This week, Kara and Scott chat about the Wall Street Journal's deep dive on Tony Hsieh, Jeff Bezo's twitter fingers, and the future of unions. Then, Friend of Pivot Zephyr Teachout joins us to talk about Cuomo Corruption and how monopoly power is "white power."
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Oct 16
Elon Musk's Midterm Spending Spree, Trump's Press Secretary Debacle, and OpenAI Gets Bugged
Kara and Scott unpack Elon Musk's role in Ukraine's Starshield disruption, his quarter-billion-dollar midterm spending spree, and the fight against Russian bots. Then, they discuss the new White House press secretary’s painfully awkward debut, with insight from someone who's been ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 13
Kara Swisher Says the #1 Longevity Tool Isn't Sleep, Food, or Exercise | Project Swagger with Robin Arzón
Robin Arzón chats with Kara Swisher, who recently reported a series on longevity for CNN called Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever. From red light therapy to hyperbaric chambers, Kara has tried everything. I ask her what’s overrated and overpriced, and what we should all be doing ... Show More
24m 19s
Oct 11
Pivot Extra: Inside “Musk”: Power, Family and the Making of a Tech Demagogue
You get an extra, and you get an extra! Today, we're dropping On with Kara Swisher into the feed. 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 h ... Show More
1h 16m
Oct 2025
Kara Swisher: Tech, Power, and Why You Should Get the F*cking Duck
<p>Trevor and Eugene Khoza have a wide-ranging conversation with tech journalist Kara Swisher as she spills the tea on how to get a wife, the early optimism of tech, how our tech oligarchs need to think bigger, and much, much more!</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com ... Show More
2h 12m
Oct 2025
Financial Influencers on Wealth and Work
In a conversation taped at The Journal live event, entrepreneurs and influencers Vivian Tu, Haley Sacks, and Brian Kelly sat down with Jessica Mendoza to explore personal finance in the social media era; exploring everything from generational wealth to how much crypto people shou ... Show More
27m 17s
Aug 2024
Trump, Elon, and Silicon Valley’s Political Sway
Audie talks with journalist Kara Swisher about the rise of Silicon Valley’s big donors and how Trump won some of them over. Plus, how Kamala Harris’ California roots have worked to her advantage with tech donors.
Kara is the author of “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story.”
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30m 31s
Apr 2023
State Of The AI Wars, Google's Counterpunch, Elon's 4/20
Nico Grant of The New York Times joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) The state of the AI war between Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI 2) Google's AI reorganization and what it means 3) Sundar Pichai's PR offensive 4) Google's forthcoming ... Show More
59m 48s
Oct 2021
October 31, 2021: Brian Stelter's ominous prediction about 2022 and beyond; David Leonhardt talks Covid-19 and 'bad news bias'
Plus: Kara Swisher dissects Facebook and YouTube; David Sirota critiques coverage of DC budget battles; Julie Roginsky discusses Rupert Murdoch's televised conspiracy theories. Astead Herndon, Bill Carter, Kara Swisher, David Leonhardt, Julie Roginsky, David Sirota, and Stewart B ... Show More
40m 51s
Dec 2017
Recode Decode: Kara Swisher visits Pod Save America (Live)
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Crooked Media's Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer, appearing as a guest on a live taping of their podcast, Pod Save America, in Oakland, California. The group talks about the regulatory challenges facing tech companies today, ... Show More
19m 31s
Dec 2021
E59: Twitter's content warning algo, equity audits, politicians trading stocks, Fed's next move, mRNA & more
(0:00) Bestie Intro: Sweater update, NYC stories (8:30) Sacks got flagged on Twitter, theorizing on Twitter's content warning algorithm (14:37) "Racial equity audits" with product-level consequences might be coming to Big Tech (27:37) Elizabeth Warren vs. Elon on Twitter, birth o ... Show More
1h 28m