Behind the “Musk” Documentary Elon Doesn’t Want You to See with Alex Gibney & Justine Musk

In his new documentary, ‘Musk,’ filmmaker Alex Gibney set out to answer two big questions about the world’s first trillionaire: How had Elon Musk assumed so much power, and why had we given it to him so willingly? Over nearly four hours, the film connects the dots between Musk’s various ventures — SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, X, xAI, and Neurolink — to tell a bigger story of the unique threat he poses to democracy. The film also includes revealing interviews from people who know Musk personally, including his first wife, the writer Justine Musk, who hasn’t spoken publicly in years. Kara sits down with Alex and Justine to talk about making the film, Musk’s obsession with being seen as an “engineer,” and Alex’s use of a computer-generated Musk as a stand-in for an interview with him (Musk declined to participate in Gibney’s film and declined to comment on this interview). They also talk about Musk’s hard shift toward right-wing politics and what it means for the midterms and future U.S. elections. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:47 Why the Musk doc is 4 hours long 3:05 Justine Musk on her changing perspective 7:23 Getting Personal with Elon 12:23 How Scared Were You? 20:37 Creating a digital Elon Musk 26:11 The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger 30:51 The Musk Dinner Table 34:53 Elon’s “Engineer” Image 37:20 Elon’s Big Lies 40:50 “Elon Time” 43:19 Errol Musk 48:37 Elon’s Transphobia and Raising Jenna 55:50 Why Elon Went MAGA 1:06:45 Elon’s Legacy — Subscribe: https://goo.gl/FRleYo Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-with-kara-swisher/id1643307527 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42ntT7XnfdbbYetUQu0vu5?si=ddbc94321e3948af FOLLOW US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onwithkaraswisher/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@onwithkaraswisher LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-swisher-b7213 Threads: https://www.threads.com/@onwithkaraswisher Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/onwithkaraswisher.bsky.social