How Elon Broke Twitter — and Twitter Broke Elon — with Ben Mezrich

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

What does a dramatic narrative nonfiction account of a dramatic tech CEO look like? To find out, we turn to Ben Mezrich, the author whose books have been adapted to films like 21, The Social Network, and Dumb Money. His latest, Breaking Twitter, has already been optioned by MGM. In this conversation: Ben’s process for blending hard facts with informed speculation, Kara’s advice for dealing with the tech titan, and predictions about Linda Yaccarino’s fate. Oh, also a brainstorm about who should play Elon on the big screen: Kara envisions a classic Vince Vaughn type, Nayeema picks Brendan Fraser, and Ben throws in a Succession character — but *not* the one you’d expect! Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find us on social media. We’re on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:00.2	I admired a lot of what Elon had done, but he's famous for his takedown of Mark Zuckerberg,
2:06.2	which Mark Zuckerberg didn't agree with how he depicted him.
2:10.2	He's written about a lot of stuff that intersects and sort of made more Hollywoody versions of
2:15.2	the stuff that me and other tech reporters do, including Dummoney, which was a movie that
2:21.2	came out about the meme stock thing around GameStop and others.
2:25.6	He's always been doing really interesting and entertaining stuff around tech and made
2:29.1	it entertaining.
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