From The Office to SNAFU: Ed Helms on History, Politics & Comedy
Mon, 28 Apr 2025
Ed Helms is best known for playing Andy Bernard in The Office and Stu in The Hangover trilogy. But t...
Judith Butler on Why Gender Is in Trump’s Crosshairs
Thu, 24 Apr 2025
Philosopher and critical theorist Judith Butler, Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at U...
Trump, Immigration & the Erosion of Due Process
Tue, 22 Apr 2025
President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has led to a series of legal skirmishes with major ...
Why Melinda French Gates is Betting On Women in Politics, Business and Tech
Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Melinda French Gates is a businesswoman and philanthropist, as well as an advocate for women and gir...
Trump's Tariffs: Chaos, Confusion & Consequences
Mon, 14 Apr 2025
President Trump's chaotic rollout and partial rollback of tariffs has roiled financial markets and c...
The Daily Show’s Josh Johnson Can Make Even A Recession Funny
Thu, 10 Apr 2025
Emmy-nominated writer, stand-up comic and actor Josh Johnson may be the most prolific comedian on th...
The Onion’s Owner on Satire, Infowars, Defending Democracy & Trump
Mon, 07 Apr 2025
Last year, after pressure from activist investors, Jeff Lawson stepped down from his perch as CEO fr...
Trump’s Attacks on the Press and on Freedom of Expression
Thu, 03 Apr 2025
President Donald Trump has always bashed the press. But his attacks are no longer just rhetorical —...
Michelle Buteau on Comedy, Community and Calling Out Dave Chappelle
Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Comedian Michelle Buteau is a true mutli-hyphenate — actor, standup comic, TV host, podcaster, and...
Graydon Carter on Vanity Fair, Editing & a Short-Fingered Vulgarian Named Trump
Thu, 27 Mar 2025
Graydon Carter is the co-founder of Spy Magazine and Air Mail, and for 25 years, he was the editor o...
Fired Up: FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter Say They’ll Fight Trump
Mon, 24 Mar 2025
President Trump fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, the two Democratic commissioners at the F...
Is America Ready for a Full-Blown Cyberwar? with Nicole Perlroth, Michael Schmidt & Lt. Col. Vindman
Thu, 20 Mar 2025
Everything, everywhere, all at once — but not the movie. This is how cybersecurity experts descri...
Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson: Less Obstruction, More Government
Mon, 17 Mar 2025
Scarcity is a policy choice — one liberals need to reject and replace with abundance, according to...
Chelsea Handler on Men, Trump & Money (+ Excellent Parenting Advice)
Thu, 13 Mar 2025
From spiking her childhood lemonade stand drinks with vodka to launching Netflix's first talk show, ...
How Sen. Elizabeth Warren Is “Fighting Like Hell” Against Trump, Musk & Big Tech Billionaires
Mon, 10 Mar 2025
How is Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) pushing back against the Trump/Musk “co-presidents” wreaking...
Geraldine Brooks On the Art of Grieving and Spanning the Political Divide
Thu, 06 Mar 2025
On May 27, 2019, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best-selling author (and Kara’s friend) Tony H...
Can Kara Save The Washington Post From Jeff Bezos?
Mon, 03 Mar 2025
For months, Kara has been assembling a group of investors to buy The Washington Post. Although it's ...
How Trump's Policies Will Shape the Stock Market with Aswath Damodaran
Thu, 27 Feb 2025
For years, Wall Street veterans have been saying that a market correction is around the corner, and ...
Comedian Ronny Chieng on Political Satire, Trolling Algorithms and Cerebral Dick Jokes
Mon, 24 Feb 2025
Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor Ronny Chieng is a self-described grumpy Malaysian who get to t...
Rahm Emanuel’s Tough Love Intervention for the Democratic Party
Thu, 20 Feb 2025
After a three-year stint in Japan, Ambassador Rahm Emanuel is back in the States. And now that he's ...
Oren Cass, Paul Krugman & Mariana Mazzucato on Trumponomics
Mon, 17 Feb 2025
Last week, President Trump signed a memorandum calling for reciprocal tariffs on countries that char...
Unchecked and Unbalanced: Trump’s Executive Power Moves and the Rule of Law
Thu, 13 Feb 2025
In just a few weeks, President Trump has flooded the zone with executive orders, which have been met...
Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo on Defying Gravity, the Attack on Diversity and (Maybe) Getting an EGOT
Mon, 10 Feb 2025
Is it strange that Wicked, a film about a marginalized person discovering her magic and rising up to...
Dissecting Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover with Anne Applebaum, Eoin Higgins & Ryan Mac
Thu, 06 Feb 2025
Elon Musk and a band of young DOGE engineers are taking control of key government infrastructure. Th...
Why Ben Stiller Made Severance (and Doesn’t Care about What Elon Says About Him)
Mon, 03 Feb 2025
Ben Stiller knew he needed to make Severance the moment he read an early version of the show in a wr...
Trump’s J6 Pardons, the Militia Movement, and the Border
Thu, 30 Jan 2025
President Trump’s executive action granting clemency to all of the January 6th insurrectionists –...
Social Media’s Original Gatekeepers On Moderation’s Rise And Fall
Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Since the inception of social media, content moderation has been hotly debated by CEOs, politicians,...
From Trump to TikTok: Chris Hayes on the Rise of Attention Capitalism
Thu, 23 Jan 2025
Attention is our world’s most endangered resource — and whoever commands it, commands power. Tha...
On Trump’s “Day One” Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats
Mon, 20 Jan 2025
President Donald Trump has vowed to tackle immigration on “day one,” and that includes promising...
Put Your Phone Away: Yondr CEO on the Philosophy Behind Phone-Free Spaces
Thu, 16 Jan 2025
They’re incredible pieces of technology, they’re unbelievably useful, and we feel lost without t...
Laverne Cox on Meta, Conservatives and The Battle For Trans Rights
Mon, 13 Jan 2025
Transgender kids and adults have become a political punching bag for conservatives — but Laverne C...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Regulating Tech, Antitrust, Trump’s Picks & More
Thu, 09 Jan 2025
Senator Amy Klobuchar has been legislating on Capitol Hill for 18 years. She recently won reelection...
Trump Whisperer Maggie Haberman On Trump 2.0
Mon, 06 Jan 2025
After MAGA rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, many people thought Donald Trump'...
