We've Got Issues

Elon Musk is on a collision course with reality

Episode Summary

Max Burns joins Joshua Holland to talk about how Elon Musk's capricious, conspiracy-driven mismanagement of Twitter is the best thing to ever happen to advocates of greater transparency on giant tech platforms. Then epidemiologist Stephanie Langel, who teaches at Case Western, helps us understand whether we can just wish an end to a deadly and exhausting pandemic.

Episode Notes

This week, Joshua Holland looks at how the madness that's taken root among House Republicans may prove to be a decisive advantage for the Biden team. 

The Max Burns joins us to talk about how Elon Musk's capricious, conspiracy-driven mismanagement of Twitter is the best thing to ever happen to advocates of greater transparency on giant tech platforms--and how Musk is about to run headlong into even more problems as his user base declines and regulators around the world sharpen their tools.

Then epidemiologist Stephanie Langel, who teaches at Case Western, helps us understand whether we can just wish an end to a deadly and exhausting pandemic that continues to kill thousands of Americans each week. 

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