Ed Helms is best known for playing Andy Bernard in The Office and Stu in The Hangover trilogy. But the... more

Philosopher and critical theorist Judith Butler, Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at UC Berkeley, has been at the forefront... more

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has led to a series of legal skirmishes with major constitutional implications. To unpack it... more

Melinda French Gates is a businesswoman and philanthropist, as well as an advocate for women and girls both in the... more

President Trump's chaotic rollout and partial rollback of tariffs has roiled financial markets and confused many allies, both domestically and... more

Emmy-nominated writer, stand-up comic and actor Josh Johnson may be the most prolific comedian on the internet right now. You... more

Last year, after pressure from activist investors, Jeff Lawson stepped down from his perch as CEO from Twilio, the cloud... more

President Donald Trump has always bashed the press. But his attacks are no longer just rhetorical — he’s using lawsuits... more

Comedian Michelle Buteau is a true mutli-hyphenate — actor, standup comic, TV host, podcaster, and executive producer — and she... more

Graydon Carter is the co-founder of Spy Magazine and Air Mail, and for 25 years, he was the editor of... more

President Trump fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, the two Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission, last week, sending... more

Everything, everywhere, all at once — but not the movie. This is how cybersecurity experts describe a scenario where a foreign... more

Scarcity is a policy choice — one liberals need to reject and replace with abundance, according to journalists Ezra Klein... more

From spiking her childhood lemonade stand drinks with vodka to launching Netflix's first talk show, Chelsea Handler has always had... more

How is Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) pushing back against the Trump/Musk “co-presidents” wreaking havoc in Washington? Speaking to Kara at SXSW,... more

On May 27, 2019, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best-selling author (and Kara’s friend) Tony Horwitz was on book tour for his... more

For months, Kara has been assembling a group of investors to buy The Washington Post. Although it's not actually for... more

For years, Wall Street veterans have been saying that a market correction is around the corner, and last week's jitters... more

Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor Ronny Chieng is a self-described grumpy Malaysian who get to tell it like it is... more

After a three-year stint in Japan, Ambassador Rahm Emanuel is back in the States. And now that he's freed from... more

Last week, President Trump signed a memorandum calling for reciprocal tariffs on countries that charge fees on US exports and... more

In just a few weeks, President Trump has flooded the zone with executive orders, which have been met with dozens... more

Is it strange that Wicked, a film about a marginalized person discovering her magic and rising up to fight against... more

Elon Musk and a band of young DOGE engineers are taking control of key government infrastructure. The scale and speed... more

Ben Stiller knew he needed to make Severance the moment he read an early version of the show in a... more

President Trump’s executive action granting clemency to all of the January 6th insurrectionists – violent and non-violent alike – has... more

Since the inception of social media, content moderation has been hotly debated by CEOs, politicians, and, of course, among the... more

Attention is our world’s most endangered resource — and whoever commands it, commands power. That’s the thesis of Chris Hayes’s... more

President Donald Trump has vowed to tackle immigration on “day one,” and that includes promising to close the southern border... more

They’re incredible pieces of technology, they’re unbelievably useful, and we feel lost without them. Nonetheless, smartphones have become the bane... more

Transgender kids and adults have become a political punching bag for conservatives — but Laverne Cox is stepping into the... more

Senator Amy Klobuchar has been legislating on Capitol Hill for 18 years. She recently won reelection and is now the... more

After MAGA rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, many people thought Donald Trump's days as a political... more

We’re kicking off the year with a deep-dive into AI ethics and safety with three AI experts: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury,... more

Samantha Bee is a comedian, author and former late-night host who hosts the podcast Choice Words with Samantha Bee and... more

Happy Holidays! We have a special episode from our friend Adam Grant and the folks at the TED Audio Collective. Sarah... more

Which subpar books actually warrant writing a bad review? Do best sellers usually live up to the hype? And how... more

Kara sits down for a live interview with Yann LeCun, an “early AI prophet” and the brains behind the largest... more

RFK Jr. was on the Hill, on Monday, working to persuade senators he’s capable of running the Department of Health and... more

Canadian chef Matty Matheson has been a force in the culinary world for over two decades, but the non-foodies of... more

Representative Ro Khanna represents the wealthiest congressional district in the country, but he wants to show Democrats how to speak... more

How will AI agents change the economy and the workforce — and are Americans ready? Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has... more

How does an ad-based streamer compete with subscription-based models like Netflix, Hulu, Max, and all the rest? By charging nothing.... more

What if the worst fears around AI come true? For Megan Garcia, that’s already happened. In February, after spending months... more

Nathan Myhrvold likes to challenge conventional wisdom. When the founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures (and former Chief Technology Officer... more

Happy Thanksgiving, On listeners — today, we’re featuring a special episode of Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, one of... more

Elon Musk’s social media platform X lost more than 280,000 global users the day after the US presidential election. Meanwhile,... more

Lenard McKelvey is a best-selling author, entrepreneur and media mogul, but you probably know him as Charlamagne Tha God: host... more

Jon Chu grew up in Silicon Valley, in the shadow of Apple Park. His father, Chef Chu, still runs his... more

What role will writers play as we head into a second Trump term? Author, journalist and Howard University professor Ta-Nehisi... more

What does a second Trump presidency mean for America? Kara hosts a panel of experts and reporters to reflect on... more

President-elect Donald J. Trump has won a resounding victory against Vice President Kamala Harris, and now, the man who promised... more

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, isn’t on the ballot for the 2024 U.S. election, but he might... more

Lying has always been a part of politics, but in recent years, political lies have come to dominate our elections... more

Reid Hoffman isn’t just one of the most influential entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley — he’s also one of... more

