Useful Idiots? How Right-Wing Influencers Got $ to Spread Russian Propaganda
Last week, the Department of Justice announced major indictments alleging that, among other things, the Kremlin was paying right-wing influencers, like Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson, to spre...
12 Sep 202459min
CNN's Dana Bash On Debate Drama, the Harris Interview & America’s Deadliest Election
CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash has been having one hell of a summer. She co-moderated the June debate that led to President Biden’s historic decision to step out of the race; she landed t...
9 Sep 202451min
Tech and Kids: Parenting Expert Dr. Becky Answers Listener Questions
How much screen time is OK for a two year old? What is the right age for kids to get on Instagram or TikTok? And is there such a thing as "good" social media? Figuring out how to grapple with technolo...
5 Sep 202459min
Stay Tuned with Preet: Elections, Now & Then (with Joanne Freeman)
On with Kara Swisher is off for the Labor Day holiday, and we’re sharing an episode of friend-of-the-pod Preet Bharara's podcast Stay Tuned with Preet. In the episode you’re about to hear, Preet int...
2 Sep 20241h 17min
Unpacking Tech’s Influence on Today’s Media
Tech’s tentacles are wrapped around almost every segment of the media industry. They haven't just choked off a large part of the ad revenue media companies relied on — Americans now consume media on d...
29 Aug 20241h 3min
The DNC Afterparty and What’s Next for the Harris/Walz Campaign
Almost 29 million television viewers tuned in to see Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. But does size matter? And what’s next a...
26 Aug 20241h 6min
David Axelrod Breaks Down Kamala Harris’s Messaging and Strategy
David Axelrod was one of the first prominent Democrats to suggest that President Biden should withdraw from the race. The former senior advisor to President Barack Obama earned Biden’s ire in the proc...
22 Aug 202449min
Politics, Protests and Kamalanomenon: What to Expect at the DNC
The Democratic National Convention gets underway this week with party stars, social media influencers and Republican Never Trumpers flocking to Chicago for the historic event. Although Vice President ...
19 Aug 20241h 1min