AI Ethics and Safety — a Contradiction in Terms?
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
We’re kicking off the year with a deep-dive into AI ethics and safety with three AI experts: Dr. R...
Samantha Bee on Being “Democrat-Celibate” (from The Assignment with Audie Cornish)
Mon, 30 Dec 2024
Samantha Bee is a comedian, author and former late-night host who hosts the podcast Choice Words wit...
Sarah Silverman on Being Wrong – and Treating Trolls with Kindness (from ReThinking with Adam Grant)
Thu, 26 Dec 2024
Happy Holidays! We have a special episode from our friend Adam Grant and the folks at the TED Audio ...
The Best (and Most Overrated) Books of 2024
Mon, 23 Dec 2024
Which subpar books actually warrant writing a bad review? Do best sellers usually live up to the hyp...
Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Makes the Case for Open Source
Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Kara sits down for a live interview with Yann LeCun, an “early AI prophet” and the brains behind...
RFK Jr., Vaccines, Bird Flu & Health Under Trump 2.0
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
RFK Jr. was on the Hill, on Monday, working to persuade senators he’s capable of running the Depa...
Chef Matty Matheson of ‘The Bear’ on Culinary Stardom, On and Off The Screen
Mon, 16 Dec 2024
Canadian chef Matty Matheson has been a force in the culinary world for over two decades, but the no...
Rep. Ro Khanna on Tech, Trump & Elon
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Representative Ro Khanna represents the wealthiest congressional district in the country, but he wan...
Marc Benioff on Elon, AI Agents, and the “DOGE”
Mon, 09 Dec 2024
How will AI agents change the economy and the workforce — and are Americans ready? Salesforce CEO ...
Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud Says Free Is the Future of Streaming
Sat, 07 Dec 2024
How does an ad-based streamer compete with subscription-based models like Netflix, Hulu, Max, and al...
Did a Chatbot Cause Her Son’s Death? Megan Garcia v. Character.AI & Google
Thu, 05 Dec 2024
What if the worst fears around AI come true? For Megan Garcia, that’s already happened. In Februar...
Nathan Myhrvold: Tech’s Renaissance Man
Mon, 02 Dec 2024
Nathan Myhrvold likes to challenge conventional wisdom. When the founder and CEO of Intellectual Ven...
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Billie Jean King
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Happy Thanksgiving, On listeners — today, we’re featuring a special episode of Wiser Than Me wit...
Leaving X? Where Next? On Bluesky, Threads and the “Fediverse”
Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Elon Musk’s social media platform X lost more than 280,000 global users the day after the US presi...
Charlamagne tha God on Trump, Journalism and that Anti-Trans Ad
Thu, 21 Nov 2024
Lenard McKelvey is a best-selling author, entrepreneur and media mogul, but you probably know him as...
Jon Chu on Wicked, Silicon Valley, and Defying Hollywood’s Gravity
Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Jon Chu grew up in Silicon Valley, in the shadow of Apple Park. His father, Chef Chu, still runs his...
Ta-Nehisi Coates On Trump, Palestine and Journalism as a “Contact Sport”
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
What role will writers play as we head into a second Trump term? Author, journalist and Howard Unive...
Trump’s Second Term: How He Did It & What to Expect
Mon, 11 Nov 2024
What does a second Trump presidency mean for America? Kara hosts a panel of experts and reporters to...
Trump vs Democracy: Two Historians’ Perspectives
Thu, 07 Nov 2024
President-elect Donald J. Trump has won a resounding victory against Vice President Kamala Harris, a...
The “Elon Election”: What It Means For America and Musk
Mon, 04 Nov 2024
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, isn’t on the ballot for the 2024 U.S. election, but he mi...
Timothy Snyder and Bill Adair on the War on Truth & The Fight for Freedom
Thu, 31 Oct 2024
Lying has always been a part of politics, but in recent years, political lies have come to dominate ...
Reid Hoffman on Trump, Elon, Peter Thiel and Lina Khan
Mon, 28 Oct 2024
Reid Hoffman isn’t just one of the most influential entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley ...
Seth Meyers on Parenting, Podcasting & Late Night
Thu, 24 Oct 2024
Has late-night TV passed its peak? Ticket sales for live comedy shows are booming and there’s no s...
Robert Downey Jr., Ayad Akhtar and Bartlett Sher on “Truthful Lies” in AI, Art and Politics
Mon, 21 Oct 2024
“Digital machines are not just remaking stories, they're remaking us.” So says Oscar-winning act...
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on Surveillance Capitalism, Text Privacy and AI
Thu, 17 Oct 2024
What do cybersecurity experts, journalists in foreign conflicts, indicted New York City Mayor Eric A...
Yuval Noah Harari on AI & the Future of Information
Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Why, despite being the most advanced species on the planet, does it feel like humanity is teetering ...
Chris Wallace Explains How JFK (Possibly) Stole the 1960 Election
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
After more than five decades in broadcasting, Chris Wallace has won almost every award in journalism...
Rachel Maddow and Billy Corben on Mobsters, Russia, Trump and the 2020 Election
Mon, 07 Oct 2024
How did a Ukrainian-born hustler help former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani dig...
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on AI “Friends”, OpenAI “Siblings” and Climate Change
Thu, 03 Oct 2024
Will AI “agents” soon be personalized teachers, doctors, companions and even check items off you...
Bill Gates on How to Tax the Rich, AI, Misinformation, & the Election
Mon, 30 Sep 2024
Bill Gates needs no introduction. The co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and the co-chair of the...
Pete Buttigieg Thinks Trumpism is in Its Last Season
Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Pete Buttigieg burst onto the political scene in 2019, and his rapid ascent into a legitimate presid...
From “Witch Hunt” to “Weaponization”: The Impact of Trump’s War on the DOJ with David Rohde
Mon, 23 Sep 2024
For years, former President Donald Trump has railed against law enforcement officials who have sough...
Robert Reich on Trump, Harris, Musk and More
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
Kara interviews renowned economist, author, former Labor Secretary, and social media star, Robert Re...
Hillary Rodham Clinton Drops Truth Bombs
Mon, 16 Sep 2024
Former First Lady/Senator/Madam Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton is in a political league of her own...
Useful Idiots? How Right-Wing Influencers Got $ to Spread Russian Propaganda
Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Last week, the Department of Justice announced major indictments alleging that, among other things, ...
