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0:00 Teaser
0:32 Alex’s new documentary about Elon
3:07 How Alex’s film turned epic
7:10 Simulation theory + social Darwinism = Elon?
13:36 Inside the mind of Musk
23:46 Elon’s daddy issues
26:35 Elon’s lady issues
29:14 Elon’s electoral propriety issues
36:58 Has Elon gotten weirder over time?
46:42 The damage DOGE could still do
50:14 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Alex Gibney (Going Clear, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side, The Bibi Files). Recorded September 22, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
Elon’s Trumpian side.
Is Elon a hypocrite on AI?
All-In on the Twitter-DOGE playbook.
Are Elon and Trump the new normal?
The time Bob interviewed Elon.
Overtime video:
