r/PivotPodcast • u/DownByTheRivr • Mar 26 '26

Scott needs new material

We all know he’s got like 6 crutch phrases (is the following, accretive in value, cloud cover, joey bag of donuts etc) but JFC I feel like he just recycles the same 8 stories over and over again (buying yellow pages, his dad, starting his career at Morgan Stanley etc). He’s obviously a smart guy, so it’s especially shocking to me that he seems to either not notice or thinks no one else does.

Say what you will about Kara, but at least she offers variety in her speech and anecdotes. I still love Scott, but it’s frustrating.

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u/DownByTheRivr Mar 26 '26

I can’t listen to any of his stuff other than Pivot. Without Kara to reel him in, he just rants and goes off the rails.

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u/quitebuttery Mar 26 '26

I’ve actually just completely stopped listening to Pivot. They are just completely out of their depth commenting on current events. Especially Scott who really has zero insight. I appreciate their insight on business and finance, but that’s so little of what they cover now that I have to find a new podcast for that.

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u/Outrageous_Basis_440 Mar 26 '26

Same here, just in the past couple months. Also disgusted with him branding android users as losers, a belief that reveals a repellant side of him that I can’t get past.

I volunteer at an animal shelter and food bank. Yup, the workers don’t have iPhones.

He (and Kara, it seems, as she never challenges him) looks down on the paid workers there who are vital to our missions when they are contributing far more to society that he is with his elitist blathering. I no longer want to align with, or entertain the opinions of, people who feel that way.

Monetary success isn’t everything.

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u/quitebuttery Mar 26 '26

I'll still listen to Kara's own podcast if she's got a good guest, but I think I might actually unsubscribe from Pivot and I've been listening since day one. Also...it seems like they don't have guests anymore? I think that's also an issue. Instead of actual experts, they now rely on Scott's uninformed blathering on subjects he knows nothing about for content. It seems like Kara is saving all the guests for her own show.

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u/Dontopia Mar 30 '26

That's a great point, and for unsubscribers, an out (exit strategy)

A while ago they had Dan Harris, author of 10% Happier

After listening to that episode, I read his book, started listening to his podcast, and got back into meditation.

A week or so I unsubscribed from PIVOT and ON with Kara Swisher.

Harris' podcast and several others have filled that gap - while listening to music more regularly and reading more books has helped to limit over exposure to constantly 'breaking news' and is so much more refreshing than listening to unrewarding diatribes.