CNN's Dana Bash On Debate Drama, the Harris Interview & America’s Deadliest Election
Mon, 09 Sep 2024
CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash has been having one hell of a summer. She co-moderated t...
Tech and Kids: Parenting Expert Dr. Becky Answers Listener Questions
Thu, 05 Sep 2024
How much screen time is OK for a two year old? What is the right age for kids to get on Instagram or...
Stay Tuned with Preet: Elections, Now & Then (with Joanne Freeman)
Mon, 02 Sep 2024
On with Kara Swisher is off for the Labor Day holiday, and we’re sharing an episode of friend-of-t...
Unpacking Tech’s Influence on Today’s Media
Thu, 29 Aug 2024
Tech’s tentacles are wrapped around almost every segment of the media industry. They haven't just ...
The DNC Afterparty and What’s Next for the Harris/Walz Campaign
Mon, 26 Aug 2024
Almost 29 million television viewers tuned in to see Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic nomin...
David Axelrod Breaks Down Kamala Harris’s Messaging and Strategy
Thu, 22 Aug 2024
David Axelrod was one of the first prominent Democrats to suggest that President Biden should withdr...
Politics, Protests and Kamalanomenon: What to Expect at the DNC
Mon, 19 Aug 2024
The Democratic National Convention gets underway this week with party stars, social media influencer...
How the Right Launders Online Propaganda with Renée DiResta
Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Renée DiResta is one the world’s leading experts on online disinformation and propaganda and the ...
The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold
Mon, 12 Aug 2024
Desi Lydic has been a Senior Correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for nearly a decade....
Roxane Gay on Guns, Kamala & Media
Thu, 08 Aug 2024
Roxane Gay is a writer, editor, podcaster, and culture critic. She has published a dozen books, incl...
Nancy Pelosi on the ‘Decision to Win’ in 2024
Mon, 05 Aug 2024
In almost four decades as an elected official, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is arguably the most powerful woman...
Anti-DEI Moms & the Alt-Right: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Thu, 01 Aug 2024
At first blush, the successful, suburban moms in Southlake, Texas who helped kick off the anti-CRT/a...
The Debate, the Dropout and the Dems' Future with “Biden Whisperer” Ron Klain
Mon, 29 Jul 2024
From the Senate, to the VP Residence to the Oval: Former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain has be...
Who’s Behind the Harris Campaign Donation Tsunami?
Thu, 25 Jul 2024
How did Vice President Kamala Harris raise a historic $126 million in just over 48 hours for her 202...
What Happened to Joe Biden? What’s Next for Kamala Harris and the Dems?
Tue, 23 Jul 2024
Audie Cornish, Franklin Foer, Ashley Parker, and Alex Thompson join Kara for a special bonus episode...
ON LIVE: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend on Entrepreneurship, Politics and Dogs
Mon, 22 Jul 2024
Musician, producer and EGOT-winner John Legend and model, TV personality and cookbook author Chrissy...
Guns, Social Media & Loneliness with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Thu, 18 Jul 2024
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t afraid to go after powerful interests. In mid-June, he publishe...
Rachel Maddow on Trump, Biden’s Dilemma & America’s Fascist History
Mon, 15 Jul 2024
As unlikely as it may seem, until this episode was recorded, Kara Swisher and Rachel Maddow had neve...
How Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is Leading During “A Really Heavy Time”
Thu, 11 Jul 2024
Gretchen Whitmer might be one of the most down-to-earth politicians in America — the governor from...
Too Old or Still Relevant? NATO at 75 with Ambassador Julianne Smith
Mon, 08 Jul 2024
The Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed 75 years ago to protect Europe and North Americ...
July 4th Special: Why Heather Cox Richardson Still Has Hope for American Democracy
Thu, 04 Jul 2024
Trump’s historic felony conviction, a SCOTUS ruling in favor of presidential immunity, and a dumps...
On Creepy Fingers, Deep Fakes, and Fair Use with Getty Images CEO Craig Peters
Mon, 01 Jul 2024
Hands with six fingers, mouths with dozens of teeth, hairlines and limbs out of whack: We’ve all s...
Trump vs. Biden 2.1 with Stephanie Ruhle, Eliana Johnson and Mike Madrid
Thu, 27 Jun 2024
The 2024 race is ON and the gloves are coming off: President Biden and former President Donald Trump...
Storytelling, Family & Tragedy with Griffin Dunne
Mon, 24 Jun 2024
Actor and Director Griffin Dunne grew up surrounded by Hollywood fame and celebrity — his father w...
Flags, Free Trips & Secret Recordings: The Cases, Trials & Tribulation of SCOTUS
Thu, 20 Jun 2024
Late spring/early summer is always a busy time for the Supreme Court, but this year, it’s not just...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Doing Death, Truth-Telling in Comedy and Getting Wiser
Mon, 17 Jun 2024
Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld an...
Laurene Powell Jobs and Kara Talk Tech, AI & Journalism
Fri, 14 Jun 2024
Kara takes the stage with Laurene Powell Jobs at Sixth & I in Washington D.C. to talk about Kara’s...
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on ScarJo Controversy, Sam Altman & Disinfo Fears
Thu, 13 Jun 2024
Kara interviews Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, and one of the most powerful people...
Abortion Politics in 2024 with Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood President
Mon, 10 Jun 2024
Abortion will be a key issue in the election this fall and it's also the focus of two Supreme Court ...
AOC on Trump vs. Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tech, Gaza & More
Thu, 06 Jun 2024
Kara sits down to talk with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The social media-savvy congress...
Making Parenthood and Politics Sexy with Comedian Ilana Glazer
Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Broad City co-creator Ilana Glazer’s new friendship flick Babes is a no-holds-barred comedy about ...
Bill Maher Won't Back Down (But He Might Shock You)
Thu, 30 May 2024
When it comes to political comedy, Bill Maher is practically an institution — he’s been hosting ...
“Possible” by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger featuring Kara Swisher
Mon, 27 May 2024
Today, we’re sharing Kara’s recent appearance on Possible, a podcast hosted by Aria Finger and R...
Are Elon’s Best Days Behind Him? with Kirsten Grind, Tim Higgins & Becky Peterson
Thu, 23 May 2024
Tesla is bleeding execs, and it appears to be reaching a crisis point; over at Twitter/X, new report...
