Podcast appearances and mentions of Quinn Slobodian

As Elon Musk stands to become the world's first trillionaire through the SpaceX IPO, Jon is joined by Quinn Slobodian, co-author of the new book "Muskism," to understand how we arrived at this moment of tech oligarchy. Together, they explore how Musk built a trillion-dollar empire on government money and then used that empire to capture the government itself, and discuss how we can renegotiate the balance of power between public interest and private wealth. Plus, Jon answers listener questions about Trump's amazing and enthusiastic boo-cheers, CNN, and Taco Bell, yet again! This episode is brought to you by: BOMBAS - Head over to https://Bombas.com/WEEKLY and use code WEEKLY for 20% off your first purchase. GROUND NEWS - Go to https://groundnews.com/stewart to see all sides of every story. Subscribe for 40% off the Vantage Subscription only for a limited time through our link https://groundnews.com/stewart. MINT MOBILE - Shop plans at https://MintMobile.com/TWS. SHOPIFY - Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/TWS. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more:  > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast  > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod   > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic  Producer – Gillian Spear Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Headlines for June 09, 2026; “The Word 'Ceasefire' Has Lost Its Meaning”: Lylla Younes on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of South Lebanon; SpaceX IPO Could Make Musk a Trillionaire at Your Expense in “Massive Wealth Transfer”: Eric Gardner; “Tech-Driven Prosperity & Right-Wing Racist Politics”: Quinn Slobodian on Elon Musk and SpaceX IPO; Why New Yorkers “Thunderously Booed” Trump at Knicks-Spurs Game: Sportswriter David Zirin

Headlines for June 09, 2026; “The Word 'Ceasefire' Has Lost Its Meaning”: Lylla Younes on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of South Lebanon; SpaceX IPO Could Make Musk a Trillionaire at Your Expense in “Massive Wealth Transfer”: Eric Gardner; “Tech-Driven Prosperity & Right-Wing Racist Politics”: Quinn Slobodian on Elon Musk and SpaceX IPO; Why New Yorkers “Thunderously Booed” Trump at Knicks-Spurs Game: Sportswriter David Zirin

On June 12, SpaceX will reportedly offer 555,555,555 shares at $135 apiece in an initial public offering. The IPO is expected to give SpaceX a market value of $1.77 trillion, instantly making it one of the most valuable companies in the world. When combined with his holdings in Tesla, the IPO may also make SpaceX founder Elon Musk—already the world's richest man—the world's first trillionaire. Today's guests are Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. The book considers its subject as a specimen of the current geopolitical moment, promising an “examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age.”

Elon Musk sucks so bad, dude. We all know this already. Unfortunately, however, he remains one of the most consequential people on the planet. This means that understanding him, his philosophy, and his goals for the planet (and human species) is actually… kinda important. This week, Adam speaks with Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, about who Elon really is and the dark nature of the ideology he's trying to inflict upon us. Find Ben and Quinn's book at factuallypod.com/books--SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconoverSEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on:» Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577» Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJAbout Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com.» SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1» FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum» FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/» FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum» Advertise on Factually! via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Do you believe that Elon Musk can establish a colony on Mars of a million people or launch data centres into space? If you do, you might be thinking of investing in SpaceX which will go public on the Nasdaq stock market this month. Even if you have your doubts, you might just gamble on Musk anyway for fear of missing out.Today, Quinn Slobodian, co-author of ‘Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed' on Musk's $1.8 trillion valuation.Featured: Quinn Slobodian, Professor of International History at Boston University and co-author of ‘Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed'

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Today I am delighted to talk with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. This is much more than a biography or popular account of Elon Musk, it is a radical analysis of a deeply disturbing, computational way of seeing the world.  We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” We talk about the dangers this mindset and its manifestations have on democracy and the public sphere, and argue that what we should do is to “embrace the woke-mind virus as a counter-revolutionary act.”Quinn Slobodian is professor of international history at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. His books, which have been translated into ten languages, include Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World without Democracy, and Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ and the Capitalism of the Far Right . His most recent book, co-authored with Ban Tarnoff, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.  Slobodian is a Guggenheim Fellow for 2025-6; he has been an associate fellow at Chatham House and held residential fellowships at Harvard University and Free University Berlin. Project Syndicate put him on a list of 30 Forward Thinkers and Prospect UK named him one of the World's 25 Top Thinkers.Ben Tarnoff is a writer from Massachusetts. He is the co-author, with Quinn Slobodian, of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.  

