President Donald Trump is orchestrating a deal to transfer TikTok's U.S. operations from Chinese control to a consortium of American investors, with several of his closest billionaire allies and major tech firms poised to take majority control of the platform. The White House has confirmed Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday finalizing the arrangement that keeps TikTok operational for its 170 million American users. https://wilwaldon.com...
Sep 25, 2025•18 min
FOLLOW STAGE ZERO PODCASTS ON SOCIALSpace News Pod on Twitter - https://twitter.com/stagezerostudioSTAGE ZERO Podcasts on Patreon - https://patreon.com/stagezero ABOUT The Elon Musk PodcastThe Elon Musk Podcast takes an in-depth look into the world of the visionary entrepreneur. From SpaceX's mission to colonize Mars, to the revolutionary underground transportation network of the Boring Company, to the cutting-edge technology of Neuralink, and the game-changing innovations of Tesla, we cover it ...
Sep 24, 2025•9 min
Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $10 billion at a $200 billion valuation, doubling its worth in just four months. The round includes familiar backers like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and Fidelity, and gives xAI the second-highest valuation in private AI. This episode breaks down what investors are really buying into: Grok’s integration with X, the push toward open-source models, plans for a massive GPU cluster, and the growing fusion of social media and AI under Musk’s control. We also look at what ...
Sep 23, 2025•6 min
Elon Musk Talks about aliens, SpaceX and more Originally published - Published: August 17, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Sep 20, 2025•32 min
Las Megas | Tesla Megablock Event
Sep 18, 2025•21 min
MUST LISTEN NOW: Hell Breaks Loose As Patel & Swalwell Fight Over Trump-Epstein Questions
Sep 17, 2025•8 min
Marjorie Taylor Greene DOGE Hearing: 'Playing God With The Weather'
Sep 17, 2025•1 hr 51 min
Elon Musk’s xAI has abruptly laid off around 500 data annotators responsible for training its chatbot, Grok. These workers were central to shaping the model’s tone, accuracy, and behavior. Their sudden removal signals a major shift toward automation and synthetic data, raising questions about Grok’s future quality and alignment. In this episode, we break down what the layoffs reveal about xAI’s strategy, how they impact Grok’s development, and why removing human feedback now could come at a cost...
Sep 16, 2025•11 min
Originally aired : February 11, 2023 Elon Musk is on the cusp of reclaiming his position as the world’s richest person after a surge in Tesla’s share price. The static fire test took place on Thursday, February 9, with the Booster 7 prototype standing tall on the launch mount at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. As hoped, there were plenty of jaw-dropping visuals to go around and plenty to think about as SpaceX pushes forward with its ambitious Starship program. https://patreon.co...
Sep 15, 2025•16 min
How much does Elon Musk's security cost?
Sep 15, 2025•5 min
Elon Musk Talks at Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' rally
Sep 14, 2025•19 min
Try Storm MCP Now - https://workwith.headai.io/3VyiHwO In this episode, we dive into the two-week aftermath of Starship’s milestone flight from Starbase, Texas. SpaceX Starship’s biggest challenge: building a reliable, fully reusable heat shield. We break down what went right and wrong on Flight 10, including the small but high-stakes experiment with metallic heat shield tiles and why most of the protective ceramic tiles finally stayed in place during reentry.You’ll learn how visible wear, color...
Sep 12, 2025•11 min
George Knapp Alleges Lockheed Martin Held 'Unusual Material'.mp3 https://stan.store/wilwaldon
Sep 11, 2025•12 min
Waymo is sending its self-driving cars into the heart of New York City, not to launch a robotaxi service yet, but to start mapping the chaos. In this episode, we break down why Alphabet’s AV division is quietly testing in Manhattan, what this move says about its long-term strategy, and how NYC’s strict rules could shape the future of autonomous vehicles. We dig into the permit details, regulatory hurdles, and why this data grab matters even without driverless rides on the table.
Sep 10, 2025•9 min
Can SpaceX Starship launch to Mars in 2026?
Sep 09, 2025•9 min
Ghislaine Maxwell Recalls The First Time She Met Elon Musk
Sep 08, 2025•7 min
Opening Remarks & Political Stakes Musk begins with remarks about protecting Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, warning of political gerrymandering, and emphasizing the importance of the U.S. House majority. He links judicial decisions to major political outcomes. Government Waste & Fraud (DOGE Initiative) He launches the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), aimed at reducing waste and fraud in federal spending. Musk suggests up to 80% of waste and 20% fraud across the government a...
