11 episodes
Flipping the Bird: Elon vs. Twitter Wondery
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3.6 • 452 Ratings
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When Elon Musk posted a video of himself arriving at Twitter HQ carrying a white sink along with the message “let that sink in!” it marked the end of a dramatic takeover. Musk had gone from Twitter critic to “Chief Twit” in the space of just a few months but his arrival didn’t put an end to questions about his motives. Musk had earned a reputation as a business maverick. From PayPal to Tesla to SpaceX, his name was synonymous with big, earth-shattering ideas. So, what did he want with a social media platform? And was this all really in the name of free speech...or was this all in the name of Elon Musk? From Wondery, the makers of WeCrashed and In God We Lust, comes the wild story of how the richest man alive took charge of the world’s “digital public square.”
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Listen Now: The Price of Paradise
When ex-Bunny girl Jayne Gaskin spots the desert island of her dreams for sale online, she decides to risk it all. Trading in their English village home, Jayne and her family relocate to their own private paradise, just off the coast of Nicaragua. And a reality TV crew follows them to film a new show, No Going Back. But soon they all discover that paradise has its secrets. The locals claim the island belongs to them, and it’s been sold illegally. Jayne’s not leaving without a fight. A fight that will soon turn deadly.
Hosted by Alice Levine.
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Maximum Amazing
Twitter is at a crossroads. Its founder, Jack Dorsey, has stepped down from his role as CEO. The social media heavyweight is also under fire for alleged bias, censorship, and the roving army of bot accounts wreaking havoc on the site. In this moment of crisis, the only would-be savior to step up is also one of Twitter’s harshest critics: Elon Musk.
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I Am Supposed to Believe This Man Is a Genius?
Elon Musk makes the Twitter board an offer they can’t refuse — a $44 billion offer, to be exact. But this won’t be an easy marriage. No sooner does Twitter accept than Elon starts raising doubts. Publicly, Elon can’t help taking shots at Twitter and its leaders, sending their stock into a spiral. And it’s the everyday employees of Twitter who are stuck in the blast radius.
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Chief Twit
Elon Musk seals his purchase of Twitter with a tweet: "The bird is freed." But everyone inside of Twitter soon starts to worry, will the bird soon be dead?
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Extremely Hardcore
After Elon decimates the workforce in one fell swoop, chaos reigns supreme. Will Elon's dreams for a free and open Twitter turn into everyone's worst nightmare?
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Assassination Coordinates
Elon goes on a banning spree. And even his most ardent supporters find themselves asking, is the battle over Twitter worth it?
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Customer Reviews
Great I need more
This podcast was great. But I need more. There’s so much more that’s happened and happening. Please season 2.
Informative and entertaining
This podcast is both entertaining and informative. It was worth my time.
Interesting, musk fanboy tears are funny to
Pretty good, my only nitpicks was the narrator emphasizing the H sound in W words like: What, Why, and Where. Funny but distracting.
Very informative about how the acquisition went down and the details of the aftermath. I liked how they had text messages, slack messages, and emails on hand to read out what was said by key players throughout the story
The only thing that wasn’t thorough was the release of the twitter files, I had no idea what those were about and I was excited to learn more about that. But the podcast glossed over that in the span of a minute emphasizing the doxxing instead of what the files meant