Josh, Alien, and Josiah discuss three movies that can help us explore the psyche of our tech bro overlords: Primer (2004), The Social Network (2010), and BlackBerry (2021).Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141Check out Fruitless on YouTubeFind more of Josiah's work: https://linktr.ee/josiahwsuttonFollow Josiah on Twitter @josiahwsuttonReferences"What is 'Muskism?'," Read Max, https://maxread.substack.com/p/what-is-muskism"Muskism with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff," DEATH // SENTENCE, https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/muskism-quinn-slobodian-ben-tarnoff"A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace," John Perry Barlow, https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independencePalantir's summary of The Technological Republic aka the Palantir manifesto, https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312Neoreaction a Basilisk by Elizabeth SandiferMusic & Audio creditsClip of Marc Andreessen explaining that he doesn't do any introspection, pulled from BlueSky post: https://bsky.app/profile/davelee.me/post/3mh5hgwdb5c27Yesterday – bloom.Audio from Primer (2004)Audio from The Social Network (2010)Audio from BlackBerry (2021)Wish - Nine Inch Nails ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’re talking about the new magic of money, or Musk-ism, as our guests call it. Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff are historians of different sorts—historians of the future. Oddly enough, their hair-raising new book is ... The post Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

Rune Lykkeberg har i denne uge talt med den canadiske idéhistoriker Quinn Slobodian om hans nye bog 'Muskism', der bruger Elon Musk som indgangsvinkel til at forstå ideologien bag vor tids digitale kapitalisme. --- I denne uge har vi fornøjelsen af at tale med en mand, vi efterhånden betragter som en ven af programmet: den brillante canadiske idéhistoriker og professor i international historie ved Boston University Quinn Slobodian. Første gang Quinn Slobodian gæstede showet, havde han netop udgivet Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (2018), som er den helt store fortælling om de idéer, der formede neoliberalismen. Siden besøgte han os for at tale om bogen Crack-Up Capitalism (2023), hvor han vendte blikket mod de fysiske steder, der er indrettet som politiske undtagelseszoner; små enklaver som Hongkong, hvor kapitalen kan boltre sig uden de sædvanlige demokratiske spilleregler. Nu er Quinn Slobodian aktuel med en ny og utrolig interessant udgivelse, som er noget af det skarpeste, der er skrevet om Elon Musk og den digitale kapitalismes ideologi. Bogen har titlen Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2026) og er skrevet i samarbejde med Ben Tarnoff. Ved at bruge Musk som indgangsvinkel beskriver Slobodian, hvordan vi i dag befinder os langt hinsides nyliberalismen. Han viser, hvor radikale de herskende idéer egentlig er, og forklarer, at det, vi ofte afskriver som 'tosserier' eller luner hos Elon Musk, faktisk har en dybere, systemisk mening. Det er ikke nødvendigvis, fordi Musk er en stor tænker, men der er store tanker indlejret i det, han gør – og han forstår præcis, hvordan idéer breder sig og vinder magt i vores samtid. Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed er på mange måder en intellektuel åbenbaring, og vi er utrolig glade for at kunne invitere Quinn Slobodian tilbage på showet og præsentere ham for jer i denne uges Langsomme samtale.

Is Elon Musk just a guy who can't post, or is he the avatar of Muskism - a new philosophy for our postliberal age? Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff's book Muskism: A Guide For the Perplexed argues the latter, taking us through techno-fascist South Africa to Silicon Valley - and along the way we find out that two of the most insightful critics of technology and neoliberalism know a *lot* about anime. Music by Neurosis: https://neurosis.bandcamp.com/album/an-undying-love-for-a-burning-world You too can become meme by joining our Discord (it's free): https://discord.gg/mk928WGds

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Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian to discuss their new book Muskism which explores how Elon Musk exemplifies a new economic system shaping our lives, similar to Fordism in the twentieth century. Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian are the authors of Muskism. Ben is a writer and technologist based in Massachusetts and the author of Internet for the People. Quinn is professor of international history at Boston University, and the author of books like Crack-Up Capitalism. Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon. The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Also mentioned in this episode: For listeners who are feeling extra academic, here is the Milton Friedman economics paper, “The Methodology of Positive Economics.” Quinn discusses his struggle to find any reporting on Jared Leto and the Optimus robot media stunt (that goes deeper than commenting on the virality).

