The host highlighted the author's background as a prominent tech reporter and podcast host while noting she wrote the title. Later, a guest praised the book as a great read, recommending it to listeners. The discussion emphasized the author's credibility and the book's appeal, leading to a strong endorsement.
Highly Recommended
Episode: What Elon Musk Wants
The host mentioned that Kara Swisher is the author of this book, noting her role as a tech reporter and author.
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She hosts the podcasts "On With Kara Swisher" and "Pivot," with Scott Galloway, and is the author of "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story."
Episode: What Democrats Can Learn From Gretchen Whitmer
Whitmer recommended Burn Book by Kara Swisher as a great book.
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Burn Book by Kara Swisher is a great book.
Episode: What Democrats Can Learn From Gretchen Whitmer
Whitmer suggested Burn Book by Kara Swisher as a great read during the book recommendation segment.
Kara Swisher mentioned that her own book, Burn Book, was a love story about technology and expressed frustration with how tech companies monopolize ideas.
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my book was called Burn Book, a love story, a tech love story. I love tech. I'm just pissed at what they did to it.
— Episode: Kara Swisher: Tech, Power, and Why You S...
Episode: Kara Swisher: Tech, Power, and Why You Should Get...
Kara Swisher mentioned that her own book, Burn Book, was a love story about technology and expressed frustration with how tech companies monopolize ideas.
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my book was called Burn Book, a love story, a tech love story. I love tech. I'm just pissed at what they did to it.
The hosts referenced the memoir across several episodes, noting its entertaining behind‑the‑scenes stories from Silicon Valley and its relevance to discussions about AI and Elon Musk. Scott Galloway mentioned it as an example of a cautionary tech book, while Kara Swisher highlighted its release and included an excerpt describing a quirky tech event. Overall, the book was mentioned in a neutral, informational tone rather than being strongly endorsed.
Episode: Market Milestone, Alito Flag Fail, and OpenAI Dram...
Scott Galloway recommended a book about the dangers of AI, referencing the book "Burn Book" as an example of what someone concerned about AI could do.
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Well then go on a board, go on a, you know, go to Stanford and become a high profile naysayer of these things or write a book like Burn Book, right?
Episode: Paramount CEO Ouster, Microsoft and Alphabet Earni...
Scott Galloway mentioned the title of his book "Tech Love Story" and suggested that the tech industry should use their better qualities to improve things.
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I do believe in great possibilities and I hate what they've done to the place, so why don't they use the better parts of their nature to do things, which is I'm glad to hear you saying it's not gonna be some demented smart city.
Episode: SCOTUS and Social Media, Reddit's IPO, and Guest B...
Kara's memoir, "Burn Book", was released and included fascinating and entertaining stories from her reporting days in Silicon Valley.
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Kara's memoir "Burn Book" is hitting the shelves, featuring fascinating and entertaining stories from her reporting days in Silicon Valley.
Episode: Social Media & Child Safety, Elon's Paycheck, and...
It was mentioned as a book about Elon Musk, specifically detailing his behavior, and the author mentioned that it would be coming out in three weeks.
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There was only a book that was coming out in three weeks that talked about this in detail.
Burn book from Carol Swisher.
I'm not really interested in the book.
Episode: Speaker Johnson, Meta Lawsuit, and Elon's Twitter-...
A book excerpt was read, describing Scott Galloway's wacky presentation at a tech event in Germany, where he wore a wig and lip-synced to George Michael's Freedom 90. The author also mentioned having more content about Scott in the book.
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In 2017, I attended a tech event in Germany called DLD, Digital Life Design.
I watched as Scott Galloway, an NYU Stern business professor of brand strategy and digital marketing, delivered what was a wacko presentation that included him donning a wig and lip syncing to George Michael's Freedom 90 for way too long.
While Scott's casual arrogance was familiar to me, his insights were fresh and new. I invited him to join me on Rico Decode and he said yes.
Kara Swisher's forthcoming book was mentioned, noting that its release date had been moved up to February.
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and has a forthcoming book burn book. A Tech Love Story. Yeah, we'll be out in March. Kara Swisher February now. John February actually right now. They moved it up. They moved up.
— Episode: Kara Swisher: Jim Jordan, Legislative Te...
Episode: Kara Swisher: Jim Jordan, Legislative Terrorist
Kara Swisher's forthcoming book was mentioned, noting that its release date had been moved up to February.
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and has a forthcoming book burn book. A Tech Love Story. Yeah, we'll be out in March. Kara Swisher February now. John February actually right now. They moved it up. They moved up.
Audie Cornish was speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir, 'Burn Book: A Tech Love Story', which was mentioned during the podcast.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir Burn Book, a tech love story.
— Episode: Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck - June 9...
Episode: Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck - June 9 2024
Audie Cornish was speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir, 'Burn Book: A Tech Love Story', which was mentioned during the podcast.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir Burn Book, a tech love story.
Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H1 - Rally Around...
The podcast host mentioned speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir, 'Burn Book,' which was described as a tech love story, hinting at a focus on positive aspects of technology in the book.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir Burn Book, a tech love story.
The book was a memoir about Kara Swisher's experiences in the tech industry, with a focus on the love she had for the technology itself, but not necessarily the people who made it.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir, Burn Book, a tech love story.
— Episode: FULL SHOW: Cassie Breaks Her Silence Aft...
Episode: FULL SHOW: Cassie Breaks Her Silence After Diddy H...
The book was a memoir about Kara Swisher's experiences in the tech industry, with a focus on the love she had for the technology itself, but not necessarily the people who made it.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir, Burn Book, a tech love story.
The podcast host Audie Cornish had a conversation with Kara Swisher about her memoir, "Burn Book", which is about her tech love story, where she says she loves the technology but not the people, and loves the possibilities of the technology.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir Burn Book, a tech love story.
