Kara Swisher is the epitome of a multi-hyphenate: a podcast host, journalist, writer, and CEO agitator.
Swisher has additionally, in her method, turned IDGAF into her private model. Deeply sourced and comfortable to ask the laborious questions, she doesn’t care about being appreciated. As she mentioned throughout a current dwell occasion, “I’ve 4 children!”
Because the host of On With Kara Swisher, her twice weekly podcast for Vox Media, she grills leaders in tech and politics, coaxing them to share the issues they might not reveal on every other gabfest. For Pivot, her Vox present with New York College advertising professor Scott Galloway, she retains the banter between herself and her cohost—however nonetheless, she doesn’t maintain again. Swisher’s opinions are her personal, and he or she doesn’t hesitate to share them.
Swisher introduced all of her opinions, and extra, to this week’s episode of The Large Interview, going deep on AI, Silicon Valley’s relationship with President Donald Trump, and which tech CEO is her least favourite.
This interview has been edited for size and readability.
KATIE DRUMMOND: Kara Swisher, welcome to The Large Interview. Thanks for being right here.
KARA SWISHER: Thanks. I am sorry I am unable to be in-person at your stunning studio.
Subsequent time.
Who’s that behind you?
Really no person listening to this may see it, nevertheless it’s an enormous model of the WIRED cowl with Edward Snowden.
Oh yeah. Have a look at him.
One in every of our reporters, Andy Greenberg, had this in his home for years, after which lastly was like, “My spouse wants me to get this out of the home. Can I deliver it to the workplace?” And I mentioned, “certain.” So now it sits behind me after I report this podcast.
I did a superb interview with him a few years in the past.
He is nonetheless on the market.
Yeah. He’s.
We like to begin with some quick-fire questions. I am certain you are used to this sort of factor. You able to go?
Prepared.
OK. Most lively textual content thread you are on.
God. With my children.
Podcasts or Substacks?
What do you imply? Do I hear?
Decide one.
Oh, podcasts.
I figured.
Clearly.
The tech exec you’ll least wish to get caught in an elevator with.
Oh my God. All of them. Um, Mark Zuckerberg.
Extra disruptive: AI or social media?
Social media.