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On with Kara Swisher
It's on. Twice a week, award-winning journalist Kara Swisher gets to the heart of the story through no-holds-barred interviews with power players across business, tech, media, politics and beyond. So why do her guests show up? “Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.” Mondays and Thursdays from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Episodes
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How Sen. Elizabeth Warren Is 'Fighting Like Hell' Against Trump, Musk & Big Tech Billionaires
How is Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) pushing back against the Trump/Musk “co-presidents” wreaking havoc in Washington? Speaking to Kara at SXSW, Warren talks…
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Geraldine Brooks On the Art of Grieving and Spanning the Political Divide
On May 27, 2019, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best-selling author (and Kara’s friend) Tony Horwitz was on book tour for his latest work, Spying on the…
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Can Kara Save The Washington Post From Jeff Bezos?
For months, Kara has been assembling a group of investors to buy The Washington Post. Although it's not actually for sale, an ongoing exodus of journalistic…
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How Trump's Policies Will Shape the Stock Market with Aswath Damodaran
For years, Wall Street veterans have been saying that a market correction is around the corner, and last week's jitters have only intensified concerns. To find…
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Comedian Ronny Chieng on Political Satire, Trolling Algorithms and Cerebral Dick Jokes
Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor Ronny Chieng is a self-described grumpy Malaysian who get to tell it like it is to Americans as aco-host and…
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Rahm Emanuel’s Tough Love Intervention for the Democratic Party
After a three-year stint in Japan, Ambassador Rahm Emanuel is back in the States. And now that he's freed from diplomatic constraints, Rahm is bluntly telling…
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Oren Cass, Paul Krugman & Mariana Mazzucato on Trumponomics
Last week, President Trump signed a memorandum calling for reciprocal tariffs on countries that charge fees on US exports and called his 25% tariff order on…
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Unchecked and Unbalanced: Trump’s Executive Power Moves and the Rule of Law
In just a few weeks, President Trump has flooded the zone with executive orders, which have been met with dozens of lawsuits by state attorneys general, unions…
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Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo on Defying Gravity, the Attack on Diversity and (Maybe) Getting an EGOT
Is it strange that Wicked, a film about a marginalized person discovering her magic and rising up to fight against government oppression, has been a box office…
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Dissecting Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover with Anne Applebaum, Eoin Higgins & Ryan Mac
Elon Musk and a band of young DOGE engineers are taking control of key government infrastructure. The scale and speed with which they’re hijacking control of…
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Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Him)
Ben Stiller knew he needed to make Severance the moment he read an early version of the show in a writing sample its creator, Dan Erickson, submitted to his…
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Trump’s J6 Pardons, the Militia Movement, and the Border
President Trump’s executive action granting clemency to all of the January 6th insurrectionists – violent and non-violent alike – has been met with concern by…
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Social Media’s Original Gatekeepers On Moderation’s Rise And Fall
Since the inception of social media, content moderation has been hotly debated by CEOs, politicians, and, of course, among the gatekeepers themselves: the…
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From Trump to TikTok: Chris Hayes on the Rise of Attention Capitalism
Attention is our world’s most endangered resource — and whoever commands it, commands power. That’s the thesis of Chris Hayes’s new book, The Sirens’ Call…
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On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats
President Donald Trump has vowed to tackle immigration on “day one,” and that includes promising to close the southern border and begin mass deportations…
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Put Your Phone Away: Yondr CEO on the Philosophy Behind Phone-Free Spaces
They’re incredible pieces of technology, they’re unbelievably useful, and we feel lost without them. Nonetheless, smartphones have become the bane of our…
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Laverne Cox on Meta, Conservatives and The Battle For Trans Rights
Transgender kids and adults have become a political punching bag for conservatives — but Laverne Cox is stepping into the ring. Kara talks with the transgender…
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Regulating Tech, Antitrust, Trump’s Picks & More
Senator Amy Klobuchar has been legislating on Capitol Hill for 18 years. She recently won reelection and is now the number three Democrat in the Senate. And…
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Trump Whisperer Maggie Haberman On Trump 2.0
After MAGA rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, many people thought Donald Trump's days as a political force were over. A notable exception…
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AI Ethics and Safety — a Contradiction in Terms?
