Tech Bros or Tech Scoops? (with Kara Swisher)
Choice Words with Samantha Bee
Lemonada Media
4.4 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Tech journalist Kara Swisher was five years old when her father died, teaching her from a young age that time is precious and she didn’t want to waste a single minute of it. Sam asks her how that lesson translates into her choices today, from abruptly leaving jobs to asking prominent people blunt and uncomfortable questions. Kara shares her opinion on Biden’s age, offers tips on cutting through bullshit, and commiserates with Sam over the tech bros she chronicles in her new book, “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story.”
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| 1:02.0 | My Twitter account is about to become a teenager. I joined |
| 1:08.1 | Twitter 13 years ago in March of 2011 and I can't think of a wilder 13 years to look back on. |
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