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Roxane Gay

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1007 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

After college, you ended up going to Columbia School of Journalism to get your master's degree.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

And you've said it was a waste of money.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

And I think most of us who have graduate degrees could probably say yes, 100%.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

Why did you think you needed a master's degree to get into journalism?

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

Did you learn anything useful in grad school?

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

I can't believe he's doing that joke this many years later.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

Of course, you know me.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

Yeah, that's true.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

That's true.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

You enjoy holding on to like these important things.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

Now, you've been doing this for like almost, not almost, more than 30 years.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

And you've written for any number of publications.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

You've been talking to, for, and about these tech leaders.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

And many people in many publications refer to you as the most feared and the most liked journalist in tech.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

I'm not sure about the liked part, but okay.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

How do you walk that line?

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

I'm from San Francisco.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

It's fine.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

Do you think that the kinds of people who are succeeding in tech are changing from that sort of man-child or woman-child to a lesser extent into smarter people, people who are perhaps genuinely more socially aware and understanding of the dangers of the web?

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

Now, is there a way to keep these kinds of billionaires in check?