{"podcast":{"title":"On with Kara Swisher","slug":"on-with-kara-swisher-5665900","podcast_index_feed_id":5665900,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP1684715893","website_url":"http://nymag.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d8dd4b8a-02be-11ed-9562-6bb84220205a/image/b3ee21e8c248e16d651e5048036a9b2c.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New York Magazine","episode_count":413,"summary":"It's on. Twice a week, award-winning journalist Kara Swisher gets to the heart of the story through no-holds-barred interviews with power players across business, tech, media, politics and beyond. So why do her guests show up? “Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.” Mondays and Thursdays from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T16:21:28.549905+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-with-kara-swisher-5665900"},"episode":{"title":"Theo Baker Cracks Open Stanford’s Faustian Bargain With Silicon Valley","slug":"theo-baker-cracks-open-stanford-s-faustian-bargain-with-silicon-valley","published_at":"2026-06-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-with-kara-swisher-5665900/theo-baker-cracks-open-stanford-s-faustian-bargain-with-silicon-valley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-with-kara-swisher-5665900","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2534719147.mp3?updated=1780523762","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2534719147.mp3?updated=1780523762","summary":"Kara talks to Theo Baker, a Stanford University student journalist and the youngest-ever George Polk Award winner, about his new book, \"How to Rule the World.\" In it, Baker unpacks his investigation into former Stanford president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne over research misconduct in labs he oversaw. He breaks down how the university reacted and what it says about power at Stanford and in the Valley Theo reveals the “Stanford inside Stanford” and the university’s lucrative, no-boundaries relationship with Silicon Valley’s tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. He and Kara discuss secret power networks, “builders” versus “wantapreneurs” and whether Stanford is a university or, as one professor put it, an “incubator with dorms.” Plus: Theo weighs in on the backlash against AI among young people. Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Bluesky @onwithkaraswisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Kara talks to Theo Baker, a Stanford University student journalist and the youngest-ever George Polk Award winner, about his new book, \"How to Rule the Wo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3444,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-with-kara-swisher-5665900/episodes/theo-baker-cracks-open-stanford-s-faustian-bargain-with-silicon-valley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-with-kara-swisher-5665900/theo-baker-cracks-open-stanford-s-faustian-bargain-with-silicon-valley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}