Elon Musk Is a Symptom / Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff

About this episode

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff discuss their book 'Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed' and the implications of Elon Musk's influence.

Quinn Slobodian returns with his co-author, Ben Tarnoff, to discuss their just-published book from Harper Collins, "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Quinn and Ben's book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530 Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.

People in this episode

Hosts: This Is Hell!, Jeff Dorchen

Guests: Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff

Topics covered

• Elon Musk
• Muskism
• politics
• technology
• book discussion

Keywords

• Elon Musk
• Muskism
• Quinn Slobodian
• Ben Tarnoff
• politics
• technology
• book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harper Collins

Books & works: Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed

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