Podcast Episodes

Journalists or Creators? How Media Entrepreneurs Are Reshaping News

Legacy media isn’t dead, but journalists are leaving traditional outlets in swarms to launch their own newsletters, podcasts and social media ventures, and they may be forcing a reboot. As one of the…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Epstein, Trump & the MAGA Meltdown — Sorting Fact from Fiction

Ever since Trump was re-elected in 2024, his MAGA base has been eagerly awaiting the release of the Epstein files. So it came as a shock when, in July, a Justice Department memo said they had reviewe…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

When AI F*s Up, Who’s to Blame? With Bruce Holsinger

What happens when artificial intelligence collides with family, morality and the need for justice? Author and University of Virginia professor Bruce Holsinger joins Kara to talk about his new novel, …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

TikTok Is Changing How We Talk & How We Vote

Social media algorithms are leading to the creation of new words, new accents, and even new identities. And while using the apps may seem like a fun, trivial way to waste time, they’re actually havin…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Making Trump Pay with E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan

“Not my type” is what President Donald Trump said about writer and former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman. Des…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Science vs. Silicon Valley with Adam Becker

How skeptical should we be about the bill of goods (often marketed as needs) sold to us by Silicon Valley? Very, says Adam Becker, an astrophysicist and author of the new book, More Everything Foreve…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Taking on Trump Family Corruption with Rep. Robert Garcia

Rep. Robert Garcia was recently elected as the ranking member of the powerful House Oversight Committee by his fellow House Democrats. He won a top job that usually goes to a senior lawmaker who has …

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

The 2024 Election Post-Mortem: How Trump Beat the Odds

Despite the chaos of January 6th, 34 felony convictions, and his party’s underperformance in the 2022 midterms, Donald J. Trump is once again president. 

How did he defy political gravity to win aga…

Published on 2 months ago

The Red Scare Returns? Lessons from McCarthyism in the Age of Trump 2.0

President Trump and other Republicans keep throwing around the C-word — Communist — to smear anyone slightly progressive, including Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s new Democratic mayoral candidate. B…

Published on 2 months ago

Jerrod Carmichael on Truth in Comedy, Coming Out Late & Religion

Kara Swisher sits down with Emmy-winning comedian Jerrod Carmichael for a raw and revealing conversation about truth, family, faith — and the art of standup. They dig into Carmichael’s work, includin…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago