A Royal Exit; Elon Musk’s Possible Payday; Robocall Revenge

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Twitter is planning to test a new feature that allows users to filter out unwanted tweet replies, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are stepping back from their roles in the Royal Family. Fmr. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz—a longtime Tesla bear—finally has an optimistic outlook for Elon Musk and the big payday he might have coming. He discusses Tesla’s stock and Musk’s wallet with WSJ Reporter Tim Higgins. It’s the revenge of the spammed: RoboKiller CEO Ethan Garr was fed up with robocalls, so he built a business on shutting them down...and having fun with it. Plus, highlights from Michelle Caruso-Cabrera’s one-on-one with ousted Nissan leader Carlos Ghosn, and an update on U.S. tensions with Iran.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod, the daily podcast brought to you by the team behind Squawk Box.
0:08.0	NYC, this is NBC Control 2.
0:10.0	See, NBC's essential morning show.
0:12.0	PCR2. Every day get the best stories, debate, and analysis. See, Twitter is
0:23.4	interesting.
0:24.4	A possible massive payday for Elon Musk has former GM Vice Chair Bob Lutz,
0:30.1	a long-time Tesla bear changing his tune.
0:32.8	Stop the presses Bob. What's happened?
0:35.3	My criticism was never of the cars.
0:38.0	My criticism was always of the way Elon Munk was running the company.
0:42.2	And revenge of the roboc call receivers.
0:45.7	Our app, once you put it on your phone,
0:46.9	is going to stop these calls from Ring.
0:48.6	And then our answer-bots go to work.
0:50.2	They start talking back to the scammers
0:51.8	and wasting their time.
0:53.0	Fed up with spammers, the company that built a business on shutting them down.
0:57.0	Those stories, plus a headline-making royal move.
1:01.0	Didn't we fight a war so that we didn't have to care what the royal family was doing as much?
1:04.9	I'm the NBC producer Katie Kramer.
1:06.7	It's Thursday, January 9th, 2020.
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