Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud Says Free Is the Future of Streaming
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does an ad-based streamer compete with subscription-based models like Netflix, Hulu, Max, and al...
Did a Chatbot Cause Her Son’s Death? Megan Garcia v. Character.AI & Google
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if the worst fears around AI come true? For Megan Garcia, that’s already happened. In Februar...
Nathan Myhrvold: Tech’s Renaissance Man
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Myhrvold likes to challenge conventional wisdom. When the founder and CEO of Intellectual Ven...
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Billie Jean King
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving, On listeners — today, we’re featuring a special episode of Wiser Than Me wit...
Leaving X? Where Next? On Bluesky, Threads and the “Fediverse”
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s social media platform X lost more than 280,000 global users the day after the US presi...
Charlamagne tha God on Trump, Journalism and that Anti-Trans Ad
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lenard McKelvey is a best-selling author, entrepreneur and media mogul, but you probably know him as...
Jon Chu on Wicked, Silicon Valley, and Defying Hollywood’s Gravity
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Chu grew up in Silicon Valley, in the shadow of Apple Park. His father, Chef Chu, still runs his...
Ta-Nehisi Coates On Trump, Palestine and Journalism as a “Contact Sport”
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What role will writers play as we head into a second Trump term? Author, journalist and Howard Unive...
Trump’s Second Term: How He Did It & What to Expect
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does a second Trump presidency mean for America? Kara hosts a panel of experts and reporters to...
Trump vs Democracy: Two Historians’ Perspectives
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Donald J. Trump has won a resounding victory against Vice President Kamala Harris, a...
The “Elon Election”: What It Means For America and Musk
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, isn’t on the ballot for the 2024 U.S. election, but he mi...
Timothy Snyder and Bill Adair on the War on Truth & The Fight for Freedom
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lying has always been a part of politics, but in recent years, political lies have come to dominate ...
Reid Hoffman on Trump, Elon, Peter Thiel and Lina Khan
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reid Hoffman isn’t just one of the most influential entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley ...
Seth Meyers on Parenting, Podcasting & Late Night
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Has late-night TV passed its peak? Ticket sales for live comedy shows are booming and there’s no s...
Robert Downey Jr., Ayad Akhtar and Bartlett Sher on “Truthful Lies” in AI, Art and Politics
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Digital machines are not just remaking stories, they're remaking us.” So says Oscar-winning act...
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on Surveillance Capitalism, Text Privacy and AI
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do cybersecurity experts, journalists in foreign conflicts, indicted New York City Mayor Eric A...
Yuval Noah Harari on AI & the Future of Information
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why, despite being the most advanced species on the planet, does it feel like humanity is teetering ...
Chris Wallace Explains How JFK (Possibly) Stole the 1960 Election
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After more than five decades in broadcasting, Chris Wallace has won almost every award in journalism...
Rachel Maddow and Billy Corben on Mobsters, Russia, Trump and the 2020 Election
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did a Ukrainian-born hustler help former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani dig...
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on AI “Friends”, OpenAI “Siblings” and Climate Change
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Will AI “agents” soon be personalized teachers, doctors, companions and even check items off you...
Bill Gates on How to Tax the Rich, AI, Misinformation, & the Election
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Gates needs no introduction. The co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and the co-chair of the...
Pete Buttigieg Thinks Trumpism is in Its Last Season
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Buttigieg burst onto the political scene in 2019, and his rapid ascent into a legitimate presid...
From “Witch Hunt” to “Weaponization”: The Impact of Trump’s War on the DOJ with David Rohde
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, former President Donald Trump has railed against law enforcement officials who have sough...
Robert Reich on Trump, Harris, Musk and More
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara interviews renowned economist, author, former Labor Secretary, and social media star, Robert Re...
Hillary Rodham Clinton Drops Truth Bombs
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former First Lady/Senator/Madam Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton is in a political league of her own...
Useful Idiots? How Right-Wing Influencers Got $ to Spread Russian Propaganda
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the Department of Justice announced major indictments alleging that, among other things, ...
CNN's Dana Bash On Debate Drama, the Harris Interview & America’s Deadliest Election
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash has been having one hell of a summer. She co-moderated t...
Tech and Kids: Parenting Expert Dr. Becky Answers Listener Questions
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How much screen time is OK for a two year old? What is the right age for kids to get on Instagram or...
Stay Tuned with Preet: Elections, Now & Then (with Joanne Freeman)
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On with Kara Swisher is off for the Labor Day holiday, and we’re sharing an episode of friend-of-t...
Unpacking Tech’s Influence on Today’s Media
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tech’s tentacles are wrapped around almost every segment of the media industry. They haven't just ...
The DNC Afterparty and What’s Next for the Harris/Walz Campaign
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Almost 29 million television viewers tuned in to see Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic nomin...
David Axelrod Breaks Down Kamala Harris’s Messaging and Strategy
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Axelrod was one of the first prominent Democrats to suggest that President Biden should withdr...
Politics, Protests and Kamalanomenon: What to Expect at the DNC
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Democratic National Convention gets underway this week with party stars, social media influencer...
