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? βSmart people,β says Kara, βlike difficult questions.β
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Techβs 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 relied on β Americans now consume media on devices built by tech companies and platforms owned by those same tech giants, and their algorithms often dictate what media we engage with.Β
To explore, question, and analyze the myriad intersections between the tech and media, Kara is joined by three of the sharpest reporters covering these two worlds. Oliver Darcy is the founder of Status, a new newsletter on beehiiv that covers the media. He's the former senior media reporter at CNN, where he covered the intersection of media, politics, and technology. Charlotte Klein is a features writer and media columnist at New York Magazine, who previously covered media for Vanity Fair. And Joanna Stern is the Wall Street Journalβs senior personal technology columnist, as well as author of the TechThings Newsletter, and she also hosts and produces the TechThings video series.
Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find Kara on Threads/Instagram @karaswisher
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The DNC Afterparty and Whatβs Next for the Harris/Walz Campaign
Monday, August 26, 2024 β’ Duration 01:06:09
Almost 29 million television viewers tuned in to see Vice President Kamala Harrisβs historic nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. But does size matter? And whatβs next after the raucous, A-list celebrity packed, βjoy-filled" DNC for the Harris/Walz campaign? With just 10 weeks left in the campaign, Kara reviews the biggest moments and messages from Chicago with todayβs panel (Politico White House correspondent Eugene Daniels, co-author of Politico Playbook; Noel King, co-host of Voxβs Today Explained; political strategist Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark and founder of Republican Voters Against Trump; and V Spehar, independent journalist and host of the TikTok account, Under the Desk News) and discusses strengths and vulnerabilities coming out of the conventions for both campaigns. Plus: how RFK Jr.βs Trump endorsement will likely play out in key swing states. Note: This episode was taped on Friday, Aug 23rd, 2024.
Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find Kara on Threads/Instagram @karaswisher
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Whoβs Behind the Harris Campaign Donation Tsunami?
Thursday, July 25, 2024 β’ Duration 56:01
How did Vice President Kamala Harris raise a historic $126 million in just over 48 hours for her 2024 presidential run? The Harris campaign says 1.4 million voters and key constituencies chipped in after President Biden pulled out of the race, but maybe even more important: Harris has long-standing ties to tech titans in Silicon Valley and influential celebrities in Hollywood. On todayβs show, Kara discusses the BIG money behind the blue flood with two top campaign finance reporters, Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer and Teddy Schleifer from The New York Times. They also discuss how Harrisβs haul compares with the pledges to former President Trump from Elon Musk and his cohort. Plus: will a complaint from Trumpβs campaign keep Harris from accessing the $96 million left in the Biden/Harris war chest?
Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find Kara on Threads/Instagram @karaswisher
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The Walter Isaacson-Kara Swisher Showdown
Monday, September 18, 2023 β’ Duration 01:26:06
Walter Isaacson and Kara are friends β but that doesnβt mean sheβs going to go easy on him as they discuss Isaacsonβs new hit biography: Elon Musk,Β which is causing much consternation among readers and reviewers. Kara pushes Walter on whether the book equivocates or excuses too much of Elonβs bad behavior. And Walter, well, he pushes back.
Questions or comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on social media. Weβre on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemarazaΒ
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How Twitter Took Alex Edelman to IRL White Supremacists
Thursday, September 14, 2023 β’ Duration 51:15
A Jewish comedian walks into an apartment in Queens to meet a group of white supremacists β¦ This isnβt the setup to a bad joke βΒ itβs the inciting incident in Alex Edelmanβs hit one-man show, βJust For Us,β which recently wrapped a nine-week run on Broadway.Β
We talk to Edelman about the value of entering rooms with people you vehemently disagree with, Elon Muskβs threat to sue the ADL, and whether there should be any uncrossable lines in comedy.
Questions or comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on social media. Weβre on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemarazaΒ
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Conan O'Brien Talks to His Accountant
Monday, September 11, 2023 β’ Duration 59:00
Late-night legend and podcasting impresario Conan OβBrien joins Kara to talk about the decline of late night, the writersβ strike, his $150 million deal with SiriusXM and his new HBO Max show, Conan OβBrien Must Go. They also trade notes on interviewing and β¦ accounting.
Questions or comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on social media. Weβre on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr
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What Naomi Klein Found Down the Steve Bannon Rabbit Hole
Thursday, September 7, 2023 β’ Duration 59:45
For years, Naomi Klein has had a problem: the author and Guardian columnist has been chronically confused with Naomi Wolf, a conspiracy theorist and favorite guest of Steve Bannonβs podcast. This is the premise of Kleinβs new book, Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World, where she investigates how her dark twin fell down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole β and what that tells us about the lure of conspiratorial thinking and its dangerous use as a political strategy. Today, we talk to Klein about her journey deep into Steve Bannonβs podcast archive, anti-vaxx groups online, and more realms of what she calls βThe Mirror World.βΒ
You can find Kara and Nayeema on Instagram/Threads @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza and Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.Β
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Elon Musk: Somebody That I Used to Know
Monday, September 4, 2023 β’ Duration 01:04:46
This Labor Day, we are re airing a fan-favorite episode about, who else, Elon Musk and Kara Swisher. Nayeema interviews Kara β whoβs covered Musk since the late 90s. Weβll unpack how Elon became Elon, why Kara came to believe he was one of the greatest visionaries in Silicon Valley, when exactly she soured on him β and why she still holds out some hope. If youβre not sick of Elon by the end of this episode, you may also want to listen to our conversations with Elon biographer Walter Isaacson, former Twitter employee Yoel Roth and journalists Bill Cohan and Ronan Farrow.Β
You can find Kara and Nayeema on Instagram/Threads @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza.
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Barry Diller on Biden, AI and the Hollywood Shutdown
Thursday, August 31, 2023 β’ Duration 01:10:53
Billionaire mogul and power broker Barry Diller doesnβt hold back (at all) as he takes us inside Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. The legendary executive breaks down why Biden isnβt his βfave,β how we can save the news business and βthe republicβ from AI, and how the βevil geniusβ of Netflix factors into the ongoing WGA and SAG strikes. That, and more, in what Kara and Nayeema dub βthe Mediterranean βratf*ckβ episode.βΒ
Questions or comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on social media. Weβre on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza
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WTF Can We Do About Deadly Wildfires?
Monday, August 28, 2023 β’ Duration 53:56
From the tragedy in Hawaii β which has left at least 115 dead, and over a thousand more missing, making it the deadliest blaze in the last century of US history β to recent fires in Canada, California, Indonesia and Brazil, the world seems to be engulfed in a megafire crisis fueled by climate change. We bring on a panel of practitioners to discuss whatβs behind these megafires, and how we can work to mitigate the crisis. Matt Weiner is the CEO of the nonprofit Megafire Action, with a background in policymaking; Lenya Quinn-Davidson is Director of University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Fire Network; and Chad Hanson is the Director of the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute, a research and advocacy organization focused on federal public forestlands.Β
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