Ding-Dong of the Week

Peter Miller and Mike Pearl
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The show where we dig through the news for the biggest chowderhead of the past seven days, and award them a prize.

  1. 06/14/2021

    Elon Musk Doesn't Pay All That Much in Taxes

    Compared to you, the listener of this podcast, Elon Musk doesn't have a very high tax bill. He got a little defensive about this on Twitter, saying something sort of convoluted about Tesla stock prices, but he might be missing the point. Also! He's planning to accept Bitcoins in exchange for cars once again someday. AND he likes to put video games in cars.  All that and Jeff Bezos's voice. Do you have any idea what he sounds like? (spoiler: pretty goofy!) You will after you listen to this episode. Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    53 min

  2. 06/06/2021

    Elon Musk and His Whole Cryptocurrency Deal

    A deep dive into Elon Musk's history with cryptocurrency, and an attempt to understand what he's trying to accomplish by—for instance— tweeting an acrostic that spells "CUM." music credit: Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 28m

  3. 05/20/2021

    Elon Musk's Autopilot Caused(?) Another Deadly Car Crash

    A deep dive into self-driving Teslas and how you probably shouldn't use one. It's not fun to talk about someone dying (you can read about that here), but it's worth noting that the excuses Elon Musk and Tesla give for their fully self-driving cars causing deaths aren't very good. Also, a little bit more about company towns, in light of the company town Elon appears to be building.  And a silver medalist who is flamin' hot. Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ NOTE: A previous version omitted the text "(?)" from the title. We regret the error(?).

    44 min

  4. 05/11/2021

    Elon Musk Hosts SNL (with Seth Simons)

    Freelance journalist Seth Simons visits the Institute of Ding Dong Studies to discuss the comedy stylings of billionaire Elon Musk. For more from Seth, check out his newsletter.   music credit: Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    50 min

  5. 02/02/2021

    Elon Musk's Role in This Whole Gamestonks Thing

    Why did Elon Musk tweet "Gamestonks"? For that matter, why does he do anything? Also: Elon's into Bitcoin now, and SpaceX is being investigated by the FAA.  Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    42 min

  6. 01/23/2021

    Elon Musk Is Hiring People to Deal with Twitter for Him

    Elon Musk fired Tesla's public relations department in October, and replaced it with saying whatever he wants all the time on Twitter. But now he's hiring people to deal to relate, if you will, with members of what you might call "the public" on Twitter. Also, his common law wife may or may not have given COVID-19 to Dave Chapelle. Also, he wants to dig tunnels under Miami. And his flamethrowers are causing problems for people. Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    57 min

  7. 01/12/2021

    Elon Musk Has a Great Deal of Money

    Elon Musk has more money than you, even if you are Jeff Bezos. Also, he thinks you should use Signal.  Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    47 min

  8. 12/18/2020

    Elon Musk's Immunity from Actual Criticism

    Elon Musk doesn't care for pronouns, one of the more common parts of speech. Seems like it must make it hard for him to talk. LOL. Music credit: Frogs Legs Rag by Kevin MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    35 min
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The show where we dig through the news for the biggest chowderhead of the past seven days, and award them a prize.

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  • Creator
    Peter Miller and Mike Pearl
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Ding-Dong of the Week