In this chaotic rocket launch of an episode, Dee attempts to navigate the tangled constellation of Elon Musk’s life—spoiler: we didn’t make it in one go. So welcome to our first-ever two-parter, because it turns out you can’t cram multiple companies, multiple lawsuits, and multiple baby mamas into a single hour. Who knew?
Join us for:
🚀 The early days of Elon: apartheid-era South Africa, computer games, and family trauma that reads like a Greek tragedy set in a Tesla showroom
🍼 The marriages, the children, the weird power moves (like whispering “I’m the alpha” during your wedding dance)
💼 A young Musk bites off ZIP2 and PayPal, and then blasts off to colonise Mars (or at least, PowerPoint about it)
🚗 Tesla, Tesla, Tesla: the cars, the crashes, the recalls, the robotaxi dreams (and nightmares)
🧪 Control issues, crybaby billionaires, and an unhealthy obsession with the letter X
👨👧 And a particularly heartbreaking account of Musk’s public transphobia and family estrangement—because not all red flags are just cringe. Some are unforgivable.
PLUS: The Cybertruck is real and it’s giving Mad Max meets B&Q shelving unit.
AND: A cosmic Ink-Quisition submission from Anthony Johnston, with a deep-space tattoo and a heart of starry gold.
TW: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence, child loss, sexual harassment, and transphobia. We give heads-up in the audio when possible.
🎧 Listen now and brace yourself for Part 2, featuring Musk's bromance (and breakup) with Donald Trump, Twitter/X nonsense, and so much more unhinged behaviour you’ll wonder if it’s satire.