Despite a recent uptick, President Biden’s approval rating and his poll numbers against Donald Trump are far from stellar. And... more

Is Gen Z’s mental health in decline because their “phone-based childhood” has flooded them with anxiety and ruined their sleep?... more

Yahoo, the one-time "oracle of the internet", has had many iterations in its 30 year history - and private equity... more

“Flood the zone with shit.” It’s a zinger and a strategic imperative, from the oh-so-eloquent Steve Bannon, being expertly executed by Donald... more

There are a lot of Trump/Hitler comparisons being thrown around these days. So we went to the source, as chronicled... more

Joan Nathan, the “doyenne of Jewish-American food” and a pillar of the DC dinner party scene, joins us to talk... more

Author Geraldine DeRuiter a.k.a. The Everywhereist joins Kara to talk about her new book If You Can’t Take the Heat:... more

Kara sits down with Brené Brown, researcher, author, and vulnerability expert, in this edition of the Burn Book book tour.... more

The effort to ban TikTok in the US is back in the spotlight as a new bill has passed through... more

Reddit has been around for 19 years, but today the social media platform goes public and starts a new chapter. Its listing on the... more

For the past decade, the European Commission has taken on Big Tech under the leadership of Executive Vice President Margrethe... more

We're continuing book tour week in this bonus episode of “On.” Kara takes the SXSW stage with Mark Cuban, the... more

We continue Kara's tour of her memoir Burn Book: a Tech Love Story as she gets candid with Netflix co-CEO... more

This week, we join Kara on tour as she speaks with some of the most influential names in tech about... more

In high school, Reed Jobs was a summer intern in oncology labs while his dad, the late Apple co-founder and... more

Tomorrow is Super Tuesday - the nation's biggest primary vote - and hundreds of delegates are up for grabs. But... more

This week marks the release of Kara’s memoir, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story and the launch of her national... more

Renowned litigator Roberta (Robbie) Kaplan says she’s a born fighter. In January she won one of those fights when a... more

Actor Paul Giamatti seems to have perfected the hyper-articulate, slightly depressed curmudgeon – and this year, it might land him... more

Today, we’re replaying a conversation that Kara taped last spring with none other than Brooke Shields. Shields became a teenage... more

Writer and director Cord Jefferson’s first feature film, American Fiction, has been nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture and... more

More than 35 years after its release, Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut album – and the single Fast Car – hit... more

Rahm Emanuel is the ultimate political insider: He’s worked closely with three presidents, he’s been mayor of the nation’s third... more

Kara got a sneak peek of the Apple Vision Pro, and sat down before the official launch with tech reporters... more

Today, our guest is acclaimed director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay, known for the Oscar-nominated films “Selma” and “13th.” Her latest... more

How does someone with more than five decades of political reporting under her belt assess the current state of the... more

As Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro successfully defended the state election process in 2020 against suits brought by former President... more

Donald Trump is an American figure decades in the making. That’s the argument historian and professor Heather Cox Richardson makes in... more

From therapeutic-assisted MDMA to decriminalized psilocybin and microdosing, movements to legalize psychedelics are everywhere. California-based Joe Green is a prominent... more

Before the OpenAI Drama which pit AI enthusiasts (accelerationists) against doomers (decelerationists) we had a conversation with Stanford computer scientist... more

Trump’s back. Today, we go to a panel of experts to discuss his 2024 legal woes, dangerously escalating rhetoric, and... more

Four years after the start of the global pandemic, COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, but in the... more

Kara and Nayeema look forward to the characters and moments that may define 2024 by looking back at the coverage... more

On is off for the holidays, so today we have an episode of friend-of-the-pod Preet Bharara's podcast Stay Tuned with... more

Randy Rainbow is a four-time Emmy and Grammy-nominated musical comedy sensation famous for his viral taunts of anti-LGBTQ+ politicians, hateful... more

Are world hunger, pandemics and climate change “fixable” – or is mitigating their impacts the best we can hope for?... more

Tim Alberta is a fantastic reporter whose profiles of 2024 hopeful Nikki Haley and former CNN boss Chris Licht proved... more

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper details the threats and dangers we face. On the agenda: hot wars in the... more

Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney is on a mission to defeat Donald Trump - and says she’ll do “whatever it... more

Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin is on a mission to raise the alarm bell on the Chinese Communist Party and... more

