People who want to tax billionaires away aren’t “vilifying” the mega rich. They’re stating a fact that these people have too much power, which can be quantified. It doesn’t matter if they use their money “for good” that money should be housing, healthcare, infrastructure democratically decided upon. Melinda Gates has a book: I don’t care!

All she does now is hate on EVERYONE in such a nasty way unless it’s one of her friends. I get that the world is far from perfect but is this the way for us to heal??

Waste of time.

Trash show by a snow flake

She’s a bad person. Only thinks about people in terms of their political beliefs. No heart

An amazing reporter who knows how to get the most interesting and substantive facts and stories out of her guests and topics.

Not interested

This podcast has been a refreshingly substantive light through the quagmire that is our recent time. I’m constantly impressed by the level of sophistication that Kara’s guess and her interview interviews bring to the subjects discussed. Worth listening every week.

I get that we fight at the local level but she didn’t talk about the “grand plan” of the Democratic Party. The party seems ineffective, rudderless, and leaderless. Basically no plan mam.

When a writer vs talking head does a podcast you get a great podcast packed full of info. Thank you.

She’s very good on technology news and has a deep history with a lot of the top tech titans. My biggest issue with her is her deep detailed analysis of elon musk’s antics but glosses over racial preferences and disparate admission’s standards by race (deeply unconstitutional yet she spends no time on this)

But she has no idea what cryptocurrency is or how it works. Please get educated.

If he won’t sell it to you, can you use your influence and connections to build an alternative? This is starting to smack of your ego against mad king egos???

I would absolutely renew my wapo subscription if Kara was the publisher!!!!

Kara, I love you and the guests you bring on are so interesting and informative, but my goodness you have got to stop interrupting them when they are answering your questions. Not everyone thinks as quickly as you do and you have to let your listeners hear and process through what these amazing people are saying. Please.

Kara Swisher’s On with Kara Swisher is the podcast equivalent of a dial-up modem screeching through a thrift-store boombox—outdated, shrill, and stuck in a time warp where 90s tech journalism still thinks it’s edgy. The self-proclaimed “Silicon Valley’s most feared and well-liked journalist” spends her twice-weekly airtime proving she’s neither, just a fossil with a mic who’s more obsessed with name-dropping her ancient Rolodex than saying anything worth hearing today. The premise? “No-holds-barred interviews with power players.” The reality? A bitter hag hurling petty jabs at tech bros she’s clearly jealous of, while pretending her 90s scoops on AOL still matter in 2025. Every episode’s the same: Kara interrupts her guests with smug asides, dripping with contempt like a leaky faucet, only to pivot to her favorite sport—Elon Musk bashing—like it’s still 2018 and anyone cares. Newsflash, Kara: the world’s moved on, but you’re still stuck buffering in Netscape Navigator. Her style’s a relic—think clunky Tamagotchi vibes, but instead of feeding a digital pet, she’s starving us of insight. She brags about “making powerful people squirm,” but the only one squirming is the listener, trapped in her sanctimonious echo chamber. The ads take up half the runtime—ironic for a tech critic who can’t edit a show to save her life. It’s less a podcast, more a time capsule of a has-been who thinks “smart people like difficult questions” means “everyone loves my snark.” Spoiler: they don’t. Horrid? Check. Hag? Double check. Stuck in the 90s? She’s practically dialing into CompuServe to upload this drivel. Save your ears and skip it—Kara’s On, but the world’s long since logged off.

She is so one sided and skews the truth. Not a fan with her alone, do listen to Pivot w/SG

Kara needs to do more listening. She’s sometimes too eager to voice her own opinion And she needs to get away from her musk obsession.

I really appreciate the insight into the Democratic Party. I’d love to see Dem leaders loudly embracing civil rights more. Education is about so much more than math and reading. We should be doubling down on diversity!

Kara always has interesting guests and facilitates great discussions

I genuinely enjoy On and Pivot and think Kara is an excellent journalist. I was disappointed to see that Baghdad Bob (Oren Cass) was invited as a guest on a recent show. We don’t need more gaslighting in our media during this time. I’m a progressive libertarian and regularly vote for R officials in local elections but only support D at the national level. I am open to conservative ideas and think the democrats are on the wrong side of several issues. That said, I will not support facists nor listen to their apologists.

Would have loved to hear from these 3 diverse economists beyond the birds eye view. We experienced an election where white rage, unemployment and the crippling of rural towns/communities turned US from supporting candidates who safeguard democracy, to empowering walking grenades. Continuing to ignore the wealth gap and disinvestment will undermine our national security. Making the boogeyman be China, it does nothing to solve the fundamental problems. Mazzucato is the only one going in the right direction because it’s structural.