How the Right Launders Online Propaganda with Renée DiResta
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Renée DiResta is one the world’s leading experts on online disinformation and propaganda and the ...
The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Desi Lydic has been a Senior Correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for nearly a decade....
Roxane Gay on Guns, Kamala & Media
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roxane Gay is a writer, editor, podcaster, and culture critic. She has published a dozen books, incl...
Nancy Pelosi on the ‘Decision to Win’ in 2024
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In almost four decades as an elected official, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is arguably the most powerful woman...
Anti-DEI Moms & the Alt-Right: Two Sides of the Same Coin
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At first blush, the successful, suburban moms in Southlake, Texas who helped kick off the anti-CRT/a...
The Debate, the Dropout and the Dems' Future with “Biden Whisperer” Ron Klain
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the Senate, to the VP Residence to the Oval: Former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain has be...
Who’s Behind the Harris Campaign Donation Tsunami?
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did Vice President Kamala Harris raise a historic $126 million in just over 48 hours for her 202...
What Happened to Joe Biden? What’s Next for Kamala Harris and the Dems?
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Audie Cornish, Franklin Foer, Ashley Parker, and Alex Thompson join Kara for a special bonus episode...
ON LIVE: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend on Entrepreneurship, Politics and Dogs
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Musician, producer and EGOT-winner John Legend and model, TV personality and cookbook author Chrissy...
Guns, Social Media & Loneliness with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t afraid to go after powerful interests. In mid-June, he publishe...
Rachel Maddow on Trump, Biden’s Dilemma & America’s Fascist History
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As unlikely as it may seem, until this episode was recorded, Kara Swisher and Rachel Maddow had neve...
How Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is Leading During “A Really Heavy Time”
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gretchen Whitmer might be one of the most down-to-earth politicians in America — the governor from...
Too Old or Still Relevant? NATO at 75 with Ambassador Julianne Smith
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed 75 years ago to protect Europe and North Americ...
July 4th Special: Why Heather Cox Richardson Still Has Hope for American Democracy
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s historic felony conviction, a SCOTUS ruling in favor of presidential immunity, and a dumps...
On Creepy Fingers, Deep Fakes, and Fair Use with Getty Images CEO Craig Peters
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hands with six fingers, mouths with dozens of teeth, hairlines and limbs out of whack: We’ve all s...
Trump vs. Biden 2.1 with Stephanie Ruhle, Eliana Johnson and Mike Madrid
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 race is ON and the gloves are coming off: President Biden and former President Donald Trump...
Storytelling, Family & Tragedy with Griffin Dunne
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Actor and Director Griffin Dunne grew up surrounded by Hollywood fame and celebrity — his father w...
Flags, Free Trips & Secret Recordings: The Cases, Trials & Tribulation of SCOTUS
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Late spring/early summer is always a busy time for the Supreme Court, but this year, it’s not just...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Doing Death, Truth-Telling in Comedy and Getting Wiser
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld an...
Laurene Powell Jobs and Kara Talk Tech, AI & Journalism
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara takes the stage with Laurene Powell Jobs at Sixth & I in Washington D.C. to talk about Kara’s...
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on ScarJo Controversy, Sam Altman & Disinfo Fears
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara interviews Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, and one of the most powerful people...
Abortion Politics in 2024 with Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood President
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abortion will be a key issue in the election this fall and it's also the focus of two Supreme Court ...
AOC on Trump vs. Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tech, Gaza & More
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara sits down to talk with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The social media-savvy congress...
Making Parenthood and Politics Sexy with Comedian Ilana Glazer
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Broad City co-creator Ilana Glazer’s new friendship flick Babes is a no-holds-barred comedy about ...
Bill Maher Won't Back Down (But He Might Shock You)
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to political comedy, Bill Maher is practically an institution — he’s been hosting ...
“Possible” by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger featuring Kara Swisher
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re sharing Kara’s recent appearance on Possible, a podcast hosted by Aria Finger and R...
Are Elon’s Best Days Behind Him? with Kirsten Grind, Tim Higgins & Becky Peterson
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla is bleeding execs, and it appears to be reaching a crisis point; over at Twitter/X, new report...
On Journalism, Activism and Hope with Nicholas Kristof
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has been reporting on protests, wars and conflicts for mor...
War in Gaza, Ukraine & Space, plus Biden vs. Trump with David Ignatius
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Ignatius, a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and the author of twelve novels,...
Walt Mossberg & MKBHD Break Down The Art of the Tech Review
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To savvy tech consumers, Walt Mossberg and Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, need no introduction. Before...
Radical Self-Acceptance, Cancel Culture, and Forgiveness with Writer Anne Lamott
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Author Anne Lamott has penned novels, but is most famous for her confessional memoirs about sobriety...
Can Chipotle Founder Steve Ells Strike "Fast-Casual" Gold Again?
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty-one years after founding Chipotle, Steve Ells is back with what he hopes will be another fast...
Wrestling with America’s (Racist) History with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In her latest play, Sally & Tom, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks tackles what is,...