For the better part of the 20th century, the American economy relied on the steady social peace of "Fordism"—an era of mass production and consumption that helped reconcile capitalism with democracy. Today, a radical new paradigm threatens to upend that equilibrium: "Muskism". While conventional wisdom suggests that Silicon Valley billionaires are libertarians desperate to escape government oversight, historian Quinn Slobodian argues they actually want to achieve state symbiosis by turning the government into a dependent client. This vassalization of the state means private actors absorb critical public functions without any democratic constraints.  Discussing insights from his and co-author Ben Tarnoff's new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, Slobodian unpacks how Elon Musk's worldview is reshaping the global political economy. This episode also dives into the parallels between American tech supremacy and the Chinese economic model. Slobodian posits that the real vulnerability in the United States is not the excess of regulation that the Abundance agenda focuses on, but rather a failure to discipline capital. Connect with us:

Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian to discuss their new book Muskism which explores how Elon Musk exemplifies a new economic system shaping our lives, similar to Fordism in the twentieth century. Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian are the authors of Muskism. Ben is a writer and technologist based in Massachusetts and the author of Internet for the People. Quinn is professor of international history at Boston University, and the author of books like Crack-Up Capitalism.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the gig economy, big tech, and ideology. Sociologist Will Charles talks to Alex about a form of social organisation that has stopped trying to justify itself. How should the gig economy work and how does it actually work? Is any worker in this economy a 'true believer'? Why isn't digital sophistication a proof of economic efficiency? What's the relationship between secular stagnation, value capture, and rentierism? Do workers hold to a latent moral economy that could provide the basis for revolt? Full episode for subscribers only. Sign up: patreon.com/bungacast Readings: Muskism and the Myth of Productive Revolution, Will Charles Post-Legitimate Society, Will Charles & Ryan Gunderson Muskism Is the Specter Stalking Our Present, Alex Hochuli, Jacobin Relevant episodes: /538/ Muskism ft. Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff  /522/ At the Bottom of the Tar Pit ft. Benjamin Studebaker /540/ Welcome to the Apolar and Post-Multilateral World ft. Tom Chodor /546/ Reading Club: Are We All Post-Liberal Now? ft. Geoff Shullenberger /547/ What Are the Politics of Stagnation? ft. Dylan Riley

Woop! Woop! Kettensäge, DOGE, Mars: Wie wurde Elon Musk zur einflussreichsten politischen Figur der Gegenwart – und was genau ist der Muskismus? Quinn Slobodian und Ben Tarnoff zeigen: Musk ist kein Einzelfall, sondern Symptom. Der Muskismus ist ein frankensteinsches Monster des zeitgenössischen Kapitalismus – ein Programm, das den Staat für sich vereinnahmt statt ihn abzulehnen, und das technische Überlegenheit zur neuen Herrschaftsform erklärt. Enjoy!^^

Everyone has an opinion about Elon Musk, who has carved out a uniquely powerful place for himself in the worlds of auto-making, space launch, social media  and even government. But beyond Musk the individual, what do his corporate maneuvers and embrace of authoritarian, anti-humanitarian and white supremacist ideologies tell us about the direction of our society? As Musk's high-stakes lawsuit against Open AI's Sam Altman begins in Oakland this week, we  talk to Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian about their new book, “Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.” Guests: Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history, Boston University; author, "Globalists," "Crack-Up Capitalism," "Hayek's Bastards." Ben Tarnoff, co-author, "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed;" author, "Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, on Elon's world and what he wants to do to ours. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

Behind the News, 4/23/26 - guests: Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff on Muskism—Elon's world and the one he wants for us - Doug Henwood

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Quinn Slobodian returns with his co-author, Ben Tarnoff, to discuss their just-published book from Harper Collins, "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Quinn and Ben's book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530 Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.

Riley, Hussein, and November speak with friends of the show Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. We discuss the political ethos of Musk and his peers, and the origins of his "everything is computer" philosophy. However, we also had to take a detour into the story of the "AI-built startup that's worth a billion dollars," because... well, it's just a thing that lies a bunch. Again. You can buy Quinn and Ben's book here! Get the whole episode on Patreon here!  MAYOR ALERT Get tickets to the three performance dates for No God No Mayors in London on 25-26 April! The link is here! MILO ALERT Check out Milo's tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows NATE ALERT Lions Led By Donkeys will be performing live in London on 29th May and you can get tickets here! Nate's band Second Homes is about to release their debut album, and you can stream / preview / preorder it on Bandcamp here!

