#206 Pt 1 – Hot Takes: Is Elon Musk That Bad? His “Credentials”, Twitter, X, Vector Images & His Work Ethic With Matt of Bust Builders

This episode is the first in a new series “Hot Takes” where Mike & Matt discuss opinions that could be considered controversial and for the premiere episode, Elon Musk is the topic!

In more detail, Matt first explains why he is interested in Elon Musk and why there is such controversy surrounding him. Matt then confirms Elon’s “credentials” and personal life, before delving into his work ethic and expectations of when working for Musk, his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Twitter/X buyout, his chosen lack of privacy and more.

In part 2, Matt goes into detail about Musk’s buying of Twitter (now X), including the purchase itself, the mass firings and his potential mindset. Matt then delves deeper into Musk’s businesses, including SpaceX and Musk’s “Australian battery”, as well as Musk’s “failures”. The conversation then finishes with Matt talking about his new business; Bust Builders!

Please note this conversation was recorded in early July, so anything of note since then would not have been considered!

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Check out episodes 202 & 203 for an introduction to Matt, his immigration from Australia to the UK, his 3-month-long hike in America and more!

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The last episode of GCC was a Patreon special about Mike & Megan’s time in Somerset. The last standard episode was ep 205, where Mike spoke with Nada Maktari; poster illustrator, cosplayer and architecture student! In detail, Nada & Mike discuss how Nada met Temuera Morrison, before delving into the variety of movie posters Nada has made. Nada then talks about why she started studying architecture at university and what studying architecture actually entails, how that impacted her poster creation and more. Towards the end, Mike & Nada talk about Nada’s cosplay and how & why she started cosplaying, plus going to filmed locations and more!

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