Pivot · 2026-02-10 · 70 min · 13,886 words

AI Spending Spree, Crypto Winter, and Kara's Message to Jeff Bezos

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Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. Jeff Bezos, let me speak to you directly. I don't like you, you don't like me, so what? Hi everyone, this is Pivot from New York magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.

And I'm Scott Galloway. Go Seahawks! You like the Seahawks? I like Jody Allen, the owner, uh, sister of Paul Allen. I I knew her a tiny bit.

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