Kara Swisher: The Queen of Tech Tells All

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 2, 2025

Duration

2h 11m

Channel

What Now? With Trevor Noah

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Trevor and Eugene Khoza have a wide-ranging conversation with tech journalist Kara Swisher as she spills the tea on how to get a wife, the early optimism of tech, how our tech oligarchs need to think bigger, and much, much more! If you haven't already.... Subscribe to the channel here: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTrevorNoah Or follow the podcast on your other favorite platforms... SiriusXM - Apple Podcasts - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnApplePodcasts Spotify - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnSpotify 00:00 – The Queen of Tech Reporting 01:00 – Kim Kardashian Taught Kara Swisher Selfies?! 05:00 – AOL in the 90s & Kara Spots the Privacy Problem Early 07:00 – Trevor’s First Internet Lies (Prince of the Village) 08:30 – Why Africa’s Internet Questions Didn’t “Show Up” at Google 10:30 – “Elon Musk: The Alien From Your Country” 13:30 – Mars Is Overrated: Why Living There Sucks 16:00 – Tesla, Cybertruck & the Penis-Size Problem 17:30 – From Nerds to Billionaires: The Coolness Illusion 20:00 – Revenge of the Nerds vs. Reality 21:00 – From Inventors to Marketers: Tech Lost Its Soul 23:00 – Skinny iPhones, Fat Bumps & Wobbly Phones 25:00 – The Future in Your Ear: AirPods, AR & AI Companions 26:00 – The First Tech That Felt Like the Future 29:00 – Google Glass, Supermodels & Shrimp: A True Dystopia 31:00 – Wearables That Actually Work: The Aura Ring 36:00 – Matchmaking, Lists & Love in Tech 42:00 – Dating Apps vs. Real Matchmakers 44:00 – AI That Reads Your Face to Save Your Life 50:00 – Why Kara Stayed a Journalist Instead of Joining Big Tech 52:00 – From Star Trek Dreams to Star Wars Reality 56:00 – How Tech Titans Lose Themselves (and Friends) 1:02:00 – Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago: The Saddest Billionaire Party 1:09:00 – Stories That Shape Inventions: Matrix, Terminator, Sopranos 1:20:00 – The Jobs She Said No To (Amazon, Google, Facebook!) 1:24:00 – Why Billions Don’t Make You Happy 1:29:00 – “Ask for the Duck”: Kara’s Best Career Advice 1:35:00 – Facing Death 5 Times a Day: Kara’s Philosophy 1:39:00 – Tech Wants You to Live Forever (Should You?) 1:43:00 – AI, Work & Why Headlines Don’t Matter 1:53:00 – Making Media People Actually Want 1:56:00 – Why Trevor Doesn’t Miss TV (And What He Does Miss) 2:05:00 – Kara vs. Obama: The Most Obnoxious Interview Ever 2:11:00 – Touching Obama’s Ear?! (Don’t Try This)

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Trevor Noah

  host

  Comedian and TV host; creator and host of the podcast "What Now? With Trevor Noah".

• Kara Swisher

  guest

  Veteran technology journalist and host of the podcast "On with Kara Swisher".

• Eugene Khoza

  host

  Co-host/comedian appearing as a regular on-air participant alongside Trevor Noah.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of What Now? With Trevor Noah, featuring Trevor Noah and Trevor Noah, Kara Swisher: The Queen of Tech Tells All explores Kara Swisher and Trevor Noah unpack tech power, privacy, and humanity Swisher explains how she spotted privacy and data-extraction incentives early—from AOL’s walled garden to Google’s rise—and argues public oversight and regulation never kept pace.

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