Kara Swisher and Marc Fennell take on the Tech Bros
We know them as Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos, Gates, Jobs. But to Kara Swisher, they're Mark, Elon, Jeff, Bill, and Steve. She was once a Silicon Valley insider, but now she's one of big tech's most vocal critics. This event was recorded at Adelaide Writers Week on Monday 3 March 2025. Original broadcast on April 15, 2025. Speakers Kara Swisher Author, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web and There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future Host of podcast On with Kara Swisher, and co-host of podcast, Pivot (with NYU Professor Scott Galloway) Former tech journalist with Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, contributing opinion editor New York Times Marc Fennell (host) Host of new podcast, Noone saw it coming ABC Radio National Creator and host Stuff the British Stole ABC Radio National and ABC TV Former host, Download this Show ABC Radio National
January 6, 2026
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Kara Swisher and Marc Fennell take on the Tech Bros
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<p>We know them as Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos, Gates, Jobs. But to Kara Swisher, they're Mark, Elon, Jeff, Bill, and Steve. She was once a Silicon Valley insider, but now she's one of big tech's most vocal critics.</p><p><a href="https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-writers-week/when-the-tech-bros-come-to-town/">This event was recorded at Adelaide Writers Week</a> on Monday 3 March 2025.</p><p>Original broadcast on April 15, 2025.</p><p>Speakers</p><p>Kara SwisherAuthor, <a href="https://www.hachette.com.au/kara-swisher/burn-book">Burn Book: A Tech Love Story</a>, aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web and There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital FutureHost of podcast<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-with-kara-swisher/id1643307527"> On with Kara Swisher</a>, and co-host of podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719">Pivot</a> (with NYU Professor Scott Galloway)Former tech journalist with Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, contributing opinion editor New York Times</p><p>Marc Fennell (host)Host of new podcast, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/no-one-saw-it-coming/no-one-saw-it-coming/105155928">Noone saw it coming</a> ABC Radio NationalCreator and host <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/stuff-the-british-stole">Stuff the British Stole</a> ABC Radio National and ABC TVFormer host,<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/downloadthisshow"> Download this Show</a> ABC Radio National</p>