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.
Latest episodes
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56 min
Reed Hastings on Hollywood’s Future, Netflix’s Shakeup and Knowing When to Leave
After nearly 30 years building Netflix – from its humble beginnings as a DVD-by-mail outfit to a streaming service powerhouse – co-founder and former chairman Reed Hastings fully w…
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1 h 09
From ‘Trump Curious’ to ‘Trump Furious’: Inside the Midterm Odds
With just under two weeks until the midterms, Democrats have reason for cautious optimism. Analysts at the Cook Political Report project the party could flip the House. The Senate,…
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1 h 03
High Stakes with HRC: The Accountability Episode
Welcome back to High Stakes, a limited series from Kara Swisher and cohost Hillary Clinton. Ten years after Hillary called Trump Putin’s “puppet” on the debate stage, the label is…
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1 h 14
Patchett, Kingsolver & Lee on the Art—and Uncertainty—of Being a Modern Novelist
For literary fiction fans, 2026 has been a banner year, with new novels from award-winning American authors Barbara Kingsolver (“Partitia”), Min Jin Lee (“American Hagwon”), and An…
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56 min
Keri Russell on ‘The Diplomat,’ Powerful Women, and Loving the Mess
Keri Russell never dreamed of becoming an actor. But she’s built an impressive career playing nuanced and complex women in critically acclaimed series like “Felicity,” “The America…
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56 min
High Stakes with HRC: The Affordability Episode
The midterms are approaching, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Welcome to High Stakes, a limited series from Kara Swisher and the former Secretary of State herself: Hillary Clint…
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1 h 01
Aaron Sorkin and Jeremy Strong on Zuckerberg’s Power and Facebook’s “Reckoning”
Sixteen years after “The Social Network,” Aaron Sorkin is back with “The Social Reckoning,” a new film he wrote and directed. It focuses on whistleblower Frances Haugen, a data sci…
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1 h 17
Inside 'Musk': Power, Family and the Making of a Tech Demagogue
In his new documentary, "Musk," filmmaker Alex Gibney set out to answer two big questions about the world’s first trillionaire: How has Elon Musk assumed so much power, and why hav…
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1 h 00
Ari Emanuel on his New Memoir, ‘Ragent’ Reputation, and Changing Hollywood
Ari Emanuel built a name for himself in Hollywood as a firebrand agent filled with rage. In his new memoir, “Roll the Calls,” he reflects on how that rage shaped his career and arg…
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1 h 00
Andy Cohen Built the Bravoverse. He Still Thinks Like a Producer.
Kara sits down with Bravo network icon Andy Cohen, the host and executive producer of Watch What Happens Live and executive producer of the Real Housewives franchise. He takes Kara…
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1 h 03
Sir Michael Moritz on ‘Auslander,’ Identity and Life as an Outsider
As a longtime partner and former chairman of the legendary Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia, Sir Michael Moritz had a direct hand in building the modern internet. His ea…
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53 min
Sherry Turkle Doesn't Buy the Promise of a Perfect Machine
Our relationship with the digital world is more intimate than ever before – and in her new book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, pioneering tech resear…
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1 h 01
AI Agents Went Rogue. Should We Hit the Panic Button?
Are the people building AI going to kill us all? That's the question sparking debate across the country right now. While fears of an AI doomsday aren’t new, they broke into the mai…
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1 h 11
Jessica Tarlov on Winning Arguments and Elections
Jessica Tarlov says she has “the coolest job in media for a liberal.” As a Democratic co-host of The Five on Fox News, she knows how to navigate contentious political conversations…
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1 h 05
Flock Cameras, Meta Glasses and the Surveillance Backlash
Flock Safety, the company that makes the automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras used by over 7,000 U.S. law enforcement agencies, is facing a public backlash against surveil…
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59 min
The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell on How Democrats Can Defeat MAGA for Good
As ballots start to hit mailboxes ahead of the November midterms, Democrats are finally feeling some long-awaited electoral optimism. But to build a coalition that can defeat MAGA…
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52 min
Why This Crypto Billionaire Wants to Slow Down the AI Arms Race
Ripple CEO Chris Larsen once told Kara he’d rather vomit blood out of his eyeballs than run for public office. But that doesn’t mean he won’t use his wealth to influence politics o…
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1 h 10
Three Mayors of Blue Cities in a Polarized America
Ahead of the midterms and what’s shaping up to be an intense political season, Kara speaks with the Democratic mayors of three cities dealing with some of the biggest issues facing…
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57 min
Money, Hubris and Jeffrey Epstein: The Fall of Leon Black, w/ William Cohan
In his new book, “Money To Burn,” author and Puck journalist William Cohan traces the rise and fall of one of Wall Street’s most towering modern figures: billionaire Leon Black. Hi…
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59 min
Remembering Dolly Parton's Musical and Philanthropic Legacy
Across the country, people continue to grieve Dolly Parton, the late country music icon who spent more than 60 years making us cry, laugh and fall in love. But in a country as frag…