Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is launching a limited podcast series with journalist Kara Swisher to air during the final weeks of the midterm elections.
The series, titled “High Stakes,” debuts Oct. 14 and will air weekly on Wednesdays as a third episode of Swisher’s “On With Kara Swisher” podcast for New York Magazine. It’s produced in partnership with Vox Media.
“I don’t think the stakes for our country and the world have ever been higher than they are in November,” Clinton said in an Oct. 14 post on X while announcing the series. “People are hungry for real conversation about what’s happening in our democracy and what it will mean for their families, and I can’t think of a better partner for that than Kara. There will be some discussion, some debate, and hopefully a lot of laughter.”
Swisher described the project as being like her semi-weekly news commentary podcast, “Pivot,” “but with an actual expert as my co-host.” She added that Clinton “doesn’t hold back, and she’s going to bring the audience an invaluable perspective.”
Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff said he was “immensely proud” to bring Clinton into the partnership. “She and Kara are forces of nature, and have an undeniable chemistry as hosts.”
The podcast will examine voter concerns ahead of the elections such as the cost of living, healthcare, and technology. The hosts said they plan to include competing viewpoints. Clinton previously guest-hosted Swisher’s “Pivot” podcast in August.
National attention is turning to the midterm elections, which will decide how effective the last two years of President Donald Trump’s second term is. Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate are at stake in November, as well as gubernatorial races in key states.
Opinion polling suggests the economy dominates American voters’ minds in the lead-up to Election Day on Nov. 3.
Election forecaster the Cook Political Report on Oct. 9 shifted its ratings in 18 House races toward Democrats and raised its estimate of the party’s gains to between nine and 19 seats. That range would give Democrats 224–234 seats in the 435-member House, where 218 is a majority.
Clinton, a longtime Democrat, former New York senator, and wife of President Bill Clinton, ran for president in 2008, losing to Barack Obama, and in 2016, when she lost to Trump. Speculation about her running again continued until 2022, when she put that to rest, telling a CBS reporter, “No, no.”
“But I’m gonna do everything I can to make sure that we have a president who respects our democracy and the rule of law and upholds our institutions,” she said.
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