On Journalism, Activism and Hope with Nicholas Kristof
Mon, 20 May 2024
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has been reporting on protests, wars and conflicts for mor...
War in Gaza, Ukraine & Space, plus Biden vs. Trump with David Ignatius
Thu, 16 May 2024
David Ignatius, a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and the author of twelve novels,...
Walt Mossberg & MKBHD Break Down The Art of the Tech Review
Mon, 13 May 2024
To savvy tech consumers, Walt Mossberg and Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, need no introduction. Before...
Radical Self-Acceptance, Cancel Culture, and Forgiveness with Writer Anne Lamott
Thu, 09 May 2024
Author Anne Lamott has penned novels, but is most famous for her confessional memoirs about sobriety...
Can Chipotle Founder Steve Ells Strike "Fast-Casual" Gold Again?
Mon, 06 May 2024
Thirty-one years after founding Chipotle, Steve Ells is back with what he hopes will be another fast...
Wrestling with America’s (Racist) History with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks
Thu, 02 May 2024
In her latest play, Sally & Tom, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks tackles what is,...
Time for a Data Privacy Bill + the TikTok Crackdown with Senator Maria Cantwell
Mon, 29 Apr 2024
When Kara first met Senator Maria Cantwell in the 90s, she was a tech executive at an early player i...
How to Prevent War with China with Dmitri Alperovitch and Chris Krebs
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
Kara discusses the “pacing threat” that is China – from TikTok to cyberattacks to semiconducto...
Is the Fight Over Abortion Rights Enough to Beat Trump? with Shefali Luthra, Sarah McCammon and Mary Jo Pitzl
Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Despite a recent uptick, President Biden’s approval rating and his poll numbers against Donald Tru...
Kids and Phones: Moral Panic or Time to Panic? with Jonathan Haidt
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
Is Gen Z’s mental health in decline because their “phone-based childhood” has flooded them wit...
Can Yahoo Bring Back the "Good Internet"?
Mon, 15 Apr 2024
Yahoo, the one-time "oracle of the internet", has had many iterations in its 30 year history - and p...
Will Disinformation Doom Our Democracy? with Nina Jankowicz, Sasha Issenberg & Barbara McQuade
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
“Flood the zone with shit.” It’s a zinger and a strategic imperative, from the oh-so-eloquen...
Lessons Learned From Hitler’s Rise To Power
Mon, 08 Apr 2024
There are a lot of Trump/Hitler comparisons being thrown around these days. So we went to the source...
Can Food Save The World? with Joan Nathan
Thu, 04 Apr 2024
Joan Nathan, the “doyenne of Jewish-American food” and a pillar of the DC dinner party scene, jo...
"Food, Feminism, and Fury" with Geraldine DeRuiter
Mon, 01 Apr 2024
Author Geraldine DeRuiter a.k.a. The Everywhereist joins Kara to talk about her new book If You Can’...
Life Lessons from Tech Titans (Kara in conversation with Brené Brown)
Thu, 28 Mar 2024
Kara sits down with Brené Brown, researcher, author, and vulnerability expert, in this edition of t...
Much Ado About TikTok
Mon, 25 Mar 2024
The effort to ban TikTok in the US is back in the spotlight as a new bill has passed through the Hou...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on the IPO
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
Reddit has been around for 19 years, but today the social media platform goes public and starts a ...
Margrethe Vestager Shows Tech Gatekeepers The Door
Mon, 18 Mar 2024
For the past decade, the European Commission has taken on Big Tech under the leadership of Executive...
"Burn Book" Takes SxSW, with "Mensch" Mark Cuban
Fri, 15 Mar 2024
We're continuing book tour week in this bonus episode of “On.” Kara takes the SXSW stage with Ma...
More Burn Book with Ted Sarandos
Thu, 14 Mar 2024
We continue Kara's tour of her memoir Burn Book: a Tech Love Story as she gets candid with Netflix c...
How did Kara Scoop OpenAI, and More on Burn Book (with Sam Altman)
Mon, 11 Mar 2024
This week, we join Kara on tour as she speaks with some of the most influential names in tech about ...
Why Reed Jobs is Betting on Cancer Innovations
Thu, 07 Mar 2024
In high school, Reed Jobs was a summer intern in oncology labs while his dad, the late Apple co-foun...
David Chalian Makes the Call
Mon, 04 Mar 2024
Tomorrow is Super Tuesday - the nation's biggest primary vote - and hundreds of delegates are up for...
The Burn Book Kick-Off with Don Lemon
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
This week marks the release of Kara’s memoir, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story and the launch of her n...
Roberta Kaplan Will See You In Court
Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Renowned litigator Roberta (Robbie) Kaplan says she’s a born fighter. In January she won one of th...
Paul Giamatti Is Good With Words
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Actor Paul Giamatti seems to have perfected the hyper-articulate, slightly depressed curmudgeon – ...
Brooke Shields on Surviving Hollywood
Mon, 19 Feb 2024
Today, we’re replaying a conversation that Kara taped last spring with none other than Brooke Shie...
Cord Jefferson on Making American Fiction
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
Writer and director Cord Jefferson’s first feature film, American Fiction, has been nominated for ...
Tracy Chapman's Timeless Earworms
Mon, 12 Feb 2024
More than 35 years after its release, Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut album – and the single Fas...
Ambassador Rahm Emanuel on the New Japan, Contending With China, and Biden’s Calm
Thu, 08 Feb 2024
Rahm Emanuel is the ultimate political insider: He’s worked closely with three presidents, he’s ...
Is the Apple Vision Pro All That?
Mon, 05 Feb 2024
Kara got a sneak peek of the Apple Vision Pro, and sat down before the official launch with tech rep...
How Ava DuVernay Made a Hit with ‘Origin,’ and Without Big Studio Backing
Thu, 01 Feb 2024
Today, our guest is acclaimed director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay, known for the Oscar-nominated ...
Judy Woodruff on Polarization, Politics, and the Media
Mon, 29 Jan 2024
How does someone with more than five decades of political reporting under her belt assess the curren...
PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s “Get Sh*t Done” Attitude
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
As Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro successfully defended the state election process ...
Hope for American Democracy, According to Heather Cox Richardson
Mon, 22 Jan 2024
Donald Trump is an American figure decades in the making. That’s the argument historian and profes...
