Kara Swisher is here to talk with us about the state of tech leadership, AI, journalism, the media business, and her best-selling burn book.

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Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world

and beyond. We are joined once again by Kara Swisher. She's the host of On with Kara Swisher

and the Pivot Podcast and the author of the best-selling new book, Burn Book, which I just

finished and loved. Kara, welcome back to the show. Thank you. You have such a good podcast voice.

I wish I had this good one. you. You have such a good podcast voice.

I wish I had this good one. Hello.

You can do like smooth jazz at midnight.

That's what we aim for. As long as people don't fall asleep.

Yeah, well, that's a good thing. That's okay sometimes. Anyway.

You know, I have had some people who are like, yeah, I like to put on your podcast and go to bed. And I'm like, look, as long as the analytics are complete, then we'll take it.

That's actually better because they listen to the whole thing.

So congratulations, bestselling book.

Thank you.

You signed a two book deal.

This one, obviously a memoir, talking about your interactions with the tech community

and your reporting over the years.

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