What Elon’s past tells us about his present

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This is not an emergency podcast, but, you know, maybe it will be? As questions swirl around what exactly Elon Musk is doing at Twitter (and why) we wanted to take a look at Musk’s history and how it might inform WTF is happening now. Fortunately, we’re joined by Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance, author of “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.” Recode Media’s Peter Kafka talks to Vance about Musk’s rise, how his public persona changed over the years, and his flirtations with failure. Featuring: Ashlee Vance (@ashleevance), Writer for Bloomberg Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:35.6	This is Recode Media, Peter Kafka.
1:37.8	That is me.
1:38.8	This is not an emergency episode of RICOD media, but it is a timely one because Elon
1:43.9	Musk is in the news and he's making
1:46.2	me scratch my head a lot because I can't quite figure him out. And I'm looking for someone who can
1:50.5	help explain Elon Musk. So I'm turning to the expert. He works at Bloomberg. He's Ashley Vance.
1:55.7	The reason I'm having Ashley on specifically is that Ashley has written a really, really comprehensive
2:00.5	biography.
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