Recode Decode: Maye Musk

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Model and dietitian Maye Musk (the mother of Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, entrepreneur Kimbal Musk, and filmmaker Tosca Musk) talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her recent memoir, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success. Musk also discusses ageism in modeling, her aversion to the "weird diets" that have caught on in Silicon Valley, and how she was a "pillar" to her three entrepreneurial kids. Plus: Does she want to go to Mars with Elon? (Note: This interview was recorded in late March.) >> Start your free trial of New York Magazine today - go to nymag.com/decode Featuring: Maye Musk (@mayemusk), author, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: On Reset, Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. On Recode Media, Peter Kafka interviews business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters about the collision of tech and media. On Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the big tech news stories of the week, who's winning, who's failing, and what comes next. And on Land of the Giants, Jason Del Rey chronicled the rise of Amazon. Season 2 will focus on Netflix and is coming soon! About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:32.4	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of Reco. You may know me as someone who will not rest
1:36.5	until I've interviewed every tech CEO's mother, Karen Zuckerberg, call me, but in my spare time,
1:42.2	I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Reco Deco, the podcast about power change and the
1:46.3	people you need to know were part of the box media podcast network. Today in the red chair is
1:51.3	May Musk, a model and dietician who you may have seen and ads for Covergirl in magazines like
1:56.3	Vanity Fair in New York and even in the music video for Beyonce's song Haunted. You may have
2:01.1	also heard of one of her sons, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Last year, she wrote a memoir
2:06.9	called a woman makes a plan advice for a lifetime of adventure beauty and success. May welcome
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