On with Kara Swisher
Episodes
Jamie Lee Curtis and Donna Langley Take Us Inside Hollywood
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Kara sits down with Jamie Lee Curtis, who’s nominated for her first Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, and Donna Langley, the...
Marc Benioff’s Toughest Conversation with Kara Swisher
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kara has interviewed Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff many times but he says she'd never been as prepared to grill him as she was this time....
Is Bing Back? with Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is AI going to fall in love with you? Write your term papers? Or help you plan a trip to Belize? The answer to all three is: maybe. How well it does a...
How Much Damage Did Trump Do to America’s Standing In the World?
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and weeks after the presence of a Chinese spy balloon led U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to put off...
Will Killing Section 230 Kill the Internet?
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Justice Kagan has asked, “Every other industry has to internalize the costs of its conduct. Why is it that the tech industry gets a pass?” Yet ...
Welcome to AI Warfare
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI isn’t just changing search. It’s changing national security, too. Today, Kara talks to Trae’ Stephens, the co-founder and Executive Chairman ...
Ken Buck Takes On the Big Tech Boogeyman
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Congressman Ken Buck is a Republican from Colorado who’s decided to take on “Big Tech.” He talks about his proposed TikTok ban, the uphill battl...
Ruben Gallego Is Ready to Take On “Queen MAGA” Kari Lake for Kyrsten Sinema’s Seat
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After Kara and Nayeema debrief the latest Elon drama (the Congressional hearings in which conservatives failed to prove they’d been “censored” o...
"Donald Trump Has Made Democrats Great" (Again)
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Biden's State of the Union speech — and the state of the Democratic party — with three of the party's savviest strategists: Bernie Sand...
Conservative or Liberal? This Prosecutor Refuses to Be Put in a Box
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From Donald Trump to George Floyd and Tyre Nichols, the last five years have changed our national conversation about public safety and policing. That’...
The Big Business of Online Dating (Land of the Giants)
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Nayeema sits down with dating industry veteran Lakshmi Rengarajan and journalist Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz before we play you an episode of the podc...
Mark Zuckerberg: Oops!...I Did It Again
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Meta announced Donald Trump would be allowed back on Facebook and Instagram, it wasn’t the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg who made the decisio...
Has the Silicon Valley Bubble Burst? A Conversation w Jessica Lessin & William Cohan
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rapid-fire layoffs, activist investors at the gate and tumbling stock prices — tech has had a bad year. But Kara tells Nayeema she’s seen it all b...
Biden’s Antitrust Advisor Left the White House. Here’s His Exit Interview
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In his first extensive interview since he stepped down as the Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy on the National...
Intelligence Squared: Swisher and Scaramucci Debate If Elon Is Killing Twitter
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're sharing an episode of the podcast Intelligence Squared, which provides a forum for balanced debate where people disagree — but talk abo...
Inside the Prince Harry Book Blitz and What It Means for the Monarchy
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He was King Charles’s Communications Chief for almost a decade. She wrote the book on Charles (literally). Our guests today – Patrick Harverson an...
Ian Bremmer on Putin, Xi…and Elon Musk
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kara and Nayeema are taping from Europe this week, so today we decided to tackle all things international with Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia G...
What’s Next for GOP & Trump – w/Charlie Sykes & Manu Raju
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The dust from last week’s once-in-a-century, marathon voting session in the House has settled, and Kevin McCarthy is finally Speaker of the House —...
Are You “Dying of Politeness”? Geena Davis Explains.
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Geena Davis became a breakout star in Hollywood, with an Oscar under her belt and starring roles in hit films like “A League of Their Own” and “...
Peering into the Future with Tony Fadell
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Less screen time: it’s on everyone’s list of new year’s resolutions — or, at least, it’s on ours! Today, Kara and Nayeema discuss the addict...
Love, Life & Other Advice from Kara and Nayeema
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our final episode of 2022, Kara and Nayeema unabashedly dish out advice and answer questions you sent in (and some you didn’t). They tackle dati...
The Legacy of Steve Jobs
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're sharing Kara’s September 2022 conversation with Tim Cook, Sir Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on the life and legacy of Steve Jobs. It’s on...
Casey Newton, Kara & Nayeema Talk Tech
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the high speed train wreck that is Twitter 2.0, to the extradition of a fallen crypto kingpin and AI that can rewrite your dating profile, there’...
Piers Morgan On Murdoch, Musk and – yes – Meghan Markle
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s more toxic: Tabloids or Twitter? Piers Morgan may know – the outsized personality has been an outsized influence in both spheres for decade...
Fox News, Dominion — oh, and Donald Trump
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s one way to stop misinformation? It might just be a giant defamation lawsuit. This week, media titan Rupert Murdoch was deposed in a $1.6 bill...