Has late-night TV passed its peak? Ticket sales for live comedy shows are booming and there’s no shortage of streaming... more

“Digital machines are not just remaking stories, they're remaking us.” So says Oscar-winning actor Robert Downey Jr. as the titular... more

What do cybersecurity experts, journalists in foreign conflicts, indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Drake have in common?... more

Why, despite being the most advanced species on the planet, does it feel like humanity is teetering on the brink... more

After more than five decades in broadcasting, Chris Wallace has won almost every award in journalism, including three Emmy Awards,... more

How did a Ukrainian-born hustler help former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on then-candidate... more

Will AI “agents” soon be personalized teachers, doctors, companions and even check items off your to-do list on their own?... more

Bill Gates needs no introduction. The co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda... more

Pete Buttigieg burst onto the political scene in 2019, and his rapid ascent into a legitimate presidential contender was one... more

For years, former President Donald Trump has railed against law enforcement officials who have sought to hold him accountable. In... more

Kara interviews renowned economist, author, former Labor Secretary, and social media star, Robert Reich. The 78-year old professor of economics... more

Former First Lady/Senator/Madam Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton is in a political league of her own. But the “housewife from Chappaqua”... more

Last week, the Department of Justice announced major indictments alleging that, among other things, the Kremlin was paying right-wing influencers,... more

CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash has been having one hell of a summer. She co-moderated the June debate that... more

How much screen time is OK for a two year old? What is the right age for kids to get... more

On with Kara Swisher is off for the Labor Day holiday, and we’re sharing an episode of friend-of-the-pod Preet Bharara's... more

Tech’s tentacles are wrapped around almost every segment of the media industry. They haven't just choked off a large part... more

Almost 29 million television viewers tuned in to see Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic... more

David Axelrod was one of the first prominent Democrats to suggest that President Biden should withdraw from the race. The... more

The Democratic National Convention gets underway this week with party stars, social media influencers and Republican Never Trumpers flocking to... more

Renée DiResta is one the world’s leading experts on online disinformation and propaganda and the author of the new book,... more

Desi Lydic has been a Senior Correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for nearly a decade. Earlier this year,... more

Roxane Gay is a writer, editor, podcaster, and culture critic. She has published a dozen books, including the seminal essay... more

In almost four decades as an elected official, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is arguably the most powerful woman in American politics... more

At first blush, the successful, suburban moms in Southlake, Texas who helped kick off the anti-CRT/anti-DEI movement animating school board... more

From the Senate, to the VP Residence to the Oval: Former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain has been... more

How did Vice President Kamala Harris raise a historic $126 million in just over 48 hours for her 2024 presidential... more

Audie Cornish, Franklin Foer, Ashley Parker, and Alex Thompson join Kara for a special bonus episode about the recent historic... more

Musician, producer and EGOT-winner John Legend and model, TV personality and cookbook author Chrissy Teigan are not just a celebrity... more

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t afraid to go after powerful interests. In mid-June, he published an op-ed in The New... more

As unlikely as it may seem, until this episode was recorded, Kara Swisher and Rachel Maddow had never met. The... more

Gretchen Whitmer might be one of the most down-to-earth politicians in America — the governor from Michigan began her conversation... more

The Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed 75 years ago to protect Europe and North America against Russian aggression –... more

Trump’s historic felony conviction, a SCOTUS ruling in favor of presidential immunity, and a dumpster fire Biden vs. Trump debate:... more

Hands with six fingers, mouths with dozens of teeth, hairlines and limbs out of whack: We’ve all seen eye-roll worthy... more

The 2024 race is ON and the gloves are coming off: President Biden and former President Donald Trump will go... more

Actor and Director Griffin Dunne grew up surrounded by Hollywood fame and celebrity — his father was a TV producer,... more

Late spring/early summer is always a busy time for the Supreme Court, but this year, it’s not just the controversial decisions... more

Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and Veep’s Selina Meyer. But in recent years, Louis-Dreyfus... more

Kara takes the stage with Laurene Powell Jobs at Sixth & I in Washington D.C. to talk about Kara’s recent... more

Kara interviews Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, and one of the most powerful people in tech. Murati has... more

Abortion will be a key issue in the election this fall and it's also the focus of two Supreme Court... more

Kara sits down to talk with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The social media-savvy congresswoman from the Bronx is a member of... more

Broad City co-creator Ilana Glazer’s new friendship flick Babes is a no-holds-barred comedy about pregnancy, parenthood and the losses that... more

When it comes to political comedy, Bill Maher is practically an institution — he’s been hosting a late-night political talk... more

Today, we’re sharing Kara’s recent appearance on Possible, a podcast hosted by Aria Finger and Reid Hoffman from Wonder Media... more

Tesla is bleeding execs, and it appears to be reaching a crisis point; over at Twitter/X, new reporting shows that... more

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has been reporting on protests, wars and conflicts for more than 40 years, and... more

David Ignatius, a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and the author of twelve novels, is also a noted... more

To savvy tech consumers, Walt Mossberg and Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, need no introduction. Before he retired in 2017, Walt... more

Author Anne Lamott has penned novels, but is most famous for her confessional memoirs about sobriety, raising her son as... more

Thirty-one years after founding Chipotle, Steve Ells is back with what he hopes will be another fast-casual dining revolution: the... more

In her latest play, Sally & Tom, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks tackles what is, arguably, one of the most... more

When Kara first met Senator Maria Cantwell in the 90s, she was a tech executive at an early player in... more

Kara discusses the “pacing threat” that is China – from TikTok to cyberattacks to semiconductors and Taiwan – with two... more

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

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