On with Kara Swisher

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It's on. Twice a week, award-winning journalist Kara Swisher gets to the heart of the story through no-holds-barred interviews with power players across business, tech, media, politics and beyond. So why do her guests show up? “Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.”Mondays and Thursdays from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. 

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  • wicked shrapnel
    This show is just too extreme
    The viewpoint is of only one political ideology and not one guest comes on the show with a different viewpoint.
  • Spanky spongediver
    Boring & predictable
    Kara is a gossip columnist… nothing more.
  • Gracie is a cat
    Ads. Ads. Ads.
    $$$$$$
  • MargueriteMouse
    Ads
    Hey! Stop whining about the number of ads! Would you rather hit a pay wall ? SMH. PS. Love Love Love all things Swisher ; )
  • Mszoop
    So Annoying
    Kara Swisher is so pretentious and supercilious. This woman cannot stand a moment of silence while listening to her guests. The hmmms and mmmms are ever-present. Does she ever listen back to herself? Please, please allow guests to speak without the automatic, unnecessary, annoying verbal tics. Your book review episode could have been so good…without your input.
  • Cluttershark
    A lone star
    A lone star interviewing fantastic guests. I’m learning so much. Love Kara!
  • Farangkeya
    Love this podcast. More advertisement than others
    Listen to almost all episodes (including Pivot). Feel like they both have the most advertisement segments than many other podcasts (and I listen to many).
  • CK-MA
    Benioff interview
    Benioff is got his head in the sand about Elon and the orange moron!!
  • ThisDotDanni
    WiT Still Believing b/c of Swisher
    Considered getting out of tech for a while and found her on Recode Decode. Her well-calibrated no-B.S. style and dry sense of humor still keep me going when the world often speaks in a monotone of toxic norms.
  • sbl130
    Chatbot and Character.AI
    This was such an important and deeply sad podcast. Kara Swisher did a masterful job highlighting such an important story.
  • Adele Falco CT
    Dec5 Episode a Must for Every Parent
    I recommend every parent -no matter your politics - tune into the episode on ChatbotAI and the suicide of one teenage boy in particular. This is an enormous service to parents, and anyone who cares about how our children are being exploited by tech companies. Do not put these people in charge of our kids. They have little concern for the outcomes.
  • Thisisafakenameftw
    Megan Garcia Interview
    I feel for this mother. However, why wasn’t she asked why her son was able to access the gun in stored in the house? Blaming Character.AI is valid but only goes so far.
  • MGB74
    Looney
    After listening for the first time to this podcast, I now know what Donald Trump meant by the lunatic liberals. They think they are the intelligent thinkers when in fact they are naive fools. Swisher is leading the pack.
  • tampa supporter
    Two historians
    One of the absolute best. Wish many would listen and learn US history
  • HotGarbage123456
    Hateful person
    Too obsessed with Elon! Relax lady, talk about something else!
  • lisalfarin
    Excellent interview
    The interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates was excellent. I lived in Israel pre-Bibi. The country was beautiful and overflowing with potential. Then Bibi’s rhetoric inspired the murder of Rabin and the settlements and stealing of land from Palestinians took off under the guise of protection from terrorism. The walls, the razor wire, the soldiers shooting innocents exploded. The inability for people to access their own farms, food or water was made purposefully impossible to make living there so untenable Palestinians would leave. AIPAC has spent decades brainwashing our politicians and citizens. I should know, I worked there and understand exactly what is in all those “information pamphlets” and is said during all those meet & greets. Thank you for allowing someone who speaks for the voiceless to begin to have Americans understand what they have financed for 30 years. And by the way, going to Israel and seeing a kibbutz, Yad Vashem, and the Golan Heights is not the same as going into the West Bank or an Arab village that has been there for 100 years and speaking with indigenous populations.
  • pattiocon
    Charlemagne thé god
    Loved your interview with Charlemagne (the god). Boy, I can see why this guy is so popular. I am his newest fan - love him and you Kara. Thanks for this upbeat conversation.
  • arthousecleaner
    will not listen to the pod cast any longer
    Your show with Ta- Nehisi Coates was fiction- He knows nothing about Israeli history- Ask your co- host Scott Galloway- I am horrified by the episode- you lost a big fan-
  • Rainbow Steve 107
    Shame on you
    I have listened to Kara for many years but the fact that she had Coates on is grounds for an immediate unfollow.
  • ThegrandmaD
    Ta-Nehisi Coates
    This interview was one every student, parent, citizen should listen to and talk about. Americans need to READ. The written word is most powerful when from the pen of such writers as Ta-Nehisi. Where can you find the books? Go to a public library…reading is FREE. Your brain was designed for learning and creating.
  • Hear-n-Now
    Yes but NO to Ta-Nehisi Coates
    I listen to both of your podcasts and love your voice in the world, Kara, yet when you start to platform people like Ta-Nehisi Coates, you lose me. I find you a voice of moderation and intelligence, but when you platform people like this, you are giving voice to extreme identity politics. Big thumbs down to this episode and I hope you’ll do better in future podcasts.
  • RaFa my dogs name
    11-11-24
    As per your last podcast, your guests missed the point…no discussion about misogyny, racism, and xenophobia.
  • Nelie12
    Love this show!
    The post Trump episode is a must-listen!
  • (:)-(:)
    Too many ads!
    Please cut back. I’d listen to more episodes but I have to have my finger constantly hovering over the skip button.
  • Messy Nessie Pgh
    Thank you for today’s (11.7.24) episode
    This POV is badly needed because of all the post election blame analysis and calls for unity happening. Unfortunately many of us cannot afford to move on and hope for the best because we or people we know and love are in groups that will be targeted. Thank you for your brave reporting, don’t stop we need your journalism. Love your show more with every episode.
