Rico Decode: Is Elon Musk crazy, not crazy like a fox, but crazy as a loon? And then you answer it. No, he's not. Not at least in his various encounters with him over nearly two decades. He has been alternately funny, rude, compelling, obnoxious, accessible, easy to deal with,. hard to deal with, outspoken to a fault. But that is a long way of saying deeply human with all the positive and negative characteristics that suggest.
Today we're sharing an episode of On with Kara Swisher - her other favorite podcat.
Elon Musk is a puzzle, but if there’s anyone who can make sense of him it’s Kara Swisher. She’s covered him since the late 90s – back in her early days as a beat reporter at the Wall Street Journal and she’s had many in-depth interviews and exchanges with the tech titan since, perhaps more than any other reporter. She’s also covered Elon’s latest fiefdom, Twitter, before it even was Twitter. So today we turn the tables, and Kara Swisher is “On” with Nayeema Raza.
We’ll unpack how Elon became Elon, why Kara came to believe he was one of the greatest visionaries in Silicon Valley, when exactly she soured on him — and why she still holds out some hope.
You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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