid-19, Facebook’s board sees more shakeups, and Kara’s brother Dr. Jeff Swisher on hospitals prepping for coronavirus

730

Tech in the time of COVID-19, Congressional antitrust hearing and Google Search, PLUS a listener asks: could Amazon Care roll out COVID-19 tests?

731

Twitter’s new board, Silicon Valley vs. Washington’s approach to COVID-19, and Aminatou Sow joins to discuss women in leadership

732

Fed cuts interest rates (and banks lobby for deregulation), Facebook’s Libra fades… Dorsey’s next move and moments of happiness

733

S&P hits a low, Jack Dorsey faces activist investors at Twitter and election technology — Kevin Roose joins to discuss

734

Bob Iger exits — what’s going on at Disney? The stock market takes a coronavirus hit. PLUS Is “coffee” a disruptable industry?

735

Coronavirus hits the global supply chain, the demise of at-home-trading and updates on the Saudi infiltration of Twitter

736

The debate after the debate (Kara and Scott assess Nevada), Bezos and Buffet: who is the “better” billionaire and a big prediction on Zoom

737

The EU takes on AI, the US vs. Huawei continues, Airbnb is in the red, and a Friend of Pivot on your children’s data privacy

738

Amazon pays taxes (and fights for JEDI), SoftBank gains on Sprint and what ClassPass tells us about the fitness economy

739

The Oscars' rebrand, Uber’s ‘yoga babble’ earnings call, and Friend of Pivot Andrew Ross Sorkin calls Instagram the 'Super App'

740

Tech meltdown in Iowa, Sheryl Sandberg’s engagement (Kara and Scott debate), One Medical and US healthcare disruption and a Tesla prediction

741

IBM leadership shuffle, Amazon earnings, plus "Friend of Pivot” Jon Lovett pops in from Iowa to talk Trump’s inevitable ad operation

742

US budget deficit will hit $1-trillion; AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, FB earnings breakdown; and Britain sides with China on Huawei

743

Kara’s back in action; a listener question on WeWork’s impact on co-working companies, and a pop culture quiz

744

Bezos vs. the world, retail in India and Scott’s earnings predictions

745

Trillion dollar companies and tax season; how the “Black List” shapes Hollywood’s big business… and is podcasting coming for radio dollars?

746

Gloves off over privacy, from Apple to Microsoft to Grindr. PLUS Scott's big 2020 bets.

747

Will Casper go public? How will Softbank’s latest fail affect Asia? And how will Sundar Pichai move Google forward?

748

Social networks' minimum effort to be less toxic, Listener Mail from Australia, and fails at CES

749

Trump vs. Iran on Twitter, more on HQ2 incentives, and 'mandatory happiness'

750

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

751

"Friends of Pivot" breakdown the big stories of the decade

752

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

753

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

754

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

755

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

756

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

757

Dorsey moves to Africa and streaming platforms trump movie theaters

758

London gives Uber the boot, the billionaire's 2020 strategy, and streaming wars continue

759

Trump lies about Apple, HBOMax fumbles its brand, Juul gets sued

760

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

761

Twitter and the Saudis, Facebook’s 'Switcharoo', and the 2020 digital ads race

762

Twitter will stop running political ads ... your move, Facebook

763

The screw-up-billionaire, quantum computers, and the skewering of Zuckerberg

764

Mark Zuckerberg the free speech jester, and Marc Benioff the class traitor

765

LIVE at the Podcast Upfronts in NYC!

766

Going after venture capital culture and the unicorn industrial complex

767

Mark Zuckerberg’s leaky staff and the silver lining to WeWork’s downfall

768

LIVE from Toronto, Kara and Scott go international!

769

Uber is 'disruptive and drunk', weWork is 'just drunk', and Pivot turns 1!

770

'I love Amazon. Let's break it up'

771

LIVE! From the Lesbians Who Tech Summit

772

Is Uber super f*cked? Let’s ask “Super Pumped” author Mike Isaac

773

Peloton “sells happiness” and bedbugs take over Twitter

774

DoorDash is still stealing tips. And is Tesla for sale?

775

LIVE! From NYC it's Kara and Scott

776

Sharks, WeWork & Tumblr's tumble from grace

777

Hate on 8chan and why Scott's not quitting Equinox

778

Facebook wants to read your mind. What could possibly go wrong?

779

The Mueller hearing, Facebook's fine, and revisiting The Case of Al Franken

780

Peter Thiel is Pennywise, Trump's racist tweets, and Kara meets the Yang Gang

781

Epstein's Out, Rapinoe's In, Plus a Social Media-Less Summit

782

Fish and Chips and Biden and Harris and Reddit and Twitter

783

TikTok, Time's Up on Facebook's Content Moderation Sites

784

Facebook's New Money and Slack's New Valuation

785

Pivot LIVE! From the 2019 Code Conference

786

The FTC and DOJ are Stayin' Alive, and YouTube backtracks on bigotry

787

Deepfake takedowns, white supremacy on Twitter, and the companies boycotting anti-abortion states

788

Medium's "Shampoo Effect," and Tesla, coming undone?

789

Alabama's big fail, Uber's disastrous IPO, and the Facebook breakup debate

790

Chris Hughes' Case Against Facebook, Strikes on IPO Week, GoT vs Avengers

791

Facebook's privacy fakeout, WeWork's reckless IPO, and Reagan the welfare queen

792

The FTC & the "Algebra of Deterrence"

793

Uber's IPO and, more importantly, Game of Thrones

794

Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington ... again

795

"It's not a meritocracy, it's a mirror-tocracy"

796

Will the rising tide of ride sharing Lyft all boats?

797

Does social media cause terrorism?

798

LIVE! From SXSW it's Kara and Scott

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Facebook says it’s all about privacy now. OK, sure.

800

News flash: Facebook’s contractors are people