Off the Record Segment - Elon Musk
🕑 Added 2025-11-08 17:26:46 +0000 UTCThis is part 1 and 2 of the off the record segments combined.
We break down the interview with Joe's October 2025 interview with Elon Musk.
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Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2404
Listen to our other shows:
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Marsh - Skeptics with a K and The Skeptic Podcast
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Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks
Comments
Sassbeard the Pirate
10 minutes in, a petty thing: Joe, murdering a whistleblower IS “beyond the pale.” Beyond the pale doesn’t mean impossible or implausible; it means outlaw behavior that is punishable by the community (pales were wooden posts that marked village or camp boundaries, and if you were outlawed as punishment for a crime, you were no longer allowed to come back inside the pales.)
Leigha
Joyce Carol Oates put Elon into a crashout for days with one post curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world.'"
