Kara Swisher
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Kara Swisher is a prominent journalist known for her incisive commentary on technology and media. This interview reveals her ability to provoke thought and spark change through her bold insights and willingness to confront established norms.
“In a rage that people think it's different. But what's interesting is that they, you know, they have their spaces. When I was, when the Alex Jones things was happening, I was talking to all the major platforms and they're like, well, everybody has a right, you know, to have a place.”
“The modern inconvenience of pets.com, right? Now, Julie Wainwright, who was the entrepreneur behind pets.com, is now at the real, reel. What an amazing business that is, right? So that's the whole point. And so when I was writing about it, it was, I was like, this is terrible business. This can't go public. This is insane.”
“Yes, they have exactly. But not as a podcast. But what about moving them around the country? Why not? Exactly. So I'm thinking about that. So is that a conference? It kind of is. What if you could add other things onto a live podcast? Put comics there. Put like make it an event. What if you can add experiential pop-ups to it?”
“Hysterical. Really? I just love talking to him. I mean, you know, he's He's sort of the old days of vaguely sexist, sometimes very sexist Silicon Valley, like the oldware, everybody, like that kind of stuff. I got to tell you, he's a real, you know, he's raised two really interesting children too. And what are the kids doing?”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 435 — Kara Swisher
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