The Best One Yet 🔥 “LIVE with Kara Swisher from DC” — Silicon Valley is Kindergarten for Billionaires (Uncensored)
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Mar 13, 2026 
Kara Swisher, veteran tech journalist and podcaster known for incisive interviews and Recode cofounding, brings fire to a live on-stage interview. She traces her path from foreign service hopes to big newsroom exits, rips into billionaire culture, debates urgent AI regulation, and shares blunt career advice for surviving automation. Expect sharp takes, scandalous anecdotes, and a handful of memorable shade.
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From CIA Plans To Reporting Through Foreign Service Training
- Kara planned to join the CIA but left recruitment because being openly gay made her ineligible then, so she pivoted to journalism.
- Her School of Foreign Service training shaped her investigative reporting and scenario-building approach early in her career.
Why Journalists Should Capture Their Own Value
- Kara says creators should own the value they create instead of letting big owners capture it.
- She left legacy outlets, raised $12M for Recode, sold it, then built podcasts and conferences to keep the upside for creators.
Start New Media Formats Before The Market Notices
- Start new formats early because platforms shift revenue; Kara pushed podcasts at Vox before others understood them.
- She convinced leadership to invest in podcasts and built a new, profitable business line ahead of the curve.
