The Deposition

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On March 27th, 2024, Elon Musk was deposed in a libel lawsuit filed by Ben Brody, a 22-year old Jewish political science major at the University of California. When Elon Musk twote that Ben Brody could be a neo-nazi undercover federal agent in a “false flag” situation, Ben Brody was faced with so much harassment he and his family had to leave their homes. Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.

Episodes

  1. EPISODE 1

    Do You Feel the Need to Yell Again?

    Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. In this episode, we enter the virtual Zoom court of law, hear Elon Musk learn what this lawsuit is about, and hear Alex Spiro get educated on how to use objections in Texas. ALLEGEDLY! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcript This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast This Is Propaganda. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/this-is-propaganda The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Mark Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.

    34 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Baby Smoke 9000

    Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. In this episode, we hear Bankston try to get into the mind of Musk, Spiro try some different riffs on objecting to form, and Musk say that a donut is not a bagel. ALLEGEDLY! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep2-transcript This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast Everyone Knows That: The Search for Ulterior Motives. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/everyone-knows-that The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Mark Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.

    39 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    I Could Be Guilty of a Random Turd Too

    Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. In this episode, things get worse and worse as Musk compares tweets to Niagara Falls, references Gladiator, and will truly just not shut up about what he thinks "free speech means," surprise surprise. ALLEGEDLY! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep3-transcript This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast World Gone Wrong. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/world-gone-wrong The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.

    50 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    I Don't Know Ben Brody

    Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. In this episode, we finally reach the stupid, stupid, stupid conclusion of this unreal b******t that actually genuinely happened in a real court of law, for real. ALLEGEDLY! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep4-transcript This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast BEEF with Bridget Todd. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/beef The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.

    48 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    The Deposition, In Full

    Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. This episode is the full deposition without episode breaks, if you want to experience it even closer to what it must have felt like during. Or if you just don't feel like listening to each episode separately! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcript This episode is brought to you by our other podcast VALENCE. Please listen to it! Please!!! https://hughouse.productions/podcasts/valence/ The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.

    2h 39m

  6. EPISODE 6 BONUS

    the deposition mastercut and it's the same but we do the full 18 minute break so it's not

    see the title. no fr. thats what this is. ok thanks love u bye Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcript This episode is brought to you by our other podcast VALENCE. Please listen to it! Please!!! https://hughouse.productions/podcasts/valence/ The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeod. Justice for Ben Brody. "Bossa Antigua" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    2h 57m

  7. 19/06/2024

    Coming July 4th: The Deposition

    Coming July 4th, 2024: A dramatic reading of the entire Elon Musk deposition, in full, for real. On March 27th, 2024, Elon Musk was deposed in a defamation lawsuit filed by Ben Brody, who Musk twote about speculating Brody was a disguised federal agent in a “false flag” situation (he was not, obviously). Musk and his lawyer, Alex Spiro, attempted to retroactively make the deposition confidential. It was not. It is, though, extremely funny. The Deposition, a new podcast by Hug House Productions, uses the transcript of the deposition in full as its script. Part reenactment, part reaction, the direction given to the actors is simple: Play your parts as seriously as you can until you absolutely cannot. The Deposition keeps in all of the character breaks, laughs, and incredulity the actors experience while reading – while also making sure the audience knows what this case is about and what was actually said.

    1 min

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On March 27th, 2024, Elon Musk was deposed in a libel lawsuit filed by Ben Brody, a 22-year old Jewish political science major at the University of California. When Elon Musk twote that Ben Brody could be a neo-nazi undercover federal agent in a “false flag” situation, Ben Brody was faced with so much harassment he and his family had to leave their homes. Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.

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