NB: si vous comprenez mal l'anglais, la VF doublée est aussi disponible. How markets, law, and technology are reshaping sovereignty. With Quinn Slobodian.Where does power really reside today?If capitalism no longer operates within the boundaries of nation-states, what happens to democracy? Who governs a world shaped by tax havens, special economic zones, and private infrastructures? And what if some of the most influential actors are no longer trying to win political power, but to escape it altogether?In this conversation with historian Quinn Slobodian, we explore the deeper logic behind neoliberalism, the rise of “exit” politics, and the growing fragmentation of sovereignty.A discussion about the shifting relationship between capital and democracy, and what it means for the future of our political systems.Chapters00:00 - Introduction to the Conversation02:00 - Understanding Historical Contexts05:03 - Power Dynamics in Modern Capitalism08:09 - The Evolution of Capitalism and Political Economy12:09 - The Role of Neoliberalism20:59 - The Intersection of Democracy and Capitalism30:05 - Special Economic Zones and Global Capitalism36:32 - Capitalist Utopias and Economic Zones39:08 - The Rise of Neoliberalism in the 1970s44:03 - International Economic Law and Capitalist Rights50:40 - The European Union: A Competing Vision53:00 - Debt as Political Discipline01:01:03 - Trumpism: A New Political Experiment01:11:53 - Neoliberalism and Geoeconomics01:17:07 - Understanding Empire and Power Dynamics01:23:36 - Muskism: A New Economic Paradigm?01:27:31 - Ecological Stress and Energy Limits01:35:37 - The Future of Nation-States and DemocracyRecorded on January 12, 2026---Retrouvez tous les épisodes et les résumés sur www.sismique.frSismique est un podcast indépendant créé et animé par Julien Devaureix.

NB : ceci est la VF doublée. La VO anglaise est aussi disponible. Le projet politique du néolibéralisme et ses mutations contemporaines : Néolibéralisme, logique d'exit et recomposition du pouvoir. Avec Quinn Slobodian.Où se loge réellement le pouvoir aujourd'hui ?Si le capitalisme ne fonctionne plus dans le cadre des États-nations, que devient la démocratie ? Qui gouverne un monde structuré par des paradis fiscaux, des zones spéciales et des infrastructures privées ? Et si certains des acteurs les plus influents ne cherchaient plus à prendre le pouvoir politique, mais à s'en extraire ?Dans cet échange avec l'historien Quinn Slobodian, on explore la logique profonde du néolibéralisme, la montée des stratégies d'“exit” et la fragmentation des souverainetés.Une discussion sur l'évolution du rapport entre capital et démocratie, et sur ce que cela implique pour nos systèmes politiques.Chapitres00:00 - Introduction à la conversation02:00 - Comprendre les contextes historiques05:03 - Les rapports de pouvoir dans le capitalisme contemporain08:09 - L'évolution du capitalisme et de l'économie politique12:09 - Le rôle du néolibéralisme20:59 - L'articulation entre démocratie et capitalisme30:05 - Zones économiques spéciales et capitalisme global36:32 - Utopies capitalistes et zones économiques39:08 - L'essor du néolibéralisme dans les années 197044:03 - Le droit économique international et les droits du capital50:40 - L'Union européenne : une vision concurrente53:00 - La dette comme discipline politique01:01:03 - Le trumpisme : une nouvelle expérimentation politique01:11:53 - Néolibéralisme et géoéconomie01:17:07 - Comprendre les empires et les dynamiques de pouvoir01:23:36 - Le muskisme : un nouveau paradigme économique ?01:27:31 - Contraintes écologiques et limites énergétiques01:35:37 - L'avenir des États-nations et de la démocratieÉpisode enregistré le 12/01/2026---Retrouvez tous les épisodes et les résumés sur www.sismique.frSismique est un podcast indépendant créé et animé par Julien Devaureix.