We’re kicking off the year with a deep-dive into AI ethics and safety with three AI experts: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, the CEO and co-founder of Humane…
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Samantha Bee on Being 'Democrat-Celibate' (from 'The Assignment with Audie Cornish')
Samantha Bee is a comedian, author and former late-night host who hosts the podcast Choice Words with Samantha Bee and co-hosts The Daily Beast Podcast with…
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Sarah Silverman on Being Wrong – and Treating Trolls with Kindness (from ReThinking with Adam Grant)
Happy Holidays! We have a special episode from our friend Adam Grant and the folks at the TED Audio Collective. Sarah Silverman is a comedian, actor, and…
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The Best (and Most Overrated) Books of 2024
Which subpar books actually warrant writing a bad review? Do best sellers usually live up to the hype? And how does our relationship with technology affect the…
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Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Makes the Case for Open Source
Kara sits down for a live interview with Yann LeCun, an “early AI prophet” and the brains behind the largest open-source large language model in the world. The…
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RFK Jr., Vaccines, Bird Flu & Health Under Trump 2.0
RFK Jr. was on the Hill, on Monday, working to persuade senators he’s capable of running the Department of Health and Human Services and its almost $2 trillion…
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Chef Matty Matheson of ‘The Bear’ on Culinary Stardom, On and Off The Screen
Canadian chef Matty Matheson has been a force in the culinary world for over two decades, but the non-foodies of the world recognize him as Neil Fak, the…
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Rep. Ro Khanna on Tech, Trump & Elon
Representative Ro Khanna represents the wealthiest congressional district in the country, but he wants to show Democrats how to speak to the working class. And…
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Marc Benioff on Elon, AI Agents, and the “DOGE”
How will AI agents change the economy and the workforce — and are Americans ready? Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has some thoughts. After a stellar quarter…
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Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud Says Free Is the Future of Streaming
How does an ad-based streamer compete with subscription-based models like Netflix, Hulu, Max, and all the rest? By charging nothing. At least that’s what Tubi…
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Did a Chatbot Cause Her Son’s Death? Megan Garcia v. Character.AI & Google
What if the worst fears around AI come true? For Megan Garcia, that’s already happened. In February, after spending months interacting with chatbots created by…
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Nathan Myhrvold: Tech’s Renaissance Man
Nathan Myhrvold likes to challenge conventional wisdom. When the founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures (and former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft)…
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Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Billie Jean King
Happy Thanksgiving, On listeners — today, we’re featuring a special episode of Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, one of our favorite podcasts! On Wiser…
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Leaving X? Where Next? On Bluesky, Threads and the “Fediverse”
Elon Musk’s social media platform X lost more than 280,000 global users the day after the US presidential election. Meanwhile, sites like Threads from Meta and…
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Charlamagne tha God on Trump, Journalism and that Anti-Trans Ad
Lenard McKelvey is a best-selling author, entrepreneur and media mogul, but you probably know him as Charlamagne Tha God: host of The Breakfast Club. It’s an…
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Jon Chu on Wicked, Silicon Valley, and Defying Hollywood’s Gravity
Jon Chu grew up in Silicon Valley, in the shadow of Apple Park. His father, Chef Chu, still runs his eponymous restaurant there, and Jon worshiped Steve Jobs…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates On Trump, Palestine and Journalism as a “Contact Sport”
What role will writers play as we head into a second Trump term? Author, journalist and Howard University professor Ta-Nehisi Coates has some thoughts. The man…
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Trump’s Second Term: How He Did It & What to Expect
What does a second Trump presidency mean for America? Kara hosts a panel of experts and reporters to reflect on the results of the election and to find out…
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Trump vs Democracy: Two Historians’ Perspectives
President-elect Donald J. Trump has won a resounding victory against Vice President Kamala Harris, and now, the man who promised political retribution and said…
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The “Elon Election”: What It Means For America and Musk
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, isn’t on the ballot for the 2024 U.S. election, but he might as well be. Elon has become one of the Trump campaign’s…
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Timothy Snyder and Bill Adair on the War on Truth & The Fight for Freedom
