Podcast
Press Club
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Mediaite presents Press Club, a podcast featuring conversations with the top figures in media and politics.
Mediaite founding editor Colby Hall sits down with the broadcasters, reporters, editors, and executives making the headlines. Press Club takes listeners inside the news industry, reveals its secrets, and breaks down the forces shaping its trajectory.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin
Oct 12, 2024Tap to summarizeMediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with Andrew Ross Sorkin, founder of the New York Times' DealBook and co-anchor on CNBC's SquawkBox. They talk about Andrew's take on whether Silicon Valley has really gone MAGA, Fortune 500 CEOs' fear of former President Trump, and DealBox's infamous Elon Musk interview. Andrew also talks about his optimism for the future of the media industry and the difficulties of being an apolitical reporter in the Trump era. In the second part of the episode, Aidan speaks with Tim O’Rourke, the VP of content strategy at Hearst Newspapers, about how the San Francisco Chronicle is using AI to cover the 2024 election. This episode was produced by Brandon Reschke and Kathryn Wilkens.
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Dave Smith
Aug 31, 2024Tap to summarizeMediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with Dave Smith, libertarian and host of the Part of the Problem podcast. They discuss Smith's thoughts on the death of the corporate news model, why he's not supporting Donald Trump in the upcoming election, and his relationships with Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson.
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Kara Swisher
Mar 28, 2024Tap to summarizeMediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher. They discuss her career as a reporter covering the rise of Silicon Valley and then as a media entrepreneur, the future of the media industry, how to start a media company in today’s climate, whether cable news can survive in a post-linear world, her relationship with titans from Rupert Murdoch to Elon Musk, and her new book, “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story.” Swisher is the host of On With Kara Swisher, the Pivot Podcast with Scott Galloway, a contributing editor to New York Magazine and a CNN contributor. This episode was produced by Brandon Reschke.
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Kara Swisher
May 16, 2022Tap to summarizeMediaite editor in chief Aidan McLaughlin speaks with Kara Swisher, the New York Times writer and host of ‘Sway’, about Elon Musk’s dramatic bid to take over Twitter. Swisher knows Musk better than most: she has been covering Silicon Valley for decades, and has interviewed the billionaire Tesla CEO at length multiple times. McLaughlin called up Swisher on Thursday to discuss the latest twist in Twitter’s fate, what’s really going through the head of the world’s richest man, and what Swisher makes of the seismic changes shaking up the tech and media worlds.
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Fiona Hill
Oct 14, 2021Tap to summarizeMediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with Fiona Hill, a leading Russia expert who has served under three U.S. presidents, most recently as top adviser to former President Donald Trump. Hill would go on to act as a key witness in Trump's first impeachment. McLaughlin and Hill discuss why she went from protesting in the Women’s March to working for Trump, her experience serving in his chaotic White House, and how economic struggles fuel the rise of populism in the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia. Hill's fascinating new book on her life and career, "There is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century," is out now.
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Glenn Greenwald
Jun 24, 2021Tap to summarizeMediaite editor in chief Aidan McLaughlin speaks to journalist Glenn Greenwald about the political climate in Brazil, his harrowing armed robbery, Trump and Biden, media criticism, and Tucker Carlson.
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Politico Playbook
May 13, 2021Tap to summarizeTara Palmeri, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza and Rachael Bade — the four authors of Politico Playbook — join Mediaite editor in chief Aidan McLaughlin for a deep dive into the purge of Liz Cheney and reporting on Washington D.C. after Trump.
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Rachel Maddow
Dec 18, 2020Tap to summarizeMediaite editor in chief Aidan McLaughlin talks to Rachel Maddow about her MSNBC show, her new book, and the future of cable news as Trump exits the White House.
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Tucker Carlson
Aug 20, 2020Tap to summarizeMediaite editor in chief Aidan McLaughlin talks to Tucker Carlson about his Fox News show, the Trump administration, the coronavirus pandemic and the resignation of his writer over racist posts.
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