The Rewards of Stepping Out of Line: A Commencement Address from Kara
This May, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art invited Kara to deliver its commencement address. Today, we’d like to share her speech with you. Kara discusses the arc of her career ...
24 Juli 202327min
Fran Drescher on the SAG Strike and Hollywood’s "Fat Cats”
Today, a conversation with one of the most impassioned leaders of Hollywood’s historic double strike: Fran Drescher, star of The Nanny turned SAG-AFTRA president. We discuss what broke down in the uni...
20 Juli 20231h
The Crypto Founder Who Won a “Landmark Victory” Against the SEC
Hollywood may be shut down, but one industry seems to be enjoying a surprising upswing: crypto. Kara interviewed Ripple co-founder and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen hours before what is being called...
17 Juli 20231h 6min
The Fox News Love Triangle: Tucker, Murdoch and Trump
Fox News and social media are two arenas that will define the next presidential race. Today, after Kara and Nayeema discuss the implications of the recent injunction by a federal judge banning Biden a...
13 Juli 20231h 7min
Jake Tapper on Trust, Trump and CNN
When political spectacles abound, how can the media focus on the substance and avoid the clickbait? And is there a market left for nonpartisan cable news? Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor of ...
10 Juli 20231h 10min
Oliver Stone on Nuclear Energy, Putin and the Path to Conspiracies
After a quick rundown of the summer’s hottest films, Nayeema and Kara turn to our guest today: acclaimed (and controversial) filmmaker Oliver Stone. The man behind classics like “Wall Street” and “JFK...
6 Juli 202359min
Mark Zuckerberg: Oops! I Did It Again (Again)
After a review of the last 6 months of “Meta” a.k.a. Facebook (including a looming Elon-Zuck cage fight and the VR hit from the Apple Vision Pro), Nayeema takes Kara for a walk down memory lane. We re...
3 Juli 202356min
Sarah Jessica Parker Talks Show Business, Shoe Business and More Business
After Kara and Nayeema debate the future of Hollywood (including the ongoing WGA strike and the soon expiring deal between SAG-AFTRA and the studios), we turn to Hollywood star and entrepreneur Sarah ...
29 Juni 20231h 4min