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is no stranger to controversy. But the battle she’s picked these days, which has pit her... more

Who gets to compete as a woman? And who decides whether someone is “woman enough”? When it comes to South... more

In the swirl of drama around Sam Altman’s exit from OpenAI, one company seems to be the winner: Microsoft. It... more

Why did Fox News knowingly air unhinged conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic and then fire Tucker Carlson,... more

Dan Doctoroff had a storied career as Deputy Mayor of New York City during the first two Bloomberg administrations. In... more

Are tech bros successful because of some innate talent, or could any of us be like them? Organizational psychologist and... more

After three incredibly chaotic weeks, the House Republican Conference elected a relatively unknown (and startlingly retrograde) Louisiana congressman, Mike Johnson,... more

Today we’re playing you an episode of Land of the Giants that takes a walk down memory lane to the... more

What does a dramatic narrative nonfiction account of a dramatic tech CEO look like? To find out, we turn to... more

Uber: hard to live with it, or without it. In this episode Kara grills CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the company’s... more

Democracy is challenged, at home and abroad, and at least some of this blame falls on “Big Tech.” Kara talks... more

Social media has been inundated with disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war — from a flood of graphic visual content, to... more

In the fog of war, we’re joined by CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour. She’s covered the Middle East for... more

What are the most immediate, and potentially catastrophic, risks posed by AI? According to pioneering AI researcher, Dr. Fei-Fei Li,... more

In a time of a divided House (and divided GOP) — not to mention polarized social media — how can... more

Today we’re replaying you a summer episode where Kara and Nayeema took a field trip to Martha Stewart’s 156-acre estate... more

After Kara and Nayeema discuss the defenestration of Kevin McCarthy, we turn to podcaster and political savant Jon Lovett of... more

After Kara and Nayeema discuss Dianne Feinstein’s death and her legacy as a leader, we turn to Kara's interview with... more

On Wednesday, two Twitter-related interviews rocked the stage at the 2023 Code Conference. Kara interviewed the former head of trust... more

Sheila Johnson is best known for co-founding BET, a network she launched with her ex-husband, Bob Johnson, and which they... more

Biden’s poll numbers are atrocious, and in recent columns from The Washington Post to The New York Times and The... more

Walter Isaacson and Kara are friends — but that doesn’t mean she’s going to go easy on him as they... more

A Jewish comedian walks into an apartment in Queens to meet a group of white supremacists … This isn’t the... more

Late-night legend and podcasting impresario Conan O’Brien joins Kara to talk about the decline of late night, the writers’ strike,... more

For years, Naomi Klein has had a problem: the author and Guardian columnist has been chronically confused with Naomi Wolf,... more

This Labor Day, we are re airing a fan-favorite episode about, who else, Elon Musk and Kara Swisher. Nayeema interviews... more

Billionaire mogul and power broker Barry Diller doesn’t hold back (at all) as he takes us inside Washington, Silicon Valley... more

From the tragedy in Hawaii — which has left at least 115 dead, and over a thousand more missing, making... more

We’re talking about Elon – again – but this time we're looking at the big picture: the tech titan’s “unprecedented... more

Today after Kara and Nayeema take a quick walk down Rudy Giuliani memory lane, we turn to our guest: Imani... more

Kara and Nayeema are back with a fresh episode, and this time they’re tackling the DOJ’s antitrust efforts. Our guests... more

Today, we’re sharing an episode of Where Should We Begin?, a Vox Media podcast hosted by the iconic psychotherapist Esther... more

Today, we’re re-airing one of Blakeney Schick’s favorite episodes: an interview with her former yoga student, comedian and writer, Mike... more

Kara & Nayeema are joined by Esther Perel in a tribute to our colleague and friend, senior producer Blakeney Schick,... more

Today, we turn to Chris Christie. The former governor of New Jersey and Trump sidekick is running to be president... more

After Kara and Nayeema discuss Senators Warren and Graham’s unlikely alliance on tech regulation, we turn to today’s guest: longtime... more

Hollywood is still shut down by its historic dual strike, but this weekend the industry saw its most explosive box... more

This May, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art invited Kara to deliver its commencement address. Today,... more

Today, a conversation with one of the most impassioned leaders of Hollywood’s historic double strike: Fran Drescher, star of The... more

Hollywood may be shut down, but one industry seems to be enjoying a surprising upswing: crypto. Kara interviewed Ripple co-founder... more