Event Tickets: Political Economy in a Time of MonstersWelcome back to the After Order podcast - a series from Macrodose in collaboration with the Alameda Institute. In our opening episode, host James Meadway spoke with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff about their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, using Elon Musk as a lens to examine the intellectual contours of our emerging post-liberal moment. Together, they traced how new ideological formations may be taking shape in the aftermath of neoliberalism.In today's episode, we shift from those ideological roots to something more tangible, the material foundations of contemporary capitalism, and in particular, the accelerating green energy transition.To explore this, James is joined by Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. As governments and corporations race to decarbonise the global economy, demand for critical minerals such as lithium has surged dramatically. Yet as Thea's work shows, this transition is not simply a story of technological progress or environmental necessity. It is also opening up new frontiers of extraction - reshaping landscapes, transforming communities, and reconfiguring geopolitical relations in the process.At the centre of this conversation lies a pressing question: can the shift to renewable energy avoid reproducing the same extractive dynamics that defined the fossil-fuel era? And are we witnessing the emergence of a new form of “green capitalism” that carries forward many of the old logics under a different guise?In a world After Order, where crises no longer appear as temporary disruptions but as enduring conditions, the stakes of these questions are difficult to overstate.

A discussion of the forthcoming book "Muskism: A Guild For The Perplexed" with its authors. Topics includes Muskism as the antidote to Musk Fatique, methods of historical research under threat of enshittification, the cultural imaginary of Elon Musk and Grok, satellite data centers, and more. Date Recorded: April 1, 2026 Music: Redd Holt & The Heptet TheAmericanVandal.Substack.com

Welcome to the After Order podcast - a new series from Macrodose and the Alameda Institute. This series emerges from Alameda's ongoing After Order research project, which begins from a simple but unsettling proposition, that we may no longer be living through an interregnum between stable systems, but in a period defined by recurring crises - a time after stable orders.Over the coming weeks, host James Meadway will sit down with leading thinkers from around the globe, exploring topics from the decline of American hegemony and the rise of a multipolar world, to the struggle to reclaim digital sovereignty from Big Tech, and the geopolitical tensions emerging from the global energy transition under green capitalism.We'll ask, where does power actually lie in a world after order, and what new pathways might still be opened within it?In today's episode, James meets with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff to discuss their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.Using Elon Musk as a lens, Quinn and Ben unpack what they call Muskism - a new political-economic logic emerging out of the ashes of neoliberalism, and one that might - just as Fordism did a century earlier - provide a roadmap to the ideological terrain of our present moment.If the neoliberal era is coming to an end, can Muskism help us interpret the ensuing disorder? And what can be done to push back against it?

For those in the Global North, the twentieth century was the Fordist century—an era of mass production and mass consumption. But as Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue in their new book, there's another order afoot: Muskism.  Elon Musk, they show, is an avatar for a whole range of phenomena that have shaped our world: from a vision of white supremacy fostered in South Africa; to a symbiosis between Silicon Valley and the warfare state; to a world where founders become technokings; to a dream of a posthuman future where man and machine have merged into a networked whole. Muskism, they reveal, is a new operating system for the twenty-first century.  Listen in to this very special episode—recorded live and in person—to learn more. 


Für viele ist Elon Musk ein schillernder Unternehmer – und der reichste Mensch der Welt. Der Historiker Quinn Slobodian sieht in ihm jedoch weit mehr: Musk stehe für ein neues Weltbild, das ein zutiefst beunruhigendes Verständnis von Demokratie und technologischer Freiheit mit sich bringe. Beim Namen Elon Musk denken viele an Tesla, die Plattform X, die Raketen von SpaceX oder an Neuralink, das Gehirn-Computer-Schnittstellen entwickelt. Für Quinn Slobodian greift diese Perspektive zu kurz. Er argumentiert: Bei Musk gehe es nicht nur um eine Einzelperson oder um erfolgreiche Unternehmen, sondern um ein ideologisches Projekt – ein Weltverständnis, das darauf abzielt, Gesellschaft gewissermassen neu zu programmieren, mit weitreichenden politischen Konsequenzen. Olivia Röllin spricht mit Quinn Slobodian, Autor von «Muskismus», darüber, wie Musk durch antizyklische Entscheidungen und erhebliche staatliche Unterstützung zum reichsten Mann der Welt werden konnte, der heute sogar über den Verlauf von Kriegen mitentscheiden kann – und welche Welt der selbsternannte «Technoking» entwirft, wenn er von einer Verschmelzung von Mensch und künstlicher Intelligenz spricht.