Aging, Death and Other Uplifting Topics with Mike Birbiglia
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aging, parenting by mortality and dying alone or kinless: these are just some of the uplifting topics Kara and Nayeema tackle today before our intervi...
A Bad Week for Donald Trump? … And Potentially for Gay Marriage?
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump. Herschel Walker lost the Georgia Senate runoff and a New York jury found the Trump Organization guilty of cri...
The Man Behind "Sex and the City" and "Emily in Paris"
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Love them or hate them, chances are that you’ve watched at least one Darren Star series. Kara once called them the “hottest trash on TV” but for...
Why Twitter’s Former Safety Chief Left Elon Musk
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk's Twitter is a spectacle, and the drama and meaning of the last six months is perhaps best unpacked by Yoel Roth. The company’s former hea...
A Nobel Prize Winner on the “Dark Matter of Biology”
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kara interviews Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, a Stanford University scientist who, along with Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, won the Nobel Prize in Ch...
Into It: A Portrait of Artist as Taylor Swift
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re sharing a special episode of Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders about one of Kara’s favorites: Taylor Swift. What is the me...
Where’s the Line in Comedy? Monty Python’s Eric Idle Has an Idea
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Should anything be off-limits in comedy? Kara and Nayeema discuss this question, and the recent Dave Chappelle SNL monologue, before Kara’s intervie...
Can Chris Licht Turn CNN Around?
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Licht faces an uphill battle at CNN. He got the CEO gig in the midst of a prickly merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery and right after the ...
Elon Musk: Somebody That I Used to Know
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk is a puzzle, but if there’s anyone who can make sense of him it’s Kara Swisher. She’s covered him since the late 90s – back in her e...
How Donald Trump Helped the Democrats
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Kara and Nayeema have a chat about — what else? — Elon Musk’s latest moves, we dive into democracy and the midterms. The results are (most...
How John King Gets Ready for Election Night
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kara is nervous about the elections — and she should be, control of the House and of the Senate is up for grabs, as are 36 governorships. She and Na...
Kara on Elon and John Legend on Kanye (and More!)
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kara and Nayeema kick off this Thursday’s episode with a feisty discussion about Elon Musk’s Twitter and how he’s “kicking the most active use...
Matt Levine on Elon Musk: Chief Twit & “Meme Lord”
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Twitter deal is done, and Elon Musk is now, officially, “Chief Twit.” Bloomberg Opinion columnist and “MoneyStuff” writer, Matt Levine, ha...
Frank Luntz, Rick Wilson and Sarah Longwell on Donald Trump and the Midterms
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Election Day is less than two weeks away, and Republicans are poised for some major midterm gains. So today, Kara talks to three Republican strategist...
Twitter Spaces On: WTF is Happening in the UK and the World
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re sharing a bonus episode of Kara’s Twitter Spaces conversation recorded on Monday night. In the first part of the conversation, Kara t...
The Economy Stinks, and Dr. Doom is Not Hopeful
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nouriel Roubini, a.ka. "Dr. Doom," became famous for predicting the 2008 global financial crisis. Now, he is back with another grim forecast, in his n...
Airbnb’s CEO on Nomadic Life, Loneliness… and Cleaning Fees
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky took the company public, laid off 25% of its staff and navigated worker demands for flexibility – all during ...
Twitter Spaces On: Elon, Elon, Elon … and Trump
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re sharing a bonus episode of Kara’s Twitter Spaces conversation that was taped on Monday night. She’s joined by William Cohan, journa...
The Billionaire Who Took America Online
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kara and Steve Case go back — way back, to the 1990s. She was a young Washington Post reporter covering a new thing called “the Internet” … an...
Will Stacey Abrams (Finally) Win?
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It feels like deja vu. Stacey Abrams is running for governor of Georgia, again … against Brian Kemp, again. The two last faced off in a heated conte...
John Fetterman and Kara Talk Strokes, Recovery & Senate Race
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Senate candidate John Fetterman and Kara share a few things in common. As she puts it: they were both born in Pennsylvan...
Maggie Haberman Makes Sense of Donald Trump
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has said journalist Maggie Haberman is like his “psychiatrist” — a remark she dismisses as a meaningless and failed attempt at flat...
So ... Should We Ban TikTok?
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kara loves air fryer TikToks. But she only dares to scroll through them on a burner phone, as she tells TikTok’s Chief Operating Officer, Vanessa Pa...
Hillary Clinton Lets Loose with Predictions
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Kara’s 5th interview with Hillary Clinton. So what’s changed since their first conversation in 2015? According to Kara, it’s that the fo...
Chris Cuomo’s Comeback
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Swisher is back — and so, it seems, is Chris Cuomo. In an interview that is frank and feisty, Kara presses the former CNN anchor on his uncerem...
Coming Soon: On with Kara Swisher
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s on. Kara Swisher is back, getting to the heart of what makes powerful people tick… by asking the questions that make them squirm. New episode...