Trump vs. Elon: The Gurusphere Reacts
Decoding the Gurus
Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
There’s been a disturbance in the Gurusphere. Two of its central objects of worship are feuding. The guru’s guru, Elon Musk, and the MAGA God-King, Donald Trump, have finally turned on each other, trading blows on social media. In this mini supplementary episode, Matt and Chris survey the shockwaves rippling through the Gurusphere as these titanic egos collide.
It’s more slapfight than substance, but that hasn’t stopped gurus and sycophants from picking sides or admiring the sheer brass balls on display. Look out for Lex Fridman’s outside-the-box solution, Eric Weinstein’s cryptic mutterings, and some hilarious takes from the comedic genius Francis Foster. Strap in. It’s petty, it’s absurd, and it’s all happening.
Trump vs. Elon: The Gurusphere Reacts
00:00 Elon and Trump
00:26 Introduction: Elon and Trump are feuding
07:10 A little bit of context
13:11 The Gurusphere reacts
14:32 O'Fallon & Lindsay saw this coming
16:01 Eric's Trademark - Both Sidesing Obscurantism
20:38 The Big Dog's Take
24:01 Lex suggests we need a podcast!
27:10 Maculinity Hot Takes
29:50 Sensemakers Take Flight
31:17 Taleb's reasonable take!
32:14 Konstantin Climbs the Ladder of Chaos
36:37 The strategic Gaadfather & Scott Adams
37:28 Tech Bros praying for peace
39:25 The Red Scare MAGA Loyalist
40:36 Conspiratorial Narcissists and their Public Feuds
45:48 Sycophantic praise heals everything
47:07 Outro
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
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| 0:07.0 | . Hello and welcome to the Kodin Gurus with the cognitive amphipologist Christopher Kavana, me, and the social psychologist, other kind, it's psychologist, Matthew |
| 0:42.4 | Brian over there in Australia. I know, I know you're not a social psychologist. I identify as a |
| 0:49.2 | statistician. An applied statistician. I dabble in psychology. We respect Matt self-identification here. |
| 0:57.8 | But we're not here on the decoding episode. |
| 1:01.5 | We're kind of here on a supplementary materials episode. |
| 1:04.8 | But it's a special one. |
| 1:07.1 | It's a just a, it's a little morsel of gurudom. |
| 1:12.2 | The guru sphere is currently jiggling. |
| 1:14.6 | We noticed some unusual vibrations coming for the grometer that we needed to check out. |
| 1:20.6 | And we had a look and it seems indeed that the guru sphere is vibrating due to some recent events related to Elon Musk and Donald |
| 1:31.4 | Trump. |
| 1:32.3 | You familiar with those guys? |
| 1:34.4 | I am indeed. |
| 1:35.6 | I am indeed. |
| 1:36.5 | Yes, the long heralded, long predicted spat, feud, falling out between those two heavyweights in more ways than one has occurred. |
| 1:48.4 | It may not last. I want to spoil everyone's fun. I mean, they're currently going hell for |
| 1:54.6 | Leller against each other, but it might not stay that way because the guru's fear and these |
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