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On with Kara Swisher

Matt Levine on Elon Musk: Chief Twit & “Meme Lord”

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

Society & Culture

4.23.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Twitter deal is done, and Elon Musk is now, officially, “Chief Twit.” Bloomberg Opinion columnist and “MoneyStuff” writer, Matt Levine, has been analyzing the deal (and the drama) over the past seven months. Now, Matt and Kara consider what the future of the social media platform might look like under Musk. They discuss whether Elon’s seemingly genuine belief in the utility of Twitter, paired with his business and engineering acumen, will be a game changer for the company. And they discuss how his principles will drive big decisions ahead, including potentially reversing the platform's ban of Donald Trump.  Before the interview, Kara and Nayeema talk about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the rising tide of violence against politicians. Plus, Kara gives Elon some unsolicited advice on the business, including how to avoid a version of Twitter that would make even Kara quit her favorite social media platform.  Do you want Kara’s (solicited) advice? Call 1-888-KARA-PLZ and leave us a voice mail with your questions!  You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone from New York magazine and the box media podcast network this is the Jordan

0:09.0

B Peterson podcast with 78% fewer tears.

0:12.6

Just kidding this is a very grumbly on with Kara Swisher and I'm Kara Swisher who obviously

0:17.9

has a very bad cold.

0:19.2

And I'm Neymaraza while Kara your voice sounds terrible.

0:22.6

What did you wonder?

0:23.6

It was doing 100 TV hits about Elon or it's the young kids in the germs.

0:28.0

Oh both.

0:29.0

I think both of them I think it's really when you have small children you literally

0:32.3

I get everything and so I get all the different things I'm still looking forward to

0:36.1

lies next.

0:37.1

Oh excellent.

0:38.1

I had a lot better voice for our interview.

0:40.8

We did this week.

0:41.8

Yes it was with our guest Matt Levine who's the Bloomberg opinion column that's behind

0:44.9

money stuff which I think is probably the best and most fun to read newsletter on all

0:48.4

things biz.

0:49.4

Yeah he writes for both the experts the people on Wall Street and also regular people are

0:53.9

completely understand what he's writing.

0:56.1

Some of the credit default swaps maybe you're not that interested in but I love credit

1:00.8

default swaps.

1:01.8

Oh do you?

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