Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket
Unlock Ad-free Listening & Exclusive Binges
$9.99/mo or $49.99/yr after trial
Elon Musk's visions of the future all stem from the same place: the science-fiction he grew up on. To understand where Musk wants to take the rest of us - with his electric cars, his rockets to Mars, his meme stocks, and tunnels deep beneath the earth — Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore looks at those science fiction stories and helps us understand what Musk missed about them. The Evening Rocket explores Musk's strange new kind of extravagant, extreme capitalism — call it Muskism — where stock prices are driven by earnings, and also by fantasies. Follow along on Twitter @ElonMuskPodcast. From Pushkin Industries and BBC Radio 4. Pushkin Industries may use this feed in the future to debut new podcasts from our catalog. If you'd like to hear more from Jill Lepore, check out her podcast The Last Archive.
Episodes
Shows with Subscription Benefits
Hosts & Guests
Brilliant
2021-11-22
Jill Lapore is a brilliant story teller. Really enjoyed her discussion on science fiction, it’s history and its influence on Musk and Silicon Valley. That and much more.
Awfully Biased
2022-10-03
I was going to give this a two-star review for clear bias and intentional lack of understanding, but after it delved into straight-up leftist propaganda, I could no longer bring myself to listen to this rubbish.
Interesting and credible
2021-11-21
I have always wondered how nobody asks about Musk’s family and his stance on apartheid... and racism... and I totally get what’s about to happen about mars... to the previous reviewer: u should be ashamed of yourself but wait u r who u say u are... to the presenter: when you’re talking with the Harvard prof, I could totally see how current climate in North America is giving women of European backgrounds this sense that everything is the result of their hard work which is absolutely very far from the truth... so yes I hope you’ll acknowledge how racism has reappeared in other shapes and forms and none is good, before it’s too late! And yes Musk, thiel, ...is a technocrat who first and foremost thinks about money and fame! ThankX
About
Information
- Channel
- CreatorPushkin Industries and BBC Radio 4
- Years Active2021 - 2023
- Episodes7
- RatingClean
- Copyright© 2024 Pushkin Industries and BBC Radio 4 2023
- Show Website
- ProviderPushkin Industries Inc.