Elon's Great Crash-Out / Unmasked in LA

Elon Musk and President Trump breaking up? LA protesters clashing with law enforcement? Waymos on fire (again)? Things have been moving fast the last few days — and like you, our feeds are on overload. Today, we’re bringing you a quick reaction episode to catch you up on a couple stories we’ve covered before that are suddenly back in the news. Close All Tabs producer Maya Cueva joins Morgan to break it all down.

We’ve talked about a few of these stories before — if you want to go deeper, here are some past episodes to check out:

The Broligarchy Pt 1: Chronicles of the PayPal Mafia | KQED

The Surveillance Machine, Pt. 1: How We Got Here | KQED

Waymo Robotaxis - Uneasiness and Vandalism | KQED

Further reading:

A timeline of the twists and turns in the Trump-Musk relationship — Nnamdi Egwuonwu, NBC News 

Immigration Protests Threaten to Boil Over in Los Angeles — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker

ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger — Michael Lozano, LA Public Press 

How Waymo got caught in the crossfire of Los Angeles ICE protests — 

Joe Berkowitz, Fast Company 

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Credits:

This episode was reported and hosted by Morgan Sung. Our Producer is Maya Cueva. Chris Egusa is our Senior Editor. Additional editing by Jen Chien. Sound design by Maya Cueva, Chris Egusa and Brendan Willard. Original music by Chris Egusa, with additional music from APM. Mixing and mastering by Brendan Willard. Audience engagement support from Maha Sanad and Alana Walker. Katie Sprenger is our Podcast Operations Manager. Holly Kernan is our Chief Content Officer.

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