S5 Ep6: Will the Real POTUS Please Stand Up? (with Kara Swisher)
The Focus Group Podcast
The Bulwark
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever wondered what your last meal would be? |
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| 0:11.8 | about the seven dishes that have shaped their life. |
| 0:14.7 | And we find out what the last meal they'd choose to eat before being cast off to the Desert |
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| 0:32.1 | podcast, and remember to hit follow so you don't miss an episode. |
| 0:45.1 | Music Remember to hit Follow so you don't miss an episode. Hello everyone and welcome to the Focus Group podcast. |
| 0:48.4 | I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of the bulwark, |
| 0:50.6 | and this week we are catching up with the guy who's running our country. And naturally, |
| 0:55.9 | I'm talking about Elon Musk. Like Trump, this guy was part of our cultural zeitgeist long before he |
| 1:02.6 | came to Washington. And I want to talk about how Biden to Trump voters see him. We've been really |
| 1:07.9 | hanging with the Biden to Trump voters lately and how they see his |
| 1:11.7 | Department of Government Efficiency. My producer put that in scare quotes. It's otherwise known as |
| 1:16.9 | Doge. And you might be surprised by some of what you hear. I'm particularly excited for this show |
| 1:23.3 | because my guest today probably knows Musk better than you know yourself. |
| 1:33.0 | Kara Swisher, host of On with Kara Swisher and Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, |
| 1:35.4 | which you can find on Apple Podcasts and YouTube. |
| 1:38.6 | She is also the author of Burnbook. |
| 1:39.8 | Kara, thanks for being here. |
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