Ava sits down with the co-authors of Muskism, Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, to dive deep on the world's richest man.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Für viele ist Elon Musk ein schillernder Unternehmer – und der reichste Mensch der Welt. Der Historiker Quinn Slobodian sieht in ihm jedoch weit mehr: Musk stehe für ein neues Weltbild, das ein zutiefst beunruhigendes Verständnis von Demokratie und technologischer Freiheit mit sich bringe. Beim Namen Elon Musk denken viele an Tesla, die Plattform X, die Raketen von SpaceX oder an Neuralink, das Gehirn-Computer-Schnittstellen entwickelt. Für Quinn Slobodian greift diese Perspektive zu kurz. Er argumentiert: Bei Musk gehe es nicht nur um eine Einzelperson oder um erfolgreiche Unternehmen, sondern um ein ideologisches Projekt – ein Weltverständnis, das darauf abzielt, Gesellschaft gewissermassen neu zu programmieren, mit weitreichenden politischen Konsequenzen. Olivia Röllin spricht mit Quinn Slobodian, Autor von «Muskismus», darüber, wie Musk durch antizyklische Entscheidungen und erhebliche staatliche Unterstützung zum reichsten Mann der Welt werden konnte, der heute sogar über den Verlauf von Kriegen mitentscheiden kann – und welche Welt der selbsternannte «Technoking» entwirft, wenn er von einer Verschmelzung von Mensch und künstlicher Intelligenz spricht.

Steeped in gaming and rightwing culture wars, Musk and his team of teenage coders set out to defeat the enemy of the United States: its people By Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Elon Musk stands for more than an individual billionaire; he stands for a system. In conversation with Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, together with lawyer and professor Global ICT at Tilburg University Lokke Moerel and writer Bas Heijne.Everyone has a opinion about Elon Musk. He's a messiah; a menace. A genius; a clown. The verdicts differ, but they share one theme: they treat him as an individual. But Musk today is more than a person. Through Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, and platform X, Musk controls important infrastructures that function as public systems. If we look at history from the twentieth century, we learned that Fordism was more than just Henry Ford: he defined capitalism. Ford came and went, but the system stayed. According to Muskism: A guide for the perplexed, the new book by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian, we are now going through a similar shift. Muskism captures a transformation in how power is exercised in the twenty-first century. A world in which public systems quietly give way to private ones. Tarnoff and Slobodian examine Elon Musk not as an individual, but as a system – one that promises sovereignty through technology.In this edition of Techdenkers, we are going to explore Musk's way of thinking and our growing dependency on his technologies. How does Musk's faith in technology reshape politics and everyday life? What happens when communication, transport, and even space is organised by one single person? And how much democratic control remains when private systems begin to function like public ones?The Techdenkers series is provided and broadcast by De Balie and is part of our partnership with Adyen.Programme editor: Rosalie DielesenZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The most powerful CEO in history is barely a person anymore. But it's not just his X-addled brain that has transformed him. He has deeply integrated himself in the ‘cyborg collective' – a world of electrons, brain implants, fantastical promises, financial systems, bots, and memes – he has made for himself. Henry Ford gave his name to […]

Reform UK is getting into the lottery business - inviting people to sign up for a chance to have their energy bills paid for a year. But is the real prize a massive database of voters ahead of the next General Election? Plus - party leader Nigel Farage has been caught saying some pretty questionable stuff for money on Cameo. Is that really the kind of thing we should expect from someone who plans to be our next Prime Minister?Nish and Coco are joined by authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff. Their new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed looks at the billionaire manbaby in a whole new way. If you want to understand what's driving Musk and what it could mean for all of us - this is the chat for you.And POLITICO's Anne McElvoy is on hand as the former Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner pops up to point out all the ways Labour is getting it wrong at the moment - subtext: without her they're lost.Reminder to send in your burning questions for Nish and Coco to psuk@reducedlistening.co.ukCHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS BABBEL: https://www.babbel.com/PSUKWISE: https://www.wise.comSHOPIFY: https://shopify.co.uk/podsavetheukGUESTS Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, Authors. Muskism: A Guide for the PerplexedOut on March 24thAnne McElvoy, Executive Editor, POLITICO and co-host Politics at Sam and Anne'sUSEFUL LINKSThe Podcast Show - https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/explore-passesMuskism: A Guide for the Perplexedhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/477340/muskism-by-tarnoff-quinn-slobodian-and-ben/9780241805114CREDITSThe Guardian - YouTubeThe Independent - YouTubeReform UK - YouTubeToday in Focus - The GuardianPod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.Get in touch - contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.ukLike and follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUKInstagram: https://instagram.com/podsavetheukTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheukBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.comFacebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheukX: https://x.com/podsavetheuk

