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 Forever...
14 Jul 202549min
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 s...
10 Jul 202555min
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 ag...
7 Jul 202553min
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. Bu...
3 Jul 202558min
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, including...
30 Jun 202552min
Trump's Iran Strikes: Triumph, Stalemate or Setback?
President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran shocked much of the world — but America’s involvement was over almost as soon as it began, and so far, it hasn’t sparked a broader war, like so many feared. S...
26 Jun 202554min
Molly Jong-Fast on How to Survive Anything
Molly Jong-Fast is best known as a writer and political commentator. But before she became the host of Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast, a regular on MSNBC, and a novelist and memoirist, she was t...
23 Jun 202552min
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Iran & the Limits of Trump’s Power
As President Trump considers striking Iran, Kara talks to Nicolle Wallace — host of MSNBC’S Deadline: White House and the new podcast The Best People. They unpack President Trump’s mixed messaging...
19 Jun 202552min
