BAES 154: DEBATE: SpaceX is the Biggest IPO Scam in HISTORY

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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It's coming. It's big. It's the SpaceX IPO and it's gonna make a bunch of people a BUNCH of money, but not you. Oh but you can buy into it right? Right! But is that a good idea...? In this episode we're picking apart the SpaceX IPO and making the case for why it isn't anywhere close to reality or reasonable, and why you might end up owning it one way or another anyhow. Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it! And please leave us a comment! It helps us! Also our newest acid video is out now so check it out! https://youtu.be/7vkFY3f5kkw NEW MERCH OUT! Get 10% off when you sign up and also get bonus content, ad-free versions and more plus your first 7 days free at https://benandemilshow.com ***THE SOUTHWEST COMPANION PASS IS BACK GET IT HERE: https://www.cardratings.com/bestcards/featured-credit-cards?src=691608&shnq=520080,4028088,4048122,4028085,3006151,4048149,4028089,4048084&var2= ***Go check out Ben's movie podcast! https://www.youtube.com/@UCtwCDeHuJTBWUkeQKlLeXhA **CHECK OUT EMIL'S LIVESTREAMS HERE: https://www.youtube.com/emilderosa __ SOME OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY ENJOY: That's Cringe of Cody Ko: https://youtu.be/dTbEk0pVh2w Our AUSTIN VIDEO: https://youtu.be/yGSs56bFzRU Our episode with Kyla Scanlon: https://youtu.be/cIHWkY35cuc Big Tech is out of ideas (ft. ED ZITRON): https://youtu.be/zBvVGHZBpMw Arguing with a millionaire (ft. Chris Camillo): https://youtu.be/1ZUWTkWV_MM We bought suits HERE: https://youtu.be/_cM1XqA9n2U ***LINK TO OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/CjujBt8g ***Subscribe to Emil's Substack: https://substack.com/@emilderosa ***Trade with Ben at https://tradertreehouse.com __ QUO: Try QUO for free and get 20% off your first 6 months at https://www.quo.com/BAES ROCKET MONEY: Rocket Money helps you find and cancel unwanted subscriptions, monitor your spending, and lower your bills—join at https://RocketMoney.com/BAES TIMESTAMPS: __ Follow us on instagram! @ benandemilshow @ bencahn @ emilderosa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie.
0:04.0	Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy?
0:09.0	Oh God.
0:10.0	Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power embarrassing Eddie makes way for sensible Samuel.
0:15.0	Cool, that was close.
0:16.0	You might not always pick the right starter, but your sub can still deliver.
0:19.0	Because with Paddy's super sub, your bet rolls over to the player coming on. Panny Power. Valid on selected leagues and markets only. Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only. T's and Clusions apply. 18 plus scummelware.org. Essentially with this company, you are betting only on Elon Musk. So you say penny stock. I say sci-fi.
0:38.3	Okay.
0:39.3	The guy's dreaming big.
0:40.3	All right, we're on.
0:41.3	The guy's dreaming big.
0:42.3	At that point, they've also got space tourism.
0:43.3	Right, exactly.
0:44.3	How about that for a new market?
0:45.3	All right, yeah, that's just sure.
0:47.3	How about this?
0:48.3	Passenger and cargo transport to the moon and Mars?
0:50.3	Who's paying for that?
0:51.3	Oh my god. You're making it sound goofy. Well, that's... It's real. That's Starship.
0:56.8	They did launch on Friday. And it did land back down, but then tipped over and exploded. Okay, what? So now you want your rockets to stay up, right? I mean, it's like... So everyone's going like, oh, you're going to send a colony of humans? No. We're going to have shit. Optimus robots doing it. He keeps talking about like these markets that don't exist.
1:12.6	Well, we just need the tech because No. Dib shit. Optimus robots doing it. He keeps talking about these markets that don't exist.
1:12.8	Well, we just need the tech because once we get to space, we'll probably be finding aliens.
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