Hillary Clinton is launching a new podcast with Kara Swisher that will run through the midterms, casting groceries, rent, and healthcare as the ballot stakes.
The former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee announced Tuesday she will co-host “High Stakes” with the former CNN host. Vox Media will produce the show and distribute it on the same feed as Swisher’s “On” podcast.
Clinton timed the project to next month’s elections. In a video, she pointed to the full House, 35 Senate seats, and 36 governors on the Nov. 3 ballot and said household costs are “on the line.”
The Washington Examiner reported the debut drops October 14 as the 2026 midterm season heats up.
Clinton framed the partnership as a pre-election dive into kitchen-table issues.
“On Nov. 3, every seat in the House is on the ballot, along with 35 Senate seats and 36 governors. What you pay for groceries, rent and healthcare is on the line. So I’m teaming up with Kara Swisher to dig into the issues that matter most before the country heads to the polls.”
That message lands from a longtime party figure still active in Democratic races, including a recent move when Hillary Clinton backed a Minnesota Democrat in her first 2026 Senate endorsement.
The idea took shape after Clinton and Swisher met at the Washington home of former Atlantic owner David Bradley in the upscale Kalorama neighborhood.
Clinton already tested the pairing. In August she filled in for regular “Pivot” co-host Scott Galloway on Swisher’s show. Now the two move to a dedicated midterm run under the Vox Media banner.
Swisher told the New York Times the goal is to display a side of Clinton that private rooms supposedly see.
“There’s a thing about the secretary, where it’s like, ‘Oh, if you knew her in the room, she’s so funny. We’re going to try to show you that room.”
Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff cast the venture in plain business terms, audience, buzz, and polished product.
“The way the media business works is, you have audience, you have buzz, you do quality work, and you’ll have a successful offering. We have all those elements here.”
Clinton left the door open past Election Day. She said she would consider continuing if listeners still want the show after the midterms.
Clinton also weighed in on Democratic cohesion. She said some Democrats have already asked her to campaign and help their races, an outreach pattern that fits other stops, including plans for an Omaha rally to boost Nebraska Democrats.
She waved off talk of a party split.
“One of the things people try to do is split the Democratic Party, and that’s fine. It’s fine to have differences, and it’s fine to argue. Nobody’s afraid of the argument.”
That line arrives as she keeps a full roster of progressive outreach, from donor events to voter drives such as the karaoke fundraiser backing progressive voter groups with Paul Rudd and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The podcast puts a familiar Democratic voice back in voters’ ears on prices and rent while the party defends its record at the ballot box. Clinton has also spent recent months managing internal nerves and outside labels, at one point when she conceded a GOP “communist” attack would land and warned Democrats they were not ready.
Media machinery, elite introductions, and midterm messaging now sit in one feed. “High Stakes” packages Clinton’s cost-of-living pitch with Swisher’s platform and Vox’s production, through the November vote, and maybe longer if the audience holds.
Households already living with grocery and rent bills will judge whether another studio conversation matches the results they see at the store and the mailbox.