Psychedelics with Joe Green
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
From therapeutic-assisted MDMA to decriminalized psilocybin and microdosing, movements to legalize p...
Fei-Fei Li and a Humane Approach to AI
Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Before the OpenAI Drama which pit AI enthusiasts (accelerationists) against doomers (decelerationist...
A Close Read of Trump’s 2024 Strategy
Thu, 11 Jan 2024
Trump’s back. Today, we go to a panel of experts to discuss his 2024 legal woes, dangerously escal...
COVID Lessons Learned with Donald G McNeil Jr.
Mon, 08 Jan 2024
Four years after the start of the global pandemic, COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, ...
OpenAI Drama to Trump to Elon Musk: What It Means for 2024
Thu, 04 Jan 2024
Kara and Nayeema look forward to the characters and moments that may define 2024 by looking back at ...
Stay Tuned with Preet: The Many Lies of George Santos
Thu, 28 Dec 2023
On is off for the holidays, so today we have an episode of friend-of-the-pod Preet Bharara's podcast...
The Man Taunting Mike Johnson, Ron DeSantis and George Santos
Thu, 21 Dec 2023
Randy Rainbow is a four-time Emmy and Grammy-nominated musical comedy sensation famous for his viral...
Will Big Bets to Solve Climate Change Pay Off? With Rajiv Shah
Mon, 18 Dec 2023
Are world hunger, pandemics and climate change “fixable” – or is mitigating their impacts the ...
God, Money and Trump with Tim Alberta
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
Tim Alberta is a fantastic reporter whose profiles of 2024 hopeful Nikki Haley and former CNN boss C...
Mark Esper on Gaza, Iran, China and (of course) Trump
Mon, 11 Dec 2023
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper details the threats and dangers we face. On the agenda: hot w...
Is Liz Cheney the GOP Cassandra?
Thu, 07 Dec 2023
Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney is on a mission to defeat Donald Trump - and says she’ll d...
Washington’s Top China Hawk Talks TikTok, Taiwan & Trump
Mon, 04 Dec 2023
Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin is on a mission to raise the alarm bell on the Chinese Communist Pa...
Martina Navratilova on Transgender Athletes, Pay Equity and Trump
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is no stranger to controversy. But the battle she’s picked these...
Olympian Caster Semenya on Fighting to Run
Mon, 27 Nov 2023
Who gets to compete as a woman? And who decides whether someone is “woman enough”? When it comes...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the OpenAI Debacle
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
In the swirl of drama around Sam Altman’s exit from OpenAI, one company seems to be the winner: Mi...
The Fox News ‘Lying Tax,’ Tucker and More with Brian Stelter
Mon, 20 Nov 2023
Why did Fox News knowingly air unhinged conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems and Smartm...
Dan Doctoroff on Living with ALS and Building the Future
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
Dan Doctoroff had a storied career as Deputy Mayor of New York City during the first two Bloomberg a...
Adam Grant on Your Potential, Gen Z and — oops — Elon
Mon, 13 Nov 2023
Are tech bros successful because of some innate talent, or could any of us be like them? Organizatio...
Can Mike Johnson Survive As House Speaker?
Thu, 09 Nov 2023
After three incredibly chaotic weeks, the House Republican Conference elected a relatively unknown (...
The Twitter Fantasy from Land of the Giants
Mon, 06 Nov 2023
Today we’re playing you an episode of Land of the Giants that takes a walk down memory lane to the...
How Elon Broke Twitter — and Twitter Broke Elon — with Ben Mezrich
Thu, 02 Nov 2023
What does a dramatic narrative nonfiction account of a dramatic tech CEO look like? To find out, we ...
Uber’s Profit, Power and Problems with CEO Dara K
Mon, 30 Oct 2023
Uber: hard to live with it, or without it. In this episode Kara grills CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the ...
Alexis Ohanian and Deb Roy on Big Tech’s Effects on Democracy
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
Democracy is challenged, at home and abroad, and at least some of this blame falls on “Big Tech.”...
The Fog of War: Navigating Disinformation Now
Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Social media has been inundated with disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war — from a flood of g...
Christiane Amanpour on Covering This War
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
In the fog of war, we’re joined by CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour. She’s cov...
Why Fei-Fei Li is Still Hopeful About AI (… and Elon)
Mon, 16 Oct 2023
What are the most immediate, and potentially catastrophic, risks posed by AI? According to pioneerin...
The Politics of Disagreement with Steve Inskeep
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
In a time of a divided House (and divided GOP) — not to mention polarized social media — how can...
Martha, Martha, Martha (ICYMI)
Mon, 09 Oct 2023
Today we’re replaying you a summer episode where Kara and Nayeema took a field trip to Martha Stew...
Jon Lovett Talks Trump, Biden & the Podcasting Biz
Thu, 05 Oct 2023
After Kara and Nayeema discuss the defenestration of Kevin McCarthy, we turn to podcaster and politi...
Do Never Trumpers Matter? We Asked Adam Kinzinger
Mon, 02 Oct 2023
After Kara and Nayeema discuss Dianne Feinstein’s death and her legacy as a leader, we turn to Kar...
The Yoel Roth-Linda Yaccarino Showdown
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
On Wednesday, two Twitter-related interviews rocked the stage at the 2023 Code Conference. Kara inte...
Sheila Johnson Talks BET, Entrepreneurship and Why She Doesn’t Love Being Called “America’s First Black Female Billionaire”
Mon, 25 Sep 2023
Sheila Johnson is best known for co-founding BET, a network she launched with her ex-husband, Bob Jo...
Is Biden the Best Democrats Can Do?
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
Biden’s poll numbers are atrocious, and in recent columns from The Washington Post to The New York...
The Walter Isaacson-Kara Swisher Showdown
Mon, 18 Sep 2023
Walter Isaacson and Kara are friends — but that doesn’t mean she’s going to go easy on him as ...
How Twitter Took Alex Edelman to IRL White Supremacists
Thu, 14 Sep 2023
A Jewish comedian walks into an apartment in Queens to meet a group of white supremacists … This i...
Conan O'Brien Talks to His Accountant
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
Late-night legend and podcasting impresario Conan O’Brien joins Kara to talk about the decline of ...
What Naomi Klein Found Down the Steve Bannon Rabbit Hole
Thu, 07 Sep 2023
For years, Naomi Klein has had a problem: the author and Guardian columnist has been chronically con...
