Elon Steps Back from DOGE, Wall Street Whiplash, and Meta’s Antitrust Trial Continues

Pivot

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4.3 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Kara and Scott discuss Elon Musk's decision to step back from DOGE focus on Tesla, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom’s testimony in the Meta antitrust trial, and late Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh’s newly found will. Plus, Sarah Palin loses her defamation retrial against the New York Times, and another whiplash week on Wall Street. Follow us on Instagram and Threads at @pivotpodcastofficial. Follow us on Bluesky at @pivotpod.bsky.social. Follow us on TikTok at @pivotpodcast. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.0	Hi, everyone.
1:04.9	This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:07.9	I'm Kara Swisher.
1:08.8	And I'm Scott Galloway.
1:09.9	How you doing?
1:10.5	Scott, guess what? Guess what?
1:12.2	We are Webby winners once again. Oh my God. I just want to thank the Academy. Okay. The Pivot won the
1:19.3	Webby Award and the People's Choice Award, both of them. We like the people love us for the best
1:24.7	business podcast. And the judges, right? And the judges, yeah, the judges and the people.
1:29.4	We've got a lot to get to today, but let's take a moment.
1:31.7	And also, you won for Profi?
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