Episode 16: What is Elon Musk? With Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff
About this episode
The episode features a discussion with historians about Elon Musk's influence and power.
This week's guests are historian Quinn Slobodian and writer Ben Tarnoff, authors of the new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed . Adam talks with them about what Musk is, how he gained so much power, and what we can do to stop him. Messages: • Support the show at patreon.com/DreamingAgainstTheMachine • Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram • Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts! • Check out other great podcasts from Multitude like Simple and Clean About the show: Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and culture. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, Dreaming Against the Machine aims to take back the terms of the public conversation about what our world can and should be. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
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Host: Adam Becker
Guests: Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff
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Books & works: Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
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