In our new series Elon In Power, we’re digging into the billionaire’s history to find out how he got to this point and what his past tells us about who he is today. For our second episode, CNBC Digital tech reporter Lora Kolodny joins the show to fill us in on how SpaceX got off the ground and the role it’s played in building Musk’s empire. Subscribe to Paris’s newsletter <a href='https://disconnect.blog/'>Disconnect</a>. Subscribe to Brian’s newsletter <a href='https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/'>Blood in the Machine</a>.<a rel="payment" href="https://patreon.com/systemcrashpod">Support the show</a>

In our new series Elon In Power, we’re digging into the billionaire’s history to find out how he got to this point and what his past tells us about who he is today. For our second episode, CNBC Digital tech reporter Lora Kolodny joins the show to fill us in on how SpaceX got off the ground and the role it’s played in building Musk’s empire. Subscribe to Paris’s newsletter Disconnect. Subscribe to Brian’s newsletter Blood in the Machine. Support the show

In our new series Elon In Power, we’re digging into the billionaire’s history to find out how he got to this point and what his past tells us about who he is today. For our second episode, CNBC Digital tech reporter Lora Kolodny&nbsp;joins the show to fill us in on how SpaceX got off the ground and the role it’s played in building Musk’s empire. Subscribe to Paris’s newsletter <a href="https://disconnect.blog/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disconnect</a>. Subscribe to Brian’s newsletter <a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blood in the Machine</a>.<a href="https://patreon.com/systemcrashpod" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

SpaceX and the Foundation of Elon’s Empire ft. Lora Kolodny

Tech giants like Google and Facebook have conquered — some would say killed — the internet. Elon Musk used his platform to help elect Trump, and Silicon Valley elites want to gut the public sector. OpenAI and Microsoft aim to wipe away millions of jobs. Uber is driving down wages. Apple is impenetrable. Amazon is inescapable. All this high tech, and our quality of life is getting lower. The system has crashed. So, System Crash: a weekly tech news show willing to tell the hard truths about how tech — and the titans who own and operate it — is really transforming the world. Co-hosts Paris Marx and Brian Merchant dissect the stories that matter, break news of their own, offer expert commentary, and interview journalists, whistleblowers, authors, and tech workers and ordinary people fighting back.

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Tech giants like Google and Facebook have conquered — some would say killed — the internet. Elon Musk used his platform to help elect Trump, and Silicon Valley elites want to gut the public sector. OpenAI and Microsoft aim to wipe away millions of jobs. Uber is driving down wages. Apple is impenetrable. Amazon is inescapable. All this high tech, and our quality of life is getting lower. The system has crashed. So, System Crash: a weekly tech news show willing to tell the hard truths about how tech — and the titans who own and operate it — is really transforming the world. Co-hosts Paris Marx and Brian Merchant dissect the stories that matter, break news of their own, offer expert commentary, and interview journalists, whistleblowers, authors, and tech workers and ordinary people fighting back.

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