Hillary Clinton will get behind the podcasting mic in “High Stakes,” where the former Secretary of State will weigh in on the 2026 U.S. midterm elections in a new limited series with journalist Kara Swisher. Under the deal with Vox Media, Clinton will get a split of ad revenue generated from the episodes alongside Swisher. Vox Media is owned by James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems, which earlier this year bought the company’s podcast network, plus Vox.com and New York Magazine, reportedly for more than $300 million.
Vox Media said “future collaborations” with Clinton and Swisher “are to come,” but didn’t elaborate. The Clinton-Swisher co-hosted special “High Stakes” premieres Wednesday, Oct. 14, and will run as a third episode of Swisher’s podcast for New York Magazine, “On With Kara Swisher,” weekly on Wednesdays. The series launches as control of the U.S.
Congress hangs in the balance with the 2026 elections. There will be some discussion, some debate and hopefully a lot of laughter.” Vox Media said that in the limited series, Swisher will be “drawing out the wickedly funny and sharp woman Americans may not have gotten to see before.” Clinton previously served as a guest host of “Pivot,” filling in for Swisher’s regular co-host Scott Galloway. Clinton is “a global icon, she doesn’t hold back, and she’s going to bring the audience an invaluable perspective.” Jim Bankoff, Vox Media co-founder and CEO, commented, “I’m immensely proud to bring Secretary Clinton — a hero to millions who has had a profound impact making the world a better place — to Vox Media as she embarks on this next chapter of her media career.” Hillary Rodham Clinton spent her career in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady alongside President Bill Clinton, U.S.
Senator, Secretary of State and presidential candidate. As First Lady, she traveled to more than 80 countries, standing up for human rights, democracy and civil society, according to her official bio. As a U.S. senator from New York, the first woman elected to statewide office in New York, she worked to expand economic opportunity and access to affordable health care.
In her four years serving as President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, she played a “central role” strengthening America’s global leadership, per her bio. In 2016, Clinton was the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. She won the national popular vote, with nearly 66 million votes, but lost the electoral college vote to Donald Trump.
She is the author of 11 best-selling books, including “It Takes A Village” (1996) and the memoirs “Living History” (2003), “Hard Choices” (2014) and “What Happened” (2017). Separately from Murdoch’s deal to acquire Vox Media assets, PMC (parent of Variety) bought other Vox Media digital brands, including Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar, The Dodo, Punch and Thrillist.
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