#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family Lex Fridman Podcast

Kimbal Musk is a chef, entrepreneur, and author of The Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking for Your Community. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(06:50) - Growing up in South Africa

(19:21) - Cooking

(42:06) - Ingredients

(49:11) - Anthony Bourdain

(51:26) - Cooking school

(1:07:46) - Life-threatening accident

(1:21:50) - Road trip across US

(1:33:33) - Zip2

(1:38:16) - Tesla

(1:45:41) - SpaceX

(1:49:24) - Hope for the future