Lying has always been a part of politics, but in recent years, political lies have come to dominate our elections and their outcomes. Even the notion that…
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Reid Hoffman on Trump, Elon, Peter Thiel and Lina Khan
Reid Hoffman isn’t just one of the most influential entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley — he’s also one of the most important mega-donors supporting…
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Seth Meyers on Parenting, Podcasting & Late Night
Has late-night TV passed its peak? Ticket sales for live comedy shows are booming and there’s no shortage of streaming stand-up specials, but the same is…
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Robert Downey Jr., Ayad Akhtar and Bartlett Sher on “Truthful Lies” in AI, Art and Politics
“Digital machines are not just remaking stories, they're remaking us.” So says Oscar-winning actor Robert Downey Jr. as the titular character in his Broadway…
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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on Surveillance Capitalism, Text Privacy and AI
What do cybersecurity experts, journalists in foreign conflicts, indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Drake have in common? They all use the Signal…
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Yuval Noah Harari on AI & the Future of Information
Why, despite being the most advanced species on the planet, does it feel like humanity is teetering on the brink of self-destruction? Is it just our human…
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Chris Wallace Explains How JFK (Possibly) Stole the 1960 Election
After more than five decades in broadcasting, Chris Wallace has won almost every award in journalism, including three Emmy Awards, the duPont-Columbia Silver…
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Rachel Maddow and Billy Corben on Mobsters, Russia, Trump and the 2020 Election
How did a Ukrainian-born hustler help former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on then-candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter to…
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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on AI “Friends”, OpenAI “Siblings” and Climate Change
Will AI “agents” soon be personalized teachers, doctors, companions and even check items off your to-do list on their own? “Agentic” is the latest buzzword in…
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Bill Gates on How to Tax the Rich, AI, Misinformation, & the Election
Bill Gates needs no introduction. The co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been one of the…
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Pete Buttigieg Thinks Trumpism is in Its Last Season
Pete Buttigieg burst onto the political scene in 2019, and his rapid ascent into a legitimate presidential contender was one of the most surprising storylines…
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From “Witch Hunt” to “Weaponization”: The Impact of Trump’s War on the DOJ with David Rohde
For years, former President Donald Trump has railed against law enforcement officials who have sought to hold him accountable. In his latest book, Where…
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Robert Reich on Trump, Harris, Musk and More
Kara interviews renowned economist, author, former Labor Secretary, and social media star, Robert Reich. The 78-year old professor of economics at University…
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Hillary Rodham Clinton Drops Truth Bombs
Former First Lady/Senator/Madam Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton is in a political league of her own. But the “housewife from Chappaqua” (as Kara likes to call…
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Useful Idiots? How Right-Wing Influencers Got $ to Spread Russian Propaganda
Last week, the Department of Justice announced major indictments alleging that, among other things, the Kremlin was paying right-wing influencers, like Dave…
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CNN's Dana Bash On Debate Drama, the Harris Interview & America’s Deadliest Election
CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash has been having one hell of a summer. She co-moderated the June debate that led to President Biden’s historic…
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Tech and Kids: Parenting Expert Dr. Becky Answers Listener Questions
How much screen time is OK for a two year old? What is the right age for kids to get on Instagram or TikTok? And is there such a thing as "good" social media?…
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Stay Tuned with Preet: Elections, Now & Then (with Joanne Freeman)
On with Kara Swisher is off for the Labor Day holiday, and we’re sharing an episode of friend-of-the-pod Preet Bharara's podcast Stay Tuned with Preet. In the…
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Unpacking Tech’s Influence on Today’s Media
Tech’s tentacles are wrapped around almost every segment of the media industry. They haven't just choked off a large part of the ad revenue media companies…
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The DNC Afterparty and What’s Next for the Harris/Walz Campaign
Almost 29 million television viewers tuned in to see Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National…
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David Axelrod Breaks Down Kamala Harris’s Messaging and Strategy
David Axelrod was one of the first prominent Democrats to suggest that President Biden should withdraw from the race. The former senior advisor to President…