The Fox News ‘Lying Tax,’ Tucker and More with Brian Stelter
Why did Fox News knowingly air unhinged conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic and then fire Tucker Carlson, its most popular host, just days after settling with Dominion for...
20 Nov 20231h 3min
Dan Doctoroff on Living with ALS and Building the Future
Dan Doctoroff had a storied career as Deputy Mayor of New York City during the first two Bloomberg administrations. In six years, Doctoroff helped rebuild the city after 9/11. He later oversaw the ter...
16 Nov 202355min
Adam Grant on Your Potential, Gen Z and — oops — Elon
Are tech bros successful because of some innate talent, or could any of us be like them? Organizational psychologist and Wharton School professor Adam Grant takes on the myth of innate talent and the ...
13 Nov 202359min
Can Mike Johnson Survive As House Speaker?
After three incredibly chaotic weeks, the House Republican Conference elected a relatively unknown (and startlingly retrograde) Louisiana congressman, Mike Johnson, as Speaker of the House. Today we l...
9 Nov 202353min
The Twitter Fantasy from Land of the Giants
Today we’re playing you an episode of Land of the Giants that takes a walk down memory lane to the early days of Twitter and how the platform became the best and worst place on the internet. If you li...
6 Nov 202352min
How Elon Broke Twitter — and Twitter Broke Elon — with Ben Mezrich
What does a dramatic narrative nonfiction account of a dramatic tech CEO look like? To find out, we turn to Ben Mezrich, the author whose books have been adapted to films like 21, The Social Network, ...
2 Nov 20231h 7min
Uber’s Profit, Power and Problems with CEO Dara K
Uber: hard to live with it, or without it. In this episode Kara grills CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the company’s sky-high prices, high take rate, treatment of drivers/couriers, policies around safety and...
30 Okt 20231h
Alexis Ohanian and Deb Roy on Big Tech’s Effects on Democracy
Democracy is challenged, at home and abroad, and at least some of this blame falls on “Big Tech.” Kara talks to Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and venture capitalist, and Deb Roy, the director of t...
26 Okt 202351min
