On With Kara Swisher featuring “Mountainhead” Writer/Director Jesse Armstrong

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  I'm more eager to hear what you think about all this stuff than to hear myself.

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  I have a lot of thoughts about your show.

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  Can I interview you back?

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  Yes please.

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  Hi, everyone.

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  From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network,

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  this is On with Kara Swisher, and I'm Kara Swisher.

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  My guest today is Oscar-nominated,

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  Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director Jesse Armstrong.

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  He's best known as the creator of Succession,

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  the series about a family that's strikingly similar to the Murdoch clan.

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  I did a podcast about Succession, and I had a great time because I love the show,

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  and I talked to Jesse a lot throughout the process and interviewed him many times about his work.

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  I've always thought it's amazing, and the teams he brings together are top level.

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  Jesse's film directorial debut, Mountainhead, was just released on HBO.

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  It's about four tech bros whose poker weekend turns into a life-or-death battle of the wills.

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  Corey Michael Smith plays Venus,

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  a tech renegade whose AI is allowing users to create undetectable deepfakes.

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  Venus is desperate to convince his buddy Jeff, played by Rami Youssef, to sell him his,

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  quote, good AI to flag the deepfakes before Venus' app gets shut down.

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