The Making of Elon Musk

<p>An exchange of insults on X was all that director Alex Gibney got directly from the main character of his new documentary, “Musk.” But by interviewing his business partners, father, wives and girlfriends—and using a bit of movie magic—Gibney takes viewers inside Elon Musk’s head. Spoiler alert: it’s not pretty.</p><br><p>Guest: <u><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316795/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alex Gibney</a></u>, filmmaker and director of the documentary “<u><a href="https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/musk?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=24292441570&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAozIf_VDv-vHY-ABsCIZURal2RSQf&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwuJLWBhD_ARIsAIBcRUy2PTDaZ9NFR0dco1fcLooUeXBaIYBdCfHrjicIAhaITh6irbWzBIsaAti-EALw_wcB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Musk</a></u>.”</p><br><p>Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<u><a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> </u>to get access wherever you listen.</p><br><p>Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.</p><br><p>Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.</p><p>Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our <a href="https://slate.com/podcastfaqs#plusbenefits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQ</a> at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>