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Pivot by Kara Swisher

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Recommended by a few listeners, one citing co-host Scott Galloway; the quotes are sparse and several mix in other products also called Pivot.

Recommended by a few listeners, one citing co-host Scott Galloway; the quotes are sparse and several mix in other products also called Pivot.

7 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 5 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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Other podcasts people recommend

The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Pivot by Kara Swisher compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Dwarkesh Podcast29878%9—Approved
Oxide and Friends26390%10—Approved
Acquired podcast250100%11—Approved
Behind the Bastards podcast18195%11—Approved
Pivot by Kara SwisherThis page70100%5——
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What people said

6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“I particularly appreciated your webpage describing why Pivot is fast.”

RecommendsComment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Pivot – fast analytics on Iceberg, 2x+ faster than ClickHouse / DuckDB”

“we managed to cut the cost of our customer-facing analytics and observability pipeline by around 75%”

RecommendsComment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Pivot – fast analytics on Iceberg, 2x+ faster than ClickHouse / DuckDB”

“See a wider perspective on how energy sources shape geopolitics”

RecommendsComment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Iran war energy crisis is a renewable energy wake-up call”

“I like it - I'd personally slow the rotation down a bit but that's pretty subjective!”

MixedComment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Pivot – A Simple Text Game”

“Examples I know of in Canada include”

RecommendsComment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home”

“mostly because of Scott Galloway. I really like him.”

RecommendsComment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.