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Sunday Pick: Kara Swisher | Design Matters

22 Jun 2025

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Tech journalist, opinion leader, and disruptor—Kara Swisher has hosted hundreds of newsmaking interviews tracking tech and media's changing power dynamics, often going head-to-head with the most prominent figures in the technology industry. She joins a live studio audience to talk about her inimitable career covering the ever-evolving world of technology.For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch.Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links:TEDNext: ted.com/futureyouTEDSports: ted.com/sportsTEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-viennaTEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7.085 - 16.295 Elise Hu

Hey, TED Talks Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hu. Today, we have another Sunday Pick episode where we share another podcast from the TED Audio Collective handpicked by us for you.

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16.916 - 31.371 Elise Hu

Tech journalist, opinion leader, and podcast host Kara Swisher has hosted hundreds and hundreds of news-making interviews tracking tech and media's changing power, often going head-to-head with the most prominent figures in the tech industry.

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31.351 - 55.097 Elise Hu

In this episode of Design Matters, hosted by Debbie Millman and with a special appearance from writer Roxanne Gay, Cara sits down in front of a live audience to talk about her wide-ranging career covering the fast-evolving world of technology and politics. You can find episodes of Design Matters wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about the TED Audio Collective at audiocollective.ted.com.

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61.793 - 70.727 Kara Swisher

I actually still have sperm left. I got pregnant on the first pregnancy and my ex-wife got pregnant, so I have a lot of sperm left. It's excellent sperm.

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74.173 - 97.95 Design Matters (show intro) / Debbie Millman (voiceover)

From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman. For 18 years, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other creative people about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on. On this episode, Kara Swisher talks about her career in journalism covering tech moguls and about her sperm.

97.97 - 104.423 Kara Swisher

I bought it for cheap and now I can sell it. It was very inexpensive way back when because no lesbians were having children.

113.009 - 128.571 Design Matters (show intro) / Debbie Millman (voiceover)

This interview of Kara Swisher is part of the Design Matters Live Tour presented in Washington, D.C. on September 20th, 2023 by OnAir. Debbie was joined on stage to conduct the interview by Roxanne Gay, who introduced Kara Swisher.

129.884 - 147.015 Roxane Gay

Kara Swisher is truly a woman with her finger on the pulse of all things tech. She has written for countless publications, including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, but now she hosts the podcast On with Kara Swisher, and she co-hosts Pivot with Scott Galloway.

146.995 - 164.711 Roxane Gay

With inimitable style, she covers breaking news, opines on technology companies and the mercurial people who lead them, and is always, always ahead of the curve. Tonight, she joins Debbie Millman and I on this live episode of Design Matters. Cara, welcome to Design Matters Live.

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