Sep 05, 2025•1 hr 54 min
Tesla just revealed a new Optimus prototype, and this one runs on Grok, xAI’s in-house language model. In this episode, we break down the quiet debut hidden inside a recruitment video, the robot’s improved design, and why task automation — not flashy stunts — is the real milestone here. We also look at how Grok changes the way Optimus learns and adapts, what this means for Tesla’s factories, and how it fits into Elon Musk’s push to unify AI across robots, cars, and software.
Sep 05, 2025•17 min
Tesla just launched its robotaxi app to the public, marking the first time anyone can request a ride in one of its self-driving cars. The service is live in a few U.S. cities and looks a lot like Uber, but every ride still has a safety driver behind the wheel. In this episode, we walk through what the app actually offers, how Tesla is setting it up as a test run for something bigger, and why full autonomy still isn’t on the table. We look at how Tesla’s vision-only approach compares to rivals li...
Sep 04, 2025•7 min
Tesla’s new six-seat Model Y L is already making waves in China. With deliveries underway and early demand spiking, this stretched, three-row SUV offers a roomier, more practical option without the Model X price tag. In this episode, we break down how Tesla reengineered the Model Y for the Chinese market, what makes the Model Y L different from earlier attempts at third-row seating, and why Gigafactory Shanghai is central to the rollout. We also look at what this move signals about Tesla’s strat...
Sep 04, 2025•7 min
Elon Musk’s daughter says she doesn’t want the billionaire life. She lives with roommates in L.A., pays her own bills, and plans to go back to college. The internet has questions. Vivian Jenna Wilson, 21, is defining herself outside her father’s shadow. In a new profile, she says she has zero interest in being “superrich.” She shares an apartment with three roommates in Los Angeles because it is cheaper, and she is working out a return to college focused on languages. That choice clashes with wh...
Sep 03, 2025•9 min
A Florida jury ordered Tesla to pay $243 million over a fatal 2018 crash tied to its Autopilot system. The case centered on a Model 3 that veered off the road, killing two teens, with jurors concluding Tesla knew about a defect and failed to fix it. We break down how the trial unfolded, why the jury awarded both compensatory and punitive damages, and what this means for Tesla’s future battles over Autopilot and Full Self-Driving.
Sep 02, 2025•6 min
In this episode, we unpack the stunning $243 million jury verdict against Tesla tied to a 2019 fatal crash in Key Largo. The case took a dramatic turn when a hacker—known online as @greentheonly—recovered key crash data inside a Miami Starbucks that Tesla claimed it couldn't find for years. That file became the centerpiece of a courtroom battle over Autopilot’s role in the death of Naibel Benavides Leon and the catastrophic injuries suffered by Dillon Angulo. We explore how Tesla’s own systems a...
Aug 30, 2025•8 min
SpaceX Starship flight 10 Update
Aug 28, 2025•7 min
Elon Musk Speech At SpaceX Starship Launch #10
Aug 27, 2025•22 min
Schatz Warns That Codifying DOGE Cuts Will Boomerang Once Democrats Retake Power
Aug 26, 2025•7 min
Elon Musk just dropped one of the boldest moves in AI this year. His company xAI has fully open-sourced Grok 2.5, a massive language model that rivals GPT-4 in benchmarks. Unlike OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, which keep their most advanced systems locked away, Musk released Grok under the Apache 2.0 license. That means anyone can download it, tweak it, and even use it for commercial projects with no strings attached. In this episode, we break down what Grok 2.5 actually is, from its 314 billion...
Aug 25, 2025•10 min
Elon Musk's xAI is working on a secretive project called MacroHard, designed to recreate Microsoft's core software products using AI alone. The internal effort uses Grok and other xAI models to simulate tools like Excel, Word, Windows, and GitHub, without relying on human-written code or Microsoft’s APIs. This article breaks down Musk’s strategy, how AI agents are being trained to function as full-stack developers, and why this could challenge Microsoft's dominance in enterprise software.
Aug 24, 2025•21 min
A federal lawsuit against Elon Musk’s X Corp has ended with a settlement that requires the company to pay $500 million in severance to thousands of former Twitter employees. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accused X of violating federal labor laws by refusing to provide severance pay after Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in October 2022. The company, now known simply as “X,” terminated over half of its workforce in the weeks after Musk complet...
Aug 22, 2025•17 min
A SpaceX Super Heavy rocket will launch a Starship prototype on its tenth test flight, designated IFT-10 (Integrated Flight Test). Starship will perform a payload deployment test with 8 Starlink v3 simulators and a relight of a single Raptor engine while in space. Super Heavy will perform a water landing in the Gulf of Mexico. The booster/ship combination is designated as B15/S37, both of the Block 2 variant.
Aug 21, 2025•20 min