  • Drew in Seattle
    The BEST 2024 pre-election episode!!
    I have been critical of Swisher in the past, but fair is fair. Swisher and her guests are firing on all cylinders here. The importance of this discussion CANNOT be overstated. Share this episode with everyone you know.
  • amdedhed
    Very good podcast, but
    Way too many commercials…you are forcing people to skip them
  • HarryHood95
    Can’t believe a word she says
    Kara does not tell the truth.
  • SoSadToLeave
    Stop
    Introduction of Bill Gates- and Kara brags about how many times she interviewed him??? Bill Gates….One of the most impressive humans on Earth and Kara still talks about herself?? How long is this podcast going to last? Kara, you should know the fundamentals of interviewing….. it's not about YOU. Please stop talking and bragging about yourself. You are obnoxious and should learn to listen and be gracious to your guest.
  • San_Fran18
    Her love for Musk
    Kara really needs to go see a therapist for her obsession of Musk…. It has gotten way out of hand. Kara is also confusing her own opinions on Tesla as facts! WE GET IT! YOU HATE MUSK.
  • SuperVal77
    Would not recommend
    1-Star Kara in all her glory.
  • The Quata Couple
    My go-to for keeping up
    For a 50+ wmn, Kara is my go-to for keeping up with this ever changing world of tech. I may not be “in the game” anymore, but I still want to be informed.
  • rfine48
    Bitterness gone wild
    Kara's bitterness is almost rabid. Please take a breath and allow your guests to answer a question. As Larry King always said the interview should never be about you!! Your obsession with Musk is tiring.
  • Margcita
    Love you but please
    Kara, it's very dangerous to humiliate malignant narcissists. It engenders a need for revenge. (By way of example, Obama's hilarious roast of Trump.) Please lay off Musk. You're just goading him. He gets too much attention. It's possible to criticize him without ridiculing him. You know he's dangerous. Please also stop interrupting your guests. I adore you, but it's a bad look. Especially when it's because they're not saying what you want them to (e.g. Interview with Buttigieg, and so many others.
  • Kimberlys003
    Hillary Clinton interview
    Excellent interview and discussion with HRC! So interesting I have pre ordered her book. Thank you
  • Heyohut
    Disregard for unbiased journalism
    Cannot be considered a journalist when there’s an agenda to skew the truth and limit information.
  • xgbjk
    Dumb
    Hey Kara, take your everything political one track opinion out of it and look at the facts. Otherwise you’ll continue to sound stupid.
  • Visc@B@rc@1
    Talk to me about…
    … a groundbreaking reporter whose ego has grown fairly large and though it is acceptable in the home stretch of the career, sometimes the lack of self awareness irritates.
  • Mack Carnes
    Fabulous Guests
    Digging all the insightful guests you have on. I listen weekly, but these conversations are among my favorite. Ilana Glazer Isabel Wilkerson Ava DuVernay Beene Brown Caster Semenya Tracy Chapman’s Timeless Ear Worms Steve Inskeep Nicholas Kristof Suzan-Lori Parks Jonathan Haidt Judy Woodruff Heather Cox Richardson Christiane Amanpour Julia Louis-Dreyfus Anne Lamott Martina Navratilova
  • Gregg Robins
    Always engaging and insightful
    Kara asks the right questions and invites the right guests, no matter the topic. Her candor and direct talk is refreshing. Should be one of your go-to podcasts for sure.
  • Chase,E
    DNC AFTERPARTY
    Excellent episode, great guests
  • PaulieWalnuts55
    Kara is without peer
    Wonderful interviews, almost without fail. Kara is the greatest and this is the best interview podcast that I know of. Just please, God, no more Today Explained ads…
  • S-town Fan
    Kara, you’re really good! Stop the name dropping!
    Four stars instead of five after I lost track of the number of times she bragged how well and how long she’s known Speaker Pelosi in an otherwise excellent episode. This was entirely one-sided, ie, Pelosi never once acknowledged that they’ve known each other “forever.” Reminds me of the Hollywood types who line their walls with pix of them posing with Hanks and Clooney. Kara, your interviews make it clear that you have excellent sources and credibility. Please stop with the rest of it!
  • Co elk do
    Nancy owns Kara
    If you want to hear Kara get put in her place, Nancy Pelosi is the one who can do it. Great podcast.
  • natemarro
    Downhill
    Unfortunately this previously awesome podcast is becoming closer to the woke-Olympics week by week. As someone who leans left, I like listening to different, opposing views, and recently it’s just been the super left talking to the woke left Update: after reviewing some of the other comments clearly I’m wrong because both the right and left are upset— that’s how you know you’re killing it
  • nbsfmc
    This show is still not good
    Everything always comes back Kara knowing everyone first and needing to be right about everything. She is friends with seriously evil people but somehow she doesn’t think it clouds her judgment. She argues both sides of every topic, and so she’s always right... What happened to Kara?
  • Lucy0522
    Incredible interview with Ron Klain
    Kara, that was such a beautiful interview with Ron Klain. He’s such an amazing and good man, and his love for Joe Biden is so touching. Especially his answer to your last question. Had me weeping. I love them both.
  • Bobbie & Jeremy
    Moron
    You think its funny to joke about someone, anyone, getting shot. You liberals are sick pathological ignorant heartless soulless fools. Shame on you and Michael. You claim people on the right and T is mean and hateful and all the things for fools are. You people are just sick.
  • Textdgh
    Joking about a man getting murdered.
    What a disgusting garbage human being she is. She is joking about the attempted assassination on Donald Trump where a man was murdered protecting his family. What a disgusting human being swisher is.
  • Cimaroon
    Thanks
    Thanks for reason and independent thought .
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