Love, love Kara, and have listened to all of her podcasts religiously, but, apologies, I cannot stand the banter with her new cohost, and her voice is like nails on a chalkboard for me. UPDATED 2/25: LOVE THE NEW FORMAT!!!

I’m in tears about the reality, in awe of George telling the truth about sociopaths in the WH, Jamie’s groundedness, and Kara’s increasing courage. I am thinking that living in a blue state again is a good idea for me. Thank you for the best of best conversation.

On this episode with Cynthia Erivo, Swisher asks thoughtful questions and then gets out of the way for Erivo to answer. An important talent that many podcasters simply do not have. 5 Stars!

Really appreciate Kara’s calmness and directness from her experience w these tech bros. 😳🙄 Love Anne Applebaum bc she understands authoritarian movements and what we do in this new realm for America. Appreciated Mac’s and Higgin’s perspective too.

As I get older I keep being reminded that time is short. Kara skips the bull and gets right to the point. Love that!

Kara Swisher does a great job leading conversation on various important political topics with her guests, but in the latest episode about Elon Musk’s takeover, she constantly spoke over her guests, injecting specific words in an attempt to make things more impactful. Granted, we’re in trying times that require serious criticism, but let your guests speak on their own please.

I like Kara’s hard hitting and informative interviews and panels. I skip all the ones with singers, actors, directors etc. I find them excruciatingly dull.

Used to enjoy Kara, and esp early Pivot. I literally cannot listen to her anymore. She name drops, brags about always being right, and constantly talks about how much the fans love her. Thank god for Prof G’s other pods because she is unlistenable.

This podcast has been worth my time and I listen to almost all episodes that Ms. Kara Swisher hosts. I like listening to a female with strong opinions and the ability to ask hard questions of guests.

You need to hear this woman, she wrote The Shame Machine. Genius. Some really interesting ideas that warrant deeper discussion. Go there!!!

Every single story ends with Kara knowing everyone first and needing to be right about everything. She argues both sides of every topic, not just to get something out of the subject which I could understand, apparently only so she is always right. I am fan of her journalistic work. I don’t understand the self aggrandizing behavior. If she doesn’t know she’s a great journalist, and doesn’t need to tell us all the time, that’s a different issue.

The viewpoint is of only one political ideology and not one guest comes on the show with a different viewpoint.

Kara is a gossip columnist… nothing more.

$$$$$$

Hey! Stop whining about the number of ads! Would you rather hit a pay wall ? SMH. PS. Love Love Love all things Swisher ; )

Kara Swisher is so pretentious and supercilious. This woman cannot stand a moment of silence while listening to her guests. The hmmms and mmmms are ever-present. Does she ever listen back to herself? Please, please allow guests to speak without the automatic, unnecessary, annoying verbal tics. Your book review episode could have been so good…without your input.

A lone star interviewing fantastic guests. I’m learning so much. Love Kara!

Listen to almost all episodes (including Pivot). Feel like they both have the most advertisement segments than many other podcasts (and I listen to many).

Benioff is got his head in the sand about Elon and the orange moron!!

Considered getting out of tech for a while and found her on Recode Decode. Her well-calibrated no-B.S. style and dry sense of humor still keep me going when the world often speaks in a monotone of toxic norms.

This was such an important and deeply sad podcast. Kara Swisher did a masterful job highlighting such an important story.

I recommend every parent -no matter your politics - tune into the episode on ChatbotAI and the suicide of one teenage boy in particular. This is an enormous service to parents, and anyone who cares about how our children are being exploited by tech companies. Do not put these people in charge of our kids. They have little concern for the outcomes.

I feel for this mother. However, why wasn’t she asked why her son was able to access the gun in stored in the house? Blaming Character.AI is valid but only goes so far.

After listening for the first time to this podcast, I now know what Donald Trump meant by the lunatic liberals. They think they are the intelligent thinkers when in fact they are naive fools. Swisher is leading the pack.

One of the absolute best. Wish many would listen and learn US history

Too obsessed with Elon! Relax lady, talk about something else!

Loved your interview with Charlemagne (the god). Boy, I can see why this guy is so popular. I am his newest fan - love him and you Kara. Thanks for this upbeat conversation.

Your show with Ta- Nehisi Coates was fiction- He knows nothing about Israeli history- Ask your co- host Scott Galloway- I am horrified by the episode- you lost a big fan-