Fox News and social media are two arenas that will define the next presidential race. Today, after Kara and Nayeema... more

When political spectacles abound, how can the media focus on the substance and avoid the clickbait? And is there a... more

After a quick rundown of the summer’s hottest films, Nayeema and Kara turn to our guest today: acclaimed (and controversial)... more

After a review of the last 6 months of “Meta” a.k.a. Facebook (including a looming Elon-Zuck cage fight and the... more

After Kara and Nayeema debate the future of Hollywood (including the ongoing WGA strike and the soon expiring deal between... more

Wanda Sykes can find the funny in almost anything: lockdown during Covid, vaccine hesitancy, book bans. They all come up... more

Kara and Nayeema take a field trip to Martha Stewart’s 156-acre estate for an interview with the media mogul and... more

This Juneteenth, we’re sharing an episode of The Weeds, a Vox Media podcast where host Jonquilyn Hill breaks down the... more

After Kara and Nayeema debate the pros and cons of AI personal assistants vs. human personal assistants vs. fake personal... more

Donald Trump signed the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency into existence in 2018 with the mandate to protect America’s infrastructure... more

After Kara and Nayeema discuss recent moves at CNN and the ducking cool innovation at Apple, we launch into part... more

Tesla’s self-driving ambitions (and the company’s recent recall) may dominate the conversation when it comes to autonomous driving, but they’re... more

After Kara and Nayeema discuss the Succession finale and their theories on a spin-off, we turn to Kara’s interviews with... more

Today, Kara talks to USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Information Mykhailo Fedorov about... more

After Kara and Nayeema review the week’s A.I. news, including Sam Altman’s Senate testimony and the viral AI-generated image of... more

After an update on efforts to rein in TikTok from Montana to Washington DC, we turn to Lilly Singh, a... more

Twitter rose to prominence as a global public square that helped enable the Arab Spring, but Elon Musk has changed... more

After a discussion about Elon and the new “Chief Twit,” Linda Yaccarino, we turn to a woman who has refused... more

From the verdict in Trump’s sexual assault case to the Santos indictment and the Supreme Court saga, scandal is rife... more

Relationships are hard. When do you know it’s time to marry? When do you know it’s time to break up?... more

After a look inside a writers' strike that could upend Hollywood, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest: writer and... more

The Snap CEO talks about the challenges facing the company’s AI chatbot, how augmented reality glasses could change how we... more

It’s looking like 2024 will be another round of Biden vs. Trump. But will the sequel end in the same... more

To make sense of a turbulent and important week in media, we turn to Ben Smith who was the founding... more

We turn to economist and former Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, to help us make sense of inflation, Silicon Valley Bank... more

After a quick rundown of how the 2024 presidential race may shape up, we turn to today’s guest: Jen Psaki,... more

Last week, Elon kicked off a feud with both Substack and his very own former Twitter Files ingénue (and Substack... more

Today, after Kara and Nayeema discuss what the Dominion defamation lawsuit might mean for Rupert Murdoch and News Corp, we... more

WeightWatchers recently announced a $132 million deal to acquire telehealth company Sequence and enter the prescription drug space (think: GLP-1... more

After a brief discussion about the impact of social media on the mental health of teenage girls, Kara and Nayeema... more

As she pens her memoir, Kara’s been thinking about legacy, but on this episode we reflect on the legacy of... more

After a quick discussion of last week’s TikTok testimony, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest: Congresswoman Katie Porter. The... more

Lawrence Wright has produced some of the most seminal pieces of journalism on scientology, terrorism and – now – the... more

We’re on the cusp of an artificial intelligence arms race that has venture capitalists drooling, regulators petrified and competitors from... more

From AI and the recent launch of GPT-4 to behind-the-scenes pressure on Washington to resolve the Silicon Valley Bank crisis,... more

After a quick rundown of Kara’s Twitter feud with SVB-enthusiast David Sacks, we turn to an interview with a former... more

Does Kara ever get sick of talking about Elon Musk? That’s a question Nayeema asks today, and they both agree:... more

Today, Kara sits down with Jamie Lee Curtis, who’s nominated for her first Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”,... more

Kara has interviewed Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff many times but he says she'd never been as prepared to... more

Is AI going to fall in love with you? Write your term papers? Or help you plan a trip to... more