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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

So How’s It Going, Elon?

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

One week in as head honcho of Twitter and Elon Musk is in a tight spot: how do you balance the desires of advertisers with your ostensible zeal for free speech? How do you make something for which you’ve already overpaid turn a profit? How do you convince Stephen King to pony up for a blue check?


Guest: Alex Kirshner, contributing writer at Slate. 


Host: Lizzie O’Leary


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Quick disclosure here, this show was taped on Thursday morning, and we know that in the world of Elon Musk and Twitter,

1:52.0

that is a long time and things may change. Okay, here's the show.

2:01.0

Would you describe yourself as extremely online?

2:04.0

I would describe myself as too online, and certainly extremely.

2:09.0

Alex Kushner is a contributing writer for Slate, and for the past several months, he's been covering Elon Musk's on-again, off-again, and finally on-again, purchase of Twitter.

2:20.0

Like, on a continuum of my father to Elon Musk, where would you put yourself?

2:27.0

Hopefully not too far beyond the median between those two. I like to think that I'm much less online than Elon Musk, and that if I had his money, I don't think I would be online to the extent that he's online.

2:40.0

At least I hope not, but the tough thing about that is that I think my chances of ever finding out are slim.

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