Time for a Data Privacy Bill + the TikTok Crackdown with Senator Maria Cantwell
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Kara first met Senator Maria Cantwell in the 90s, she was a tech executive at an early player i...
How to Prevent War with China with Dmitri Alperovitch and Chris Krebs
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara discusses the “pacing threat” that is China – from TikTok to cyberattacks to semiconducto...
Is the Fight Over Abortion Rights Enough to Beat Trump? with Shefali Luthra, Sarah McCammon and Mary Jo Pitzl
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a recent uptick, President Biden’s approval rating and his poll numbers against Donald Tru...
Kids and Phones: Moral Panic or Time to Panic? with Jonathan Haidt
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is Gen Z’s mental health in decline because their “phone-based childhood” has flooded them wit...
Can Yahoo Bring Back the "Good Internet"?
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yahoo, the one-time "oracle of the internet", has had many iterations in its 30 year history - and p...
Will Disinformation Doom Our Democracy? with Nina Jankowicz, Sasha Issenberg & Barbara McQuade
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Flood the zone with shit.” It’s a zinger and a strategic imperative, from the oh-so-eloquen...
Lessons Learned From Hitler’s Rise To Power
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are a lot of Trump/Hitler comparisons being thrown around these days. So we went to the source...
Can Food Save The World? with Joan Nathan
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Nathan, the “doyenne of Jewish-American food” and a pillar of the DC dinner party scene, jo...
"Food, Feminism, and Fury" with Geraldine DeRuiter
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Author Geraldine DeRuiter a.k.a. The Everywhereist joins Kara to talk about her new book If You Can’...
Life Lessons from Tech Titans (Kara in conversation with Brené Brown)
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara sits down with Brené Brown, researcher, author, and vulnerability expert, in this edition of t...
Much Ado About TikTok
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The effort to ban TikTok in the US is back in the spotlight as a new bill has passed through the Hou...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on the IPO
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reddit has been around for 19 years, but today the social media platform goes public and starts a ...
Margrethe Vestager Shows Tech Gatekeepers The Door
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the past decade, the European Commission has taken on Big Tech under the leadership of Executive...
"Burn Book" Takes SxSW, with "Mensch" Mark Cuban
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're continuing book tour week in this bonus episode of “On.” Kara takes the SXSW stage with Ma...
More Burn Book with Ted Sarandos
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We continue Kara's tour of her memoir Burn Book: a Tech Love Story as she gets candid with Netflix c...
How did Kara Scoop OpenAI, and More on Burn Book (with Sam Altman)
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we join Kara on tour as she speaks with some of the most influential names in tech about ...
Why Reed Jobs is Betting on Cancer Innovations
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In high school, Reed Jobs was a summer intern in oncology labs while his dad, the late Apple co-foun...
David Chalian Makes the Call
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow is Super Tuesday - the nation's biggest primary vote - and hundreds of delegates are up for...
The Burn Book Kick-Off with Don Lemon
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week marks the release of Kara’s memoir, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story and the launch of her n...
Roberta Kaplan Will See You In Court
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned litigator Roberta (Robbie) Kaplan says she’s a born fighter. In January she won one of th...
Paul Giamatti Is Good With Words
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Paul Giamatti seems to have perfected the hyper-articulate, slightly depressed curmudgeon – ...
Brooke Shields on Surviving Hollywood
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re replaying a conversation that Kara taped last spring with none other than Brooke Shie...
Cord Jefferson on Making American Fiction
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and director Cord Jefferson’s first feature film, American Fiction, has been nominated for ...
Tracy Chapman's Timeless Earworms
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More than 35 years after its release, Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut album – and the single Fas...
Ambassador Rahm Emanuel on the New Japan, Contending With China, and Biden’s Calm
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rahm Emanuel is the ultimate political insider: He’s worked closely with three presidents, he’s ...
Is the Apple Vision Pro All That?
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara got a sneak peek of the Apple Vision Pro, and sat down before the official launch with tech rep...
How Ava DuVernay Made a Hit with ‘Origin,’ and Without Big Studio Backing
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our guest is acclaimed director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay, known for the Oscar-nominated ...
Judy Woodruff on Polarization, Politics, and the Media
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does someone with more than five decades of political reporting under her belt assess the curren...
PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s “Get Sh*t Done” Attitude
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro successfully defended the state election process ...
Hope for American Democracy, According to Heather Cox Richardson
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is an American figure decades in the making. That’s the argument historian and profes...
Psychedelics with Joe Green
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From therapeutic-assisted MDMA to decriminalized psilocybin and microdosing, movements to legalize p...
Fei-Fei Li and a Humane Approach to AI
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before the OpenAI Drama which pit AI enthusiasts (accelerationists) against doomers (decelerationist...
A Close Read of Trump’s 2024 Strategy
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s back. Today, we go to a panel of experts to discuss his 2024 legal woes, dangerously escal...
COVID Lessons Learned with Donald G McNeil Jr.
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Four years after the start of the global pandemic, COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, ...