Podcast Episodes

Aging, Death and Other Uplifting Topics with Mike Birbiglia

Aging, parenting by mortality and dying alone or kinless: these are just some of the uplifting topics Kara and Nayeema tackle today before our interv…

3 years, 6 months ago

A Bad Week for Donald Trump? … And Potentially for Gay Marriage?

It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump. Herschel Walker lost the Georgia Senate runoff and a New York jury found the Trump Organization guilty of crim…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Man Behind "Sex and the City" and "Emily in Paris"

Love them or hate them, chances are that you’ve watched at least one Darren Star series. Kara once called them the “hottest trash on TV” but for over…

3 years, 6 months ago

Why Twitter’s Former Safety Chief Left Elon Musk

Elon Musk's Twitter is a spectacle, and the drama and meaning of the last six months is perhaps best unpacked by Yoel Roth. The company’s former head…

3 years, 7 months ago

A Nobel Prize Winner on the “Dark Matter of Biology”

Kara interviews Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, a Stanford University scientist who, along with Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, won the Nobel Prize in Ch…

3 years, 7 months ago

Into It: A Portrait of Artist as Taylor Swift

Today, we’re sharing a special episode of Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders about one of Kara’s favorites: Taylor Swift.

What is the meaning…

3 years, 7 months ago

Where’s the Line in Comedy? Monty Python’s Eric Idle Has an Idea

Should anything be off-limits in comedy? Kara and Nayeema discuss this question, and the recent Dave Chappelle SNL monologue, before Kara’s interview…

3 years, 7 months ago

Can Chris Licht Turn CNN Around?

Chris Licht faces an uphill battle at CNN. He got the CEO gig in the midst of a prickly merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery and right after the…

3 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk: Somebody That I Used to Know

Elon Musk is a puzzle, but if there’s anyone who can make sense of him it’s Kara Swisher. She’s covered him since the late 90s – back in her early da…

3 years, 7 months ago

How Donald Trump Helped the Democrats

After Kara and Nayeema have a chat about — what else? — Elon Musk’s latest moves, we dive into democracy and the midterms. The results are (mostly) i…

3 years, 7 months ago