Elon Musk: Somebody That I Used to Know
Mon, 04 Sep 2023
This Labor Day, we are re airing a fan-favorite episode about, who else, Elon Musk and Kara Swisher....
Barry Diller on Biden, AI and the Hollywood Shutdown
Thu, 31 Aug 2023
Billionaire mogul and power broker Barry Diller doesn’t hold back (at all) as he takes us inside W...
WTF Can We Do About Deadly Wildfires?
Mon, 28 Aug 2023
From the tragedy in Hawaii — which has left at least 115 dead, and over a thousand more missing, m...
Why We Can’t Quit Elon with Ronan Farrow & William Cohan
Thu, 24 Aug 2023
We’re talking about Elon – again – but this time we're looking at the big picture: the tech ti...
Ron DeSantis Won’t Stop Imani Rupert Gordon
Mon, 21 Aug 2023
Today after Kara and Nayeema take a quick walk down Rudy Giuliani memory lane, we turn to our guest:...
Big Companies Are Scared of These Lawyers
Thu, 17 Aug 2023
Kara and Nayeema are back with a fresh episode, and this time they’re tackling the DOJ’s antitru...
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel: Friendship — My Reliable Gift
Mon, 14 Aug 2023
Today, we’re sharing an episode of Where Should We Begin?, a Vox Media podcast hosted by the iconi...
Aging, Death and other Uplifting Topics with Mike Birbiglia
Thu, 10 Aug 2023
Today, we’re re-airing one of Blakeney Schick’s favorite episodes: an interview with her former ...
Esther Perel on Grief — In Memory of Blakeney Schick
Mon, 07 Aug 2023
Kara & Nayeema are joined by Esther Perel in a tribute to our colleague and friend, senior producer ...
Is Chris Christie Really the Anti-Trump?
Thu, 03 Aug 2023
Today, we turn to Chris Christie. The former governor of New Jersey and Trump sidekick is running to...
Vinod Khosla’s View of the Future, From AI to China
Mon, 31 Jul 2023
After Kara and Nayeema discuss Senators Warren and Graham’s unlikely alliance on tech regulation, ...
Barbie & Oppenheimer & Strikes, Oh My
Thu, 27 Jul 2023
Hollywood is still shut down by its historic dual strike, but this weekend the industry saw its most...
The Rewards of Stepping Out of Line: A Commencement Address from Kara
Mon, 24 Jul 2023
This May, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art invited Kara to deliver its commen...
Fran Drescher on the SAG Strike and Hollywood’s "Fat Cats”
Thu, 20 Jul 2023
Today, a conversation with one of the most impassioned leaders of Hollywood’s historic double stri...
The Crypto Founder Who Won a “Landmark Victory” Against the SEC
Mon, 17 Jul 2023
Hollywood may be shut down, but one industry seems to be enjoying a surprising upswing: crypto. Kara...
The Fox News Love Triangle: Tucker, Murdoch and Trump
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
Fox News and social media are two arenas that will define the next presidential race. Today, after K...
Jake Tapper on Trust, Trump and CNN
Mon, 10 Jul 2023
When political spectacles abound, how can the media focus on the substance and avoid the clickbait? ...
Oliver Stone on Nuclear Energy, Putin and the Path to Conspiracies
Thu, 06 Jul 2023
After a quick rundown of the summer’s hottest films, Nayeema and Kara turn to our guest today: acc...
Mark Zuckerberg: Oops! I Did It Again (Again)
Mon, 03 Jul 2023
After a review of the last 6 months of “Meta” a.k.a. Facebook (including a looming Elon-Zuck cag...
Sarah Jessica Parker Talks Show Business, Shoe Business and More Business
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
After Kara and Nayeema debate the future of Hollywood (including the ongoing WGA strike and the soon...
Wanda Sykes on Why Trump Isn’t Funny Anymore
Mon, 26 Jun 2023
Wanda Sykes can find the funny in almost anything: lockdown during Covid, vaccine hesitancy, book ba...
Martha Stewart Makes No Apologies for Being Perfect
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
Kara and Nayeema take a field trip to Martha Stewart’s 156-acre estate for an interview with the m...
The Weeds: We Need to Rethink Discipline in Schools
Mon, 19 Jun 2023
This Juneteenth, we’re sharing an episode of The Weeds, a Vox Media podcast where host Jonquilyn H...
Inflection AI: Personalized and More "Woke" Than The “TruthGPT” Elon Might Make
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
After Kara and Nayeema debate the pros and cons of AI personal assistants vs. human personal assista...
Sorry, Donald. Jen Easterly Plans To Make Elections Boring Again.
Mon, 12 Jun 2023
Donald Trump signed the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency into existence in 2018 with t...
Look Ma, No Hands! With Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana
Thu, 08 Jun 2023
After Kara and Nayeema discuss recent moves at CNN and the ducking cool innovation at Apple, we laun...
The Man Making Self-Driving Trucks
Mon, 05 Jun 2023
Tesla’s self-driving ambitions (and the company’s recent recall) may dominate the conversation w...
Jeremy Strong, Alexander Skasgard and Succession Spin-Off Theories (Spoiler Alert)
Thu, 01 Jun 2023
After Kara and Nayeema discuss the Succession finale and their theories on a spin-off, we turn to Ka...
Ukraine’s Tech Advantage
Mon, 29 May 2023
Today, Kara talks to USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and Minist...
A.I. Doomsday with Tristan Harris
Thu, 25 May 2023
After Kara and Nayeema review the week’s A.I. news, including Sam Altman’s Senate testimony and ...
Lilly Singh on Making It on Social Media — and Hollywood
Mon, 22 May 2023
After an update on efforts to rein in TikTok from Montana to Washington DC, we turn to Lilly Singh, ...
Will Elon Musk Turn Twitter Into Yahoo Mail?
Thu, 18 May 2023
Twitter rose to prominence as a global public square that helped enable the Arab Spring, but Elon Mu...
How Will Lina Khan and the FTC Tackle AI?
Mon, 15 May 2023
After a discussion about Elon and the new “Chief Twit,” Linda Yaccarino, we turn to a woman who ...
Watergate to Trump and Today’s GOP: A Throughline
Thu, 11 May 2023
From the verdict in Trump’s sexual assault case to the Santos indictment and the Supreme Court sag...
