Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow to Prevent War with China with Dmitri Alperovitch and Chris Krebs
Kara discusses the “pacing threat” that is China – from TikTok to cyberattacks to semiconductors and Taiwan – with two cybersecurity experts: Dimitri…
1 year, 11 months ago
Is the Fight Over Abortion Rights Enough to Beat Trump? with Shefali Luthra, Sarah McCammon and Mary Jo Pitzl
Despite a recent uptick, President Biden’s approval rating and his poll numbers against Donald Trump are far from stellar. And with inflation remaini…
1 year, 11 months ago
Kids and Phones: Moral Panic or Time to Panic? with Jonathan Haidt
Is Gen Z’s mental health in decline because their “phone-based childhood” has flooded them with anxiety and ruined their sleep? Or is there a more co…
1 year, 11 months ago
Can Yahoo Bring Back the "Good Internet"?
Yahoo, the one-time "oracle of the internet", has had many iterations in its 30 year history - and private equity is betting that Yahoo CEO and digit…
2 years ago
Will Disinformation Doom Our Democracy? with Nina Jankowicz, Sasha Issenberg & Barbara McQuade
“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 Trump a…
2 years ago
Lessons Learned From Hitler’s Rise To Power
There are a lot of Trump/Hitler comparisons being thrown around these days. So we went to the source, as chronicled by historian Timothy Ryback in hi…
2 years ago
Can Food Save The World? with Joan Nathan
Joan Nathan, the “doyenne of Jewish-American food” and a pillar of the DC dinner party scene, joins us to talk about her memoir, “My Life in Recipes.…
2 years ago
"Food, Feminism, and Fury" with Geraldine DeRuiter
Author Geraldine DeRuiter a.k.a. The Everywhereist joins Kara to talk about her new book If You Can’t Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fur…
2 years ago
Life Lessons from Tech Titans (Kara in conversation with Brené Brown)
Kara sits down with Brené Brown, researcher, author, and vulnerability expert, in this edition of the Burn Book book tour. Brené tries to bring out o…
2 years ago
Much Ado About TikTok
The effort to ban TikTok in the US is back in the spotlight as a new bill has passed through the House and is now in the Senate. Today, we have a liv…
2 years ago