On with Kara Swisher
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? “Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.”Mondays and Thursdays from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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From The Office to SNAFU: Ed Helms on History, Politics & Comedy
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Judith Butler on Why Gender Is in Trump’s Crosshairs
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Trump, Immigration & the Erosion of Due Process
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Why Melinda French Gates is Betting On Women in Politics, Business and Tech
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Trump's Tariffs: Chaos, Confusion & Consequences
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The Daily Show’s Josh Johnson Can Make Even A Recession Funny
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The Onion’s Owner on Satire, Infowars, Defending Democracy & Trump
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Trump’s Attacks on the Press and on Freedom of Expression
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Michelle Buteau on Comedy, Community and Calling Out Dave Chappelle
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Graydon Carter on Vanity Fair, Editing & a Short-Fingered Vulgarian Named Trump
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Fired Up: FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter Say They’ll Figh...
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Is America Ready for a Full-Blown Cyberwar? with Nicole Perlroth, Michael Schmid...
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Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson: Less Obstruction, More Government
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Chelsea Handler on Men, Trump & Money (+ Excellent Parenting Advice)
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How Sen. Elizabeth Warren Is 'Fighting Like Hell' Against Trump, Musk & Big Tech...
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Geraldine Brooks On the Art of Grieving and Spanning the Political Divide
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Can Kara Save The Washington Post From Jeff Bezos?
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How Trump's Policies Will Shape the Stock Market with Aswath Damodaran
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Comedian Ronny Chieng on Political Satire, Trolling Algorithms and Cerebral Dick...
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Rahm Emanuel’s Tough Love Intervention for the Democratic Party
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Oren Cass, Paul Krugman & Mariana Mazzucato on Trumponomics
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Unchecked and Unbalanced: Trump’s Executive Power Moves and the Rule of Law
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Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo on Defying Gravity, the Attack on Diversity and (Maybe) G...
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Dissecting Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover with Anne Applebaum, Eoin Higgins & Ryan...
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Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Hi...
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Trump’s J6 Pardons, the Militia Movement, and the Border
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Social Media’s Original Gatekeepers On Moderation’s Rise And Fall
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From Trump to TikTok: Chris Hayes on the Rise of Attention Capitalism
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On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigrat...
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Put Your Phone Away: Yondr CEO on the Philosophy Behind Phone-Free Spaces
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Laverne Cox on Meta, Conservatives and The Battle For Trans Rights
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Regulating Tech, Antitrust, Trump’s Picks & More
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Trump Whisperer Maggie Haberman On Trump 2.0
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AI Ethics and Safety — a Contradiction in Terms?
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Samantha Bee on Being 'Democrat-Celibate' (from 'The Assignment with Audie Corni...
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Sarah Silverman on Being Wrong – and Treating Trolls with Kindness (from ReThink...
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The Best (and Most Overrated) Books of 2024
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Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Makes the Case for Open Source
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RFK Jr., Vaccines, Bird Flu & Health Under Trump 2.0
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Chef Matty Matheson of ‘The Bear’ on Culinary Stardom, On and Off The Screen
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Rep. Ro Khanna on Tech, Trump & Elon
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Marc Benioff on Elon, AI Agents, and the “DOGE”
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Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud Says Free Is the Future of Streaming
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Did a Chatbot Cause Her Son’s Death? Megan Garcia v. Character.AI & Google
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Nathan Myhrvold: Tech’s Renaissance Man
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Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Billie Jean King
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Leaving X? Where Next? On Bluesky, Threads and the “Fediverse”
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Charlamagne tha God on Trump, Journalism and that Anti-Trans Ad
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Jon Chu on Wicked, Silicon Valley, and Defying Hollywood’s Gravity
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Ta-Nehisi Coates On Trump, Palestine and Journalism as a “Contact Sport”
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