X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story

This episode explores Elon Musk’s paradoxical fear of AI while actively building it, framing him as a modern "Cyberdyne Systems.

Historian Jill Lepore explores Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, linking his “woke mind virus” rhetoric to Cold War-era fears of brainwashing and his grandfather’s anti-communist views.

Historian Jill Lepore explores Elon Musk’s “Baby X” and his “Muskism” through the lens of feminist and Indigenous science fiction.