— Episode: CLASSIC: Returning To The Moon
Episode: CLASSIC: Returning To The Moon
The podcast host Audie Cornish had a conversation with Kara Swisher about her memoir, "Burn Book", which is about her tech love story, where she says she loves the technology but not the people, and loves the possibilities of the technology.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir Burn Book, a tech love story.
I love the tech, not the people. I love the possibilities of technology.
The title was highlighted across several episodes as Kara Swisher's memoir chronicling three decades of tech reporting, offering an unflinching, sometimes scathing look at the industry while framing it as a love story. Hosts and guests such as Ted Sarandos and Margrethe Vestager praised its candid anecdotes, its critique of tech culture, and even its potential TV adaptation. The overall tone was enthusiastic, presenting the book as a must‑read for anyone interested in the tech world.
Highly Recommended
Episode: “Possible” by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger featuri...
It is an unflinching, sometimes scathing examination of the tech industry and the founders who built it. The book does not shy away from confronting the consequences of tech titans' race to scale.
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Her new book, Burn Book, is an unflinching, sometimes scathing examination of the tech industry and the founders who built it.
She doesn't shy away from confronting the consequences of tech titans race to scale.
Episode: War in Gaza, Ukraine & Space, plus Biden vs. Trump...
This is a book written by Kara Swisher. It is a memoir about her career in technology journalism and how she got started covering the internet. She attributes her start in tech journalism to David Ignatius, who was her boss at the Washington Post. She was covering the local business feud between the half family, and was sent to cover the internet, after AOL began to grow and expand.
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For people who don't know, David was a great boss, but he really did, as I attribute in my book, Burn Book, to sending me covering the internet.
Episode: Margrethe Vestager Shows Tech Gatekeepers The Door
She agreed with the idea that the book was a tech love story.
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I always subtitle a tech love story.
Episode: More Burn Book with Ted Sarandos
The book is a biography of Kara Swisher's 30 years of tech reporting, including personal anecdotes, and a critique of the tech industry's culture and lack of accountability. Ted Sarandos was pleased with the book and highlighted the importance of being able to speak truth to power, as Swisher did in the book.
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And the beauty of this book is you gave the answer in the book.
First make it a conversation.
Second, do not be afraid to ask the question everyone is thinking.
Third, conduct the discussion as if you were never going to interview this person again.
So I'm going to keep your advice in mind and really being the back of my head the whole time.
Episode: How did Kara Scoop OpenAI, and More on Burn Book (...
Kara Swisher discussed her new book, *Burn Book: A Tech Love Story*, about the tech industry and its culture. She mentioned that the first line of the book is "As it turns out, it was capitalism after all."
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That's the first line of my book.
As it turns out, it was capitalism after all.
It says a love story.
This is Byrne book. At the top, it's bigger.
It was so funny. Wait, I'm off-thing. What was your question? Why do I love it? Oh, OK.
Episode: The Burn Book Kick-Off with Don Lemon
The book, "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story", is Kara Swisher's memoir about her experiences in the tech industry. In the podcast, Kara speaks about how she had to get confirmation for her stories from other sources, and how she felt that her editor wanted her to be more neutral in her reporting.
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If you haven't heard already, my latest book, aptly titled Burn Book, a tech love story, came out earlier this week.
So you couldn't say, like, what got to me is I kept seeing all this ridiculousness in terms of valuations and everything else. It was way ahead of its're gonna run out of money. And it was too early. It wasn't directionally wrong. It was executionally wrong at the moment. And so I wanted to say that, and the editor actually said to me, can you get someone to say what you said? And I said, no, why would I do that?
Well, we need to put it to be sure. Some people think Webvan is great.
And I was like, to be sure, they're stupid if they say that.
And this was me as an employee. It was really not good.
Episode: The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024...
It was mentioned that Desi Lydic's book was saved from not being turned in by Nell Scoble, who kicked her ass to get it in.
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She worked on my book with me.
I didn't know she worked on Burn Book?
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
She saved it because I wasn't turning it in and she kicked my ass until I got it in.
Episode: The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024...
It was mentioned that Nell Scoble helped Desi Lydic finish writing her book, possibly a memoir, and kicked her to get it submitted on time.
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She worked on my book with me.
I didn't know she worked on Burn Book?
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
She saved it because I wasn't turning it in and she kicked my ass until I got it in.
Episode: Big Companies Are Scared of These Lawyers
The book, "Burn Book", was mentioned; its cover art features the author with fire sunglasses and aviators. It was said that the book was forthcoming.
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the book is coming out it's called burn book the cover art came out yes yes it's a picture of me with fire sunglasses and the aviators yeah
Episode: Comedian Tig Notaro on Laughing Through Grief
The speaker mentioned that there was a TV show being made of their book, and the only requirement they had for the production company was to have a believable lesbian play them.
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They're making the TV show of my book, Burn Book. Wow. And they said, what do you need for this? The production company. And I said, all I want is a believable lesbian playing me. That's all I have to do. Just a believable lesbian.
Episode: FITNESS MOM MISSY BEVERS BLUDGEONED DEAD IN CREEKS...
The book was mentioned by the host as being Kara Swisher's memoir, titled "Burn Book, A Tech Love Story".
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir Burn Book, A Tech Love Story.
Episode: COPS: DID MOTHER-IN-LAW HELP "MOSCOW MULE MOM" POI...
Kara Swisher's memoir, Burn Book, is about her experience in the tech industry, and is a tech love story.
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I'm speaking with Kara Swisher about her memoir Burn Book, a tech love story. I love the tech, not the people. I love the possibilities of technology. I really did believe and I probably was from being gay now that I think about it. It's like we can come out and meet each other now.
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