This week marks the release of Kara’s memoir, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story and the launch of her national book tour. At events from New York to Seattle, some of the tech CEOs, politicians and other bold names Kara writes about in her book will be putting her in the hot seat. Today’s episode is the first of these conversations: former CNN anchor Don Lemon int ... Show More
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Matt Belloni on WarnerMount, Disney Succession, Oscars & More
Kara sits down with Matthew Belloni, author of the flagship Puck newsletter What I’m Hearing and host of The Town podcast, to take the entertainment industry’s temperature just a few days before the Academy Awards. They dig into the Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount/Netflix saga a ... Show More
1h 18m
Mar 5
Friction Matters: Resistance Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Friction gets an bad rap, according Jennifer Vail. As a tribologist, she studies interacting surfaces in relative motion, and she’s worked on everything from aerospace materials to syringes to dog food. Her new book, Friction: A Biography, explores the science of rubbing surfaces ... Show More
53m 53s
Dec 2023
Kara Swisher's Tech Tell-All
This week on The Enemies List, Rick is joined by tech journalism powerhouse Kara Swisher. Together, they discuss her much anticipated upcoming book, "Burn Book." She dives deep into the heart of the tech industry, shedding light on the colossal impact of titans like Steve Jobs, M ... Show More
32m 48s
Dec 2021
Katie’s book tour extravaganza episode!
On this episode of Next Question, the last of the season, Katie is sharing some moments from her whirlwind book tour. After “Going There” came out in late October, Katie criss-crossed the country to bring the book — and her personal and professional life — to in-person audiences ... Show More
52m 43s
Nov 2021
From cancer to #MeToo: How Katie wrote about the hard stuff in her memoir
This week on Next Question with Katie Couric, part 2 of Katie’s behind-the-scenes look at the making of her memoir, “Going There.” Last week introduced listeners to her book team, Lucy Kaylin and Adriana Fazio (if you haven’t listened to that episode yet, go check it out first fo ... Show More
40m 13s
Aug 2021
The news is by — and for — rich, white liberals
Vox’s Sean Illing talks with professor and media researcher Nikki Usher about her new book News for the Rich, White, and Blue, which documents systemic problems in the ways journalists and institutions decide what counts as news and whom the news is for. They discuss racial, gend ... Show More
1 h
Mar 2021
“Lemon Aid” (with Cerise Castle and Don Lemon)
<p>Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss the Asian spa shootings in Atlanta, Teen Vogue’s new editor-in-chief firing for past racist tweets, Thomas Middleditch’s sexual misconduct allegations, Bill Maher’s take on recontextualizing problematic films, and Justin Bieber featuring Martin Lut ... Show More
1h 28m