Making Relationships Work (or Not) with Maggie Smith
Mon, 08 May 2023
Relationships are hard. When do you know it’s time to marry? When do you know it’s time to break...
Roy Wood Jr. on President Biden, Tucker Carlson, Trevor Noah and (of course) the WGA Strike
Thu, 04 May 2023
After a look inside a writers' strike that could upend Hollywood, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s...
Snap’s Evan Spiegel on AI, AR, and – yes – TikTok
Mon, 01 May 2023
The Snap CEO talks about the challenges facing the company’s AI chatbot, how augmented reality gla...
Ron Klain on the Likely Biden-Trump 2024 Showdown
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
It’s looking like 2024 will be another round of Biden vs. Trump. But will the sequel end in the sa...
Ben Smith on the Turmoil at Buzzfeed, Fox News and Everything In Between
Mon, 24 Apr 2023
To make sense of a turbulent and important week in media, we turn to Ben Smith who was the founding ...
Larry Summers on the Politics & Economics of Envy
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
We turn to economist and former Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, to help us make sense of infla...
Jen Psaki on Her New Show and Her Old Boss
Mon, 17 Apr 2023
After a quick rundown of how the 2024 presidential race may shape up, we turn to today’s guest: Je...
Inside the Elon-Substack Drama with Chris Best & Hamish McKenzie
Thu, 13 Apr 2023
Last week, Elon kicked off a feud with both Substack and his very own former Twitter Files ingénue ...
What Rupert Murdoch and Succession’s Logan Roy Have in Common (and Don’t)
Mon, 10 Apr 2023
Today, after Kara and Nayeema discuss what the Dominion defamation lawsuit might mean for Rupert Mur...
WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani talks TikTok, Telehealth Deal on GLP-1/Ozempic and Why She Took the Job
Thu, 06 Apr 2023
WeightWatchers recently announced a $132 million deal to acquire telehealth company Sequence and ent...
Brooke Shields: Stardom, Teen Girls & Social Media
Mon, 03 Apr 2023
After a brief discussion about the impact of social media on the mental health of teenage girls, Kar...
How to Make It in Media with Audie Cornish
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
As she pens her memoir, Kara’s been thinking about legacy, but on this episode we reflect on the l...
Katie Porter: Taking Big Business to Task While Running for Dianne Feinstein’s Seat
Mon, 27 Mar 2023
After a quick discussion of last week’s TikTok testimony, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest...
When Silicon Valley Invaded Texas
Fri, 24 Mar 2023
Lawrence Wright has produced some of the most seminal pieces of journalism on scientology, terrorism...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on GPT-4 & the A.I. Arms Race
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
We’re on the cusp of an artificial intelligence arms race that has venture capitalists drooling, r...
Reid Hoffman Talks Trump, Thiel & AI
Mon, 20 Mar 2023
From AI and the recent launch of GPT-4 to behind-the-scenes pressure on Washington to resolve the Si...
SVB, IG & AI with Instagram Co-founder Kevin Systrom
Thu, 16 Mar 2023
After a quick rundown of Kara’s Twitter feud with SVB-enthusiast David Sacks, we turn to an interv...
Walter Isaacson Is Writing the Book (Literally) on Elon Musk
Mon, 13 Mar 2023
Does Kara ever get sick of talking about Elon Musk? That’s a question Nayeema asks today, and they...
Jamie Lee Curtis and Donna Langley Take Us Inside Hollywood
Thu, 09 Mar 2023
Today, Kara sits down with Jamie Lee Curtis, who’s nominated for her first Oscar for “Everything...
Marc Benioff’s Toughest Conversation with Kara Swisher
Mon, 06 Mar 2023
Kara has interviewed Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff many times but he says she'd never b...
Is Bing Back? with Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi
Thu, 02 Mar 2023
Is AI going to fall in love with you? Write your term papers? Or help you plan a trip to Belize? The...
How Much Damage Did Trump Do to America’s Standing In the World?
Mon, 27 Feb 2023
A year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and weeks after the presence of a Chinese spy balloon led...
Will Killing Section 230 Kill the Internet?
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
As Justice Kagan has asked, “Every other industry has to internalize the costs of its conduct. Why...
Welcome to AI Warfare
Mon, 20 Feb 2023
AI isn’t just changing search. It’s changing national security, too. Today, Kara talks to Trae’...
Ken Buck Takes On the Big Tech Boogeyman
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
Congressman Ken Buck is a Republican from Colorado who’s decided to take on “Big Tech.” He tal...
Ruben Gallego Is Ready to Take On “Queen MAGA” Kari Lake for Kyrsten Sinema’s Seat
Mon, 13 Feb 2023
After Kara and Nayeema debrief the latest Elon drama (the Congressional hearings in which conservati...
"Donald Trump Has Made Democrats Great" (Again)
Thu, 09 Feb 2023
We discuss Biden's State of the Union speech — and the state of the Democratic party — with thre...
Conservative or Liberal? This Prosecutor Refuses to Be Put in a Box
Mon, 06 Feb 2023
From Donald Trump to George Floyd and Tyre Nichols, the last five years have changed our national co...
The Big Business of Online Dating (Land of the Giants)
Thu, 02 Feb 2023
Today, Nayeema sits down with dating industry veteran Lakshmi Rengarajan and journalist Sangeeta Sin...
Mark Zuckerberg: Oops!...I Did It Again
Mon, 30 Jan 2023
When Meta announced Donald Trump would be allowed back on Facebook and Instagram, it wasn’t the co...
Has the Silicon Valley Bubble Burst? A Conversation w Jessica Lessin & William Cohan
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
Rapid-fire layoffs, activist investors at the gate and tumbling stock prices — tech has had a bad ...
Biden’s Antitrust Advisor Left the White House. Here’s His Exit Interview
Mon, 23 Jan 2023
In his first extensive interview since he stepped down as the Special Assistant to the President for...
Intelligence Squared: Swisher and Scaramucci Debate If Elon Is Killing Twitter
Fri, 20 Jan 2023
Today, we're sharing an episode of the podcast Intelligence Squared, which provides a forum for bala...
Inside the Prince Harry Book Blitz and What It Means for the Monarchy
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
He was King Charles’s Communications Chief for almost a decade. She wrote the book on Charles (lit...
