Amy Larocca, Karen Hao, Amanda Hess
May 27, 2025

On the Podcast: Amy Larocca, Karen Hao, and Amanda Hess

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In this episode, meet award-winning journalists Amy Larocca, Karen Hao, and Amanda Hess. Each of these seasoned reporters have taken deep dives into major new developments in the worlds of culture and technology, and their audiobooks are nothing short of illuminating. Hear Amy Larocca, author of How to Be Well, on how the wellness trend has eclipsed fashion as the “it” commodity, Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI, on what’s missing from the public discussion of AI, and Amanda Hess, author of Second Life, on having a child in the digital age, and what was most “confrontational” about recording her audiobook.

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