X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story

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Episode 3: Planet B

Elon Musk is a rocket man. He wants humans to become ‘a multi-planetary species’ and talks about establishing human settlements on Mars. As President Trump talks up the Mars program while dismantling aid initiatives around the globe, Jill Lepore traces how Silicon Valley's existential catastrophism led to Musk’s extraterrestrial vision of capitalism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode 1: The Dark Knight

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  Episode 2: Dimension X

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  Episode 4: Iron Man

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  Episode 5: The Dogefather

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  Episode 6: Baby X

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  Episode 7: Body Snatchers

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  Episode 8: The Terminator