Episode 159: Jason Calacanis Interview + Elon Musk's Busy Week
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2018
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
I interview angel investor Jason Calacanis to discuss his long history with Tesla and Elon Musk. Plus: highlights from Elon's two big interviews this week, an update on Elon's efforts to make Tesla a private company again, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode, a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast, |
| 0:03.4 | Angel investor Jason Callicanus joins me to discuss his long history with Tesla and Elon Musk, |
| 0:10.0 | plus highlights from Elon's two big interviews this week, an update on Elon's efforts to make Tesla a private |
| 0:16.6 | company again and more. Oh, What's happening friends Ryan McCaffrey with you for episode 159 of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla unofficial |
| 0:44.3 | podcast for August 19th 2018 as Daisy the Boxer Puppy joins me as always |
| 0:48.6 | drinking some water chugging down getting hydrated behind me. I am back after a week's vacation, felt really, really |
| 0:56.1 | good to get away a little bit. I didn't really pay much attention to anything. I didn't check |
| 1:02.3 | my work email. I casually kept an eye on |
| 1:05.8 | Tesla stuff. I was reading Ride the Lightning emails from you guys. I'll get to some of |
| 1:10.4 | those in a second with the cool Tesla car names that a bunch of you |
| 1:15.3 | sent in but yeah it was nice to get away for a bit I did see we'll talk about |
| 1:19.3 | Elon Musk's interviews this week he had a couple of very interesting chats with people but first |
| 1:26.5 | quick update I want to let you know for those of you who've been asking now you guys |
| 1:30.7 | know I've been using Instagram, my dormant Instagram account to post model three pictures, |
| 1:39.1 | to post stuff about the spirit of adventure, because I just, you know, like I said, I I told you I just kind of want to keep it off my |
| 1:44.5 | Twitter because that's mostly video game people a lot of people on that some of them maybe |
| 1:49.0 | wouldn't take pictures of of this nice new car the right way whereas you guys know where I'm coming from |
| 1:54.4 | on this so it's I'm using Instagram as like my secret Tesla Twitter basically it's it |
| 2:00.4 | works because it's a visual medium. Instagram's visual. |
| 2:02.8 | But anyway, I've been posting pictures this week |
| 2:06.3 | as I get updates from Immaculate Reflections. |
| 2:09.2 | Jeff there is finishing up my car. |
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