Ian Bremmer on Putin, Xi…and Elon Musk
Mon, 16 Jan 2023
Kara and Nayeema are taping from Europe this week, so today we decided to tackle all things internat...
What’s Next for GOP & Trump – w/Charlie Sykes & Manu Raju
Thu, 12 Jan 2023
The dust from last week’s once-in-a-century, marathon voting session in the House has settled, and...
Are You “Dying of Politeness”? Geena Davis Explains.
Mon, 09 Jan 2023
Geena Davis became a breakout star in Hollywood, with an Oscar under her belt and starring roles in ...
Peering into the Future with Tony Fadell
Thu, 05 Jan 2023
Less screen time: it’s on everyone’s list of new year’s resolutions — or, at least, it’s o...
Love, Life & Other Advice from Kara and Nayeema
Thu, 29 Dec 2022
For our final episode of 2022, Kara and Nayeema unabashedly dish out advice and answer questions you...
The Legacy of Steve Jobs
Mon, 26 Dec 2022
We're sharing Kara’s September 2022 conversation with Tim Cook, Sir Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jo...
Casey Newton, Kara & Nayeema Talk Tech
Thu, 22 Dec 2022
From the high speed train wreck that is Twitter 2.0, to the extradition of a fallen crypto kingpin a...
Piers Morgan On Murdoch, Musk and – yes – Meghan Markle
Mon, 19 Dec 2022
What’s more toxic: Tabloids or Twitter? Piers Morgan may know – the outsized personality has bee...
Fox News, Dominion — oh, and Donald Trump
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
What’s one way to stop misinformation? It might just be a giant defamation lawsuit. This week, med...
Aging, Death and Other Uplifting Topics with Mike Birbiglia
Mon, 12 Dec 2022
Aging, parenting by mortality and dying alone or kinless: these are just some of the uplifting topic...
A Bad Week for Donald Trump? … And Potentially for Gay Marriage?
Thu, 08 Dec 2022
It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump. Herschel Walker lost the Georgia Senate runoff and a New Yo...
The Man Behind "Sex and the City" and "Emily in Paris"
Mon, 05 Dec 2022
Love them or hate them, chances are that you’ve watched at least one Darren Star series. Kara once...
Why Twitter’s Former Safety Chief Left Elon Musk
Thu, 01 Dec 2022
Elon Musk's Twitter is a spectacle, and the drama and meaning of the last six months is perhaps best...
A Nobel Prize Winner on the “Dark Matter of Biology”
Mon, 28 Nov 2022
Kara interviews Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, a Stanford University scientist who, along with Morten Meldal ...
Into It: A Portrait of Artist as Taylor Swift
Thu, 24 Nov 2022
Today, we’re sharing a special episode of Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders about one of...
Where’s the Line in Comedy? Monty Python’s Eric Idle Has an Idea
Mon, 21 Nov 2022
Should anything be off-limits in comedy? Kara and Nayeema discuss this question, and the recent Dave...
Can Chris Licht Turn CNN Around?
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
Chris Licht faces an uphill battle at CNN. He got the CEO gig in the midst of a prickly merger betwe...
Elon Musk: Somebody That I Used to Know
Mon, 14 Nov 2022
Elon Musk is a puzzle, but if there’s anyone who can make sense of him it’s Kara Swisher. She’...
How Donald Trump Helped the Democrats
Thu, 10 Nov 2022
After Kara and Nayeema have a chat about — what else? — Elon Musk’s latest moves, we dive into...
How John King Gets Ready for Election Night
Mon, 07 Nov 2022
Kara is nervous about the elections — and she should be, control of the House and of the Senate is...
Kara on Elon and John Legend on Kanye (and More!)
Thu, 03 Nov 2022
Kara and Nayeema kick off this Thursday’s episode with a feisty discussion about Elon Musk’s Twi...
Matt Levine on Elon Musk: Chief Twit & “Meme Lord”
Mon, 31 Oct 2022
The Twitter deal is done, and Elon Musk is now, officially, “Chief Twit.” Bloomberg Opinion colu...
Frank Luntz, Rick Wilson and Sarah Longwell on Donald Trump and the Midterms
Thu, 27 Oct 2022
Election Day is less than two weeks away, and Republicans are poised for some major midterm gains. S...
Twitter Spaces On: WTF is Happening in the UK and the World
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
Today, we’re sharing a bonus episode of Kara’s Twitter Spaces conversation recorded on Monday ni...
The Economy Stinks, and Dr. Doom is Not Hopeful
Mon, 24 Oct 2022
Nouriel Roubini, a.ka. "Dr. Doom," became famous for predicting the 2008 global financial crisis. No...
Airbnb’s CEO on Nomadic Life, Loneliness… and Cleaning Fees
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky took the company public, laid off 25% of its staff and naviga...
Twitter Spaces On: Elon, Elon, Elon … and Trump
Wed, 19 Oct 2022
Today, we’re sharing a bonus episode of Kara’s Twitter Spaces conversation that was taped on Mon...
The Billionaire Who Took America Online
Mon, 17 Oct 2022
Kara and Steve Case go back — way back, to the 1990s. She was a young Washington Post reporter cov...
Will Stacey Abrams (Finally) Win?
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
It feels like deja vu. Stacey Abrams is running for governor of Georgia, again … against Brian Kem...
John Fetterman and Kara Talk Strokes, Recovery & Senate Race
Mon, 10 Oct 2022
Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Senate candidate John Fetterman and Kara share a few things in common....
Maggie Haberman Makes Sense of Donald Trump
Thu, 06 Oct 2022
Donald Trump has said journalist Maggie Haberman is like his “psychiatrist” — a remark she dis...
So ... Should We Ban TikTok?
Mon, 03 Oct 2022
Kara loves air fryer TikToks. But she only dares to scroll through them on a burner phone, as she te...
Hillary Clinton Lets Loose with Predictions
Thu, 29 Sep 2022
This is Kara’s 5th interview with Hillary Clinton. So what’s changed since their first conversat...
Chris Cuomo’s Comeback
Mon, 26 Sep 2022
Kara Swisher is back — and so, it seems, is Chris Cuomo. In an interview that is frank and feisty,...
Coming Soon: On with Kara Swisher
Sat, 03 Sep 2022
It’s on. Kara Swisher is back, getting to the heart of what makes powerful people tick… by askin...