On with Kara Swisher

It's on. Twice a week, award-winning journalist Kara Swisher gets to the heart of the story through no-holds-barred interviews with power players across business, tech, media, politics and beyond. So why do her guests show up? “Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.” Mondays and Thursdays from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Every guest on On with Kara Swisher

286 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Chris Eisgruber
Free Speech, Colleges & Trump with Princeton President Chris Eisgruber · Oct 2025

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Chris Licht
Can Chris Licht Turn CNN Around? · Nov 2022

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Dana Bash
CNN's Dana Bash On Debate Drama, the Harris Interview & America’s Deadliest Election · Sep 2024

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Dara K
Uber’s Profit, Power and Problems with CEO Dara K · Oct 2023

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David Chalian
David Chalian Makes the Call · Mar 2024

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David Rohde
From “Witch Hunt” to “Weaponization”: The Impact of Trump’s War on the DOJ with David Rohde · Sep 2024

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Deb Roy

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Desi Lydic
The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · Aug 2024

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Donald G McNeil Jr
COVID Lessons Learned with Donald G McNeil Jr. · Jan 2024

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Eoin Higgins

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Geraldine DeRuiter
"Food, Feminism, and Fury" with Geraldine DeRuiter · Apr 2024

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Imani Rupert Gordon
Ron DeSantis Won’t Stop Imani Rupert Gordon · Aug 2023

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Jason Stanley
Why Trump’s Cartoonish Fascism Is So Effective with Jason Stanley · Aug 2025

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Jeanne Gang
How Architecture Can Solve Big Social Problems with Jeanne Gang · Apr 2026

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Jeff Klein
Peek Inside the Club You Can't Join, with Jeff Klein · May 2026

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Jen Easterly
Sorry, Donald. Jen Easterly Plans To Make Elections Boring Again. · Jun 2023

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Joan Nathan
Can Food Save The World? with Joan Nathan · Apr 2024

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Joanne Freeman
Stay Tuned with Preet: Elections, Now & Then (with Joanne Freeman) · Sep 2024

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Joe Green
Psychedelics with Joe Green · Jan 2024

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John Finer

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John King
How John King Gets Ready for Election Night · Nov 2022

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John Malone
Liberal Media Bias, Trump & Taming Big Tech with Cable Impresario John Malone · Sep 2025

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Jonathan Swan

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Judy Woodruff
Judy Woodruff on Polarization, Politics, and the Media · Jan 2024

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Julianne Smith
Too Old or Still Relevant? NATO at 75 with Ambassador Julianne Smith · Jul 2024

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Ken Buck
Ken Buck Takes On the Big Tech Boogeyman · Feb 2023

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Manu Raju

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Maria Cantwell
Time for a Data Privacy Bill + the TikTok Crackdown with Senator Maria Cantwell · Apr 2024

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Mark Esper
Mark Esper on Gaza, Iran, China and (of course) Trump · Dec 2023

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Mary Jo Pitzl

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Megan Garcia
Did a Chatbot Cause Her Son’s Death? Megan Garcia v. Character.AI & Google · Dec 2024

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Michael Schmidt

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Mike Madrid

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Nick Foster
What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Future of AI with Nick Foster · Nov 2025

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Olympian Caster Semenya
Olympian Caster Semenya on Fighting to Run · Nov 2023

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PA Governor Josh Shapiro
PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s “Get Sh*t Done” Attitude · Jan 2024

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Reed Jobs
Why Reed Jobs is Betting on Cancer Innovations · Mar 2024

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Sarah Botstein

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Sarah McCammon

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Scott Jennings
Gloves Off with Scott Jennings, CNN’s Conservative Pundit · Nov 2025

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