Elon Musk Biographer Walter Isaacson Thought It Was ‘Idiotic’ for Billionaire to Buy Twitter
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor In case you didn’t get enough of Elon Musk in “Elon Musk,” the 688-page authorized biography of the tech mogul penned by Walter Isaacson, here comes a new podcast from Isaacson talking about his experience spending two years shadowing the world’s richest person to research the book.
The “On Musk” podcast, produced by iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope, premieres Dec. 12 on the iHeartPodcast Network (at this link) and all major podcast platforms, with all four episodes available at launch. “While the book tells Musk’s story, I hope listeners will gain valuable insight into what it was like to be an outsider, stepping into his world, and what it feels like to reflect upon that experience since the book was released,” Isaacson said in a statement.
Isaacson is joined on the podcast by journalist Evan Ratliff (author of “The Mastermind,” host of “Longform Podcast” and “Persona”).
The duo discuss behind-the-scenes stories from the biography, such as Isaacson describing what it was like to sit in as Musk oversaw the construction of a rocket and watching Musk rip into his engineers.
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