Overheard Creators & Guests

Kara Swisher is an American progressive technology business journalist and co-founder of technology news website, Recode. In additional to be a journalist and entrepreneur, she is also the host of the podcast "Sway" and co-host of "Pivot"

Pete Buttigieg is the Secretary of Transportation. Buttigieg is a veteran, musician, and businessman, and is formerly known as South Bend's "Mayor Pete."

Jeffrey Toobin is a lawyer, blogger, author, pundit, and legal analyst for CNN & The New Yorker.

Carol Leonnig is an investigative journalist.

George W. Bush is a politician and businessman. He was the 43rd president of the United States.

Timothy Simons is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Jonah Ryan on the HBO television series Veep, for which he has received three nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Frederick George "Rick" Wilson is a former Republican political strategist, media consultant, and author. He has produced televised political commercials for governors, U.S. Senate candidates, super PACs, and corporations.

David A. Fahrenthold is an American journalist who writes for The Washington Post and serves as a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. In 2017, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of Donald Trump, including the 2016 United States presidential election.

Kelly McEvers is the host of Embedded and NPR's podcast.

Jeffrey Goldberg is an American journalist and editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine. During his nine years at The Atlantic prior to becoming editor, Goldberg became known for his coverage of foreign affairs. He has won many awards and written eleven cover stories for the magazine.

Jon Meacham is a writer, reviewer, historian, and presidential biographer.

Tommy Orange is a writer. His first novel, "There There," was one of the finalists for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize.Orange is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations of Oklahoma. He received his M.F.A. from the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Nicole Krauss an author.Krauss's fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and Granta's Best American Novelists Under 40, and has been collected in several Best American Short Stories anthologies. Her first novel, "Man Walks into a Room," was published in 2002.Krause received her B.A. in English from Stanford University and her M.A. in Art History from Oxford University.

Jane Harman is the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011.Harman was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee (2002-2006) and chaired the Homeland Security Committee's intelligence subcommittee (2007-2011).Resigning from Congress in February 2011, Harman became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She succeeded former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton and was the first woman to lead the organization. She stepped down in February 2021 after a decade, and is a Distinguished Scholar and President Emerita.

John Hodgman is an author, actor, and humorist. His published written works include The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All.

Colin Kelly Jost is a comedian, actor, writer, and mentor figure.

Brené Brown is a researcher, lecturer, author, podcast host, and Professor of Management at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Russell Gold is an author, writer, journalist for The Wall Street Journal, and investigative reporter for San Antonio Express-News. He is best known for his reporting on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law.