Best Of: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover / Comic Taylor Tomlinson

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🗓️ 14 September 2024

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Journalists Ryan Mac and Kate Conger talk about the chaos Elon Musk created inside Twitter, how Musk moved further to the political right, and how Trump wants to appoint Musk to head a new efficiency commission. Their book is Character Limit.

Also, we'll hear from comedian Taylor Tomlinson, host of CBS's late-night talk show After Midnight. Tomlinson started doing stand up when she was 16 and took a class with a Christian comedian. Then she started testing her material on the church circuit.

And, Maureen Corrigan reviews Rachel Kushner's new novel, Creation Lake.

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0:20.0	slash Climate Week.
0:21.6	From W.HY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:29.0	Today how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter.
0:32.0	That's the subtitle of the new book Character Limit by
0:35.7	Kate Conger and Ryan Mack. They're both tech reporters for the New York Times. They'll
0:40.6	talk about the Chaos Musk created inside the company, how Musk moved further to the political
0:46.2	right, and how Trump, if reelected, wants to appoint Musk to head a new efficiency commission.
0:52.3	And we'll hear from comedian Taylor Tomlin's to head a new efficiency commission.
0:53.0	And we'll hear from comedian Taylor Tomlinson,
0:55.0	host of CBS's late night talk show after midnight.
0:59.0	Tomlinson started doing stand-up when she was 16
1:02.0	and took a class with a Christian comic.
1:04.0	Then she started testing her material on the church circuit.
1:08.0	Church audiences are very supportive as long as you don't say anything dark, edgy, or blue.
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