So we'll start as we always do if you would introduce yourself and tell us what you cover.

I am Ted Mann, I'm a reporter in the Washington Bureau and I cover business and influence.

And what is the name of the company that this episode is about?

This episode is about the boring company.

Are you drawn to boring topics?

That's in the eye of the holder.

One thing about the boring company that's not boring is its founder, Elon Musk.

But the reason Musk started the company actually was boring.

Traffic.

Traffic is soul destroying.

It's like acid on the soul.

It's horrible.

We must go away.

Musk's solution to traffic was to build a network of tunnels under cities to alleviate

clogged roads.

And in some cases, using self-driving electric vehicles made by his other company, Tesla.

So this is, I think, finally, finally, finally there's something, something that I think

it solved got down traffic problem.

And boring was making headlines with plans to make tunnels in major cities around the

country like LA, New York, Chicago, Las Vegas.

But after six years, only one of those projects has happened and Ted dug in to try to find

out why.

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