Episode 074 — Tesla Fervor
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Ben Thompson / James Allworth
4.6 • 832 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2016
⏱️ 66 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, James. Ben, how are you? |
| 0:03.3 | Shocked, actually. |
| 0:04.5 | Shocked? I am, I am. |
| 0:06.3 | You know, I thought we were going to talk about Tesla. |
| 0:08.6 | And you informed me that you would rather talk about Taylor Swift. |
| 0:12.4 | That's exactly what just happened before we click the record button. |
| 0:15.7 | It was, well, you are the only person that I talk to Taylor Swift about. |
| 0:22.3 | And apparently, she's copying a little bit of flack for her decision to release her latest music video only on Apple |
| 0:28.2 | music. And I feel like, Ben, this is squarely in your wheelhouse. Yes, I have commented on the |
| 0:37.0 | goings-on of Miss Swift in the past. |
| 0:39.5 | But I can actually claim truthfully that I didn't even know what you were talking about |
| 0:43.5 | because I am not nearly that plugged in. |
| 0:46.4 | I don't have my notifications turned on for either Taylor Swift or Apple Music. |
| 0:50.8 | You got me. |
| 0:51.4 | Unfortunately, unfortunately, we will have to go to our plan B for this podcast. |
| 0:58.4 | So our apologies, apologies to everyone expecting us to address Taylor Swift. |
| 1:01.8 | I'm so disappointed. |
| 1:04.1 | You know, there's, the truth is, you know, no one really cares about Tesla, which is decidedly untrue. |
| 1:11.3 | Yes, they don't have fans either. |
| 1:14.3 | It's insane, man. |
| 1:15.5 | I mean, there's obviously one thing in an article can break through for a number of ways. |
| 1:21.6 | But yesterday, or Wednesday, I should say, was the second highest traffic day in the history of |
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