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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

The Backstory: The last thing they saw

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Music, Music History, Entertainment News

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Criminal forensics has seen some pretty amazing advances over the past decade. But less than a century ago, investigators were attempting to nab killers through "optography," a process that involved dissecting a murder victim's eyes to harvest an actual image of the last thing the victim saw.

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Imagine you're searching for a killer and all you have to do is peer deeply into the eyes of the victim to see the image of the murderer.

0:08.5

I'm Patty Steele, the last thing they saw next on the backstory.

0:13.2

When Walter Isakson set out to write his biography of Elon Musk, he believed he was

0:18.0

taking on a world-changing figure.

0:20.1

That night he was deciding whether or not to allow Starlink to be enabled to allow a sneak attack on Crimea.

0:26.0

What he got was a subject who also sewed chaos and conspiracy.

0:30.0

I'm thinking it's idiotic to buy Twitter because he doesn't have a

0:32.7

fingertip feel for social emotional networks and when I sat down with

0:37.1

Isaacs and five weeks ago he told me how he captured it all they had Kansas

0:41.0

spray paint and they're just putting big axes on machines and it's almost like kids playing on the playground

0:47.8

Just choose them up left right and center and then like Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde Hyde, he doesn't even remember it, getting to

0:53.9

Mars, doesn't excuse being a total ass. But I want the reader to see it in

0:58.7

action. My name is Evan Ratliff and this is On Musk with Walter Isixon. Join us in this four-part

1:04.4

series as Isixon breaks down how he captured a vivid portrait of a polarizing

1:08.7

genius. Listen to On Musk on the IHeart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:14.4

In the new Amy and TJ Podcast, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, a renowned broadcasting team with decades

1:21.5

of experience delivering headline news and captivating

1:24.8

viewers nationwide are sharing their voices and perspectives in a way you've

1:29.8

never heard before. They explore meaningful conversations about current events, pop culture,

1:35.6

and everything in between. Nothing is off limits. This was a scandal that wasn't. And this was not what you've been sold.

1:45.0

The Amy and TJ podcast is guaranteed to be informative, entertaining, and above all

1:51.0

authentic. It marks the first time Robach and Holmes speak publicly

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