What’s Elon up to?

He sells electric cars. He wants to go to Mars. Now he wants to sell … electricity? Yup, Elon Musk wants Tesla to get into the energy business in Texas. We’ll discuss what it all means and how Tesla is making money these days. Plus, a bananas story about misinformation on the internet. And the hosts take a stand on the latest round of our favorite game, Half Full/Half Empty.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“How Should the Fed Deal With Climate Change?” from The New York Times

“Elon Musk wants to sell Texas Electricity” from Texas Monthly

“Does Tesla actually want competitors to make electric cars?” from “Marketplace Morning Report”

“Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of RFK assassination, released by California parole board” from The Washington Post

“Texans are calling poison control in record numbers after ingesting horse and cow dewormer” from KSAT

“Florida Judge Throws Out Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Order Prohibiting School Mask Mandates” from NPR

“Academic credentials are a poor measure of talent. So why do businesses keep relying on them?” from Fortune

“Delta Air Lines’ $200 charge to unvaccinated employees puts penalty power to the test” from “Marketplace Morning Report”

“Back in name only: Toys R Us brand to reappear in more than 400 Macy’s stores” from “Marketplace”

“TikTok hits the big time: The MLA Handbook has decided how to cite it in academic works” from Fast Company

“Elon Musk warned of a ‘Terminator’-like AI apocalypse —now he’s building a Tesla robot” from CNBC

Pumpkin Spice hard seltzer? 

Read the transcript here.

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