Elon Musk is een van de machtigste mannen ter wereld. Hij is miljardair, oprichter van SpaceX, Tesla en meer. Voor zijn volgers is hij een held; voor zijn critici een extreemrechtse oproerkraaier. Maar voor iemand die zo openlijk is, is er één deel van zijn leven dat minder bekend is.
Elon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world. He’s a billionaire, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and more. To his followers, he’s a hero; to his critics, a far-right rabble rouser.
But for someone so public, there’s one part of his life that’s less well known.
Elon’s Spies investigates how this free-speech champion uses private investigators and surveillance to target everyone from whistleblowers at his companies, to online critics and people in his own life. You can listen to all 4 episodes now.
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Reporter: Alexi Mostrous
Producer: Gary Marshall
Original Music & Sound design: Tom Kinsella
Podcast artwork: Jon Hill
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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When Donald Trump declared victory in the US presidential election, he told an adoring crowd that “a star is born”. He was referring to Elon Musk.
After months of reporting on the billionaire’s use of private investigators, Alexi asks whether the insights he gained from that investigation reveal how Musk will operate in his new political era, and what that means for everything in his orbit.
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Reported and produced by: Alexi Mostrous, Gary Marshall, Matt Russell & Patricia Clarke
Sound design: Bart Warshaw
Original Music: Tom Kinsella
Podcast artwork: Jon Hill
Executive producer: Basia Cummings
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