On the operating system of the 21st century. Historian Quinn Slobodian and tech writer Ben Tarnoff talk to Alex Hochuli and Alex Gourevitch about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, and why we should ask "what is Musk a symptom of?" If Fordism characterised the mid-20th century, are our times those of Muskism? What are the touchstones of Muskism that the authors identify: fortress futurism, financial fabulism, state symbiosis? Who is the real Musk, that of vehicles, energy, infrastructure, or that of the post-industrial stuff of social media, finance, AI? What does Muskism promise people? How does it legitimise itself – if at all? Is the state actually dependent on Musk, or is Musk dependent on the state? How much of Musk's right-wing turn is necessary to Muskism, and how much is contingent? Is the racial component central? Links: Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff, Harper Collins /57/ Übermenschen of Capital Pt. 1 ft. Alex Gourevitch  

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Was the populist far right a reaction to neoliberal free market fundamentalism? Or, as historian Quinn Slobodian argues, did such rightwing currents come out of the ideas of neoliberalism itself? Slobodian reflects on neoliberal thinkers' preoccupation with racist and misogynistic ideas of human nature and intelligence, borders and gold — all in service to their war on the left. (Encore presentation.) Quinn Slobodian, Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right Zone Books, 2025 The post The Neoliberal Roots of Rightwing Populism appeared first on KPFA.

Unter dem Banner der Freiheit schafft es die traditionell eigentlich illiberale politische Rechte, immer mehr Anhänger zu gewinnen. Warum das so ist und wie wir damit umgehen sollen, erklärt die Sozialwissenschaftlerin Laura Wolters in ihrem Vortrag. Laura Wolters ist Sozialwissenschaftlerin und arbeitet in der Forschungsgruppe "Demokratie und Staatlichkeit" am Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung. Ihren Vortrag "Notfalllibertäre, Postliberale, Verfassungspatrioten? Die radikale Rechte und ihr Verhältnis zur Freiheit" hat sie am 10. Dezember 2025 im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe "Die Verfassung der Freiheit – Demokratieprobleme der Gegenwart".**********+++ Deutschlandfunk Nova +++ Hörsaal +++ Vortrag +++ Wissenschaft +++ Politik +++ Politikwissenschaft +++ Sozialwissenschaft +++ Sozialforschung +++ Freiheit +++ Demokratie +++ Rechte +++ Neue Rechte +++ Radikale Rechte +++ AfD +++ Rechtspopulismus +++ Populismus +++ Liberalismus +++ Antiliberalismus +++ Autoritarismus +++ Meinungsfreiheit +++ Redefreiheit +++ Versammlungsfreiheit +++ Wissenschaftsfreiheit +++ Freiheitsrechte +++ Freiheitliche Demokratische Grundordnung +++ Verfassung +++ Grundrechte +++ Grundgesetz +++**********In dieser Folge mit: Moderation: Katrin Ohlendorf Vortragende: Dr. Laura Wolters, Wissenschaftlerin in der Forschungsgruppe "Demokratie und Staatlichkeit" am Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung**********Ihr hört in diesem Hörsaal:1:49 - Vortragsbeginn6:09 - Zentrale Fragen und Vortragsaufbau37:36 - Zwischenfazit44:14 - Schlussworte**********Quellen aus der Folge:Rita Abrahamsen et al. (2024): World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order. Cambridge University Press. Quinn Slobodian (2025): Hayek's Bastards. The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right. Allen Lane. Matt Sleat (2025): Post-Liberalism. Polit. Carolin Amlinger, Oliver Nachtwey (2022): Gekränkte Freiheit. Aspekte des libertären Autoritarismus. Suhrkamp. **********Mehr zum Thema bei Deutschlandfunk Nova:Krise der Demokratie: Wie sich AfD-Wähler zurückgewinnen lassenRechtsextremismus: Die Vordenker der Neuen RechtenDebattenkultur: Von der Angst, seine Meinung zu sagen**********Den Artikel zum Stück findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .

In this episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Quinn Slobodian on his latest book, "Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right" (Zone Books, 2025). Here, Slobodian looks to the likes of Murray Rothbard, Charles Murray, and Javier Milei and their (mis)readings of Friedrich von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises to reveal the entangled relationship between neoliberalism after the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the Far Right today.

Emile Torres on the posthumanists. Quinn Slobodian on eugenics and neoliberalism. Femi Taiwo on DEI and the war on it. Kristin Du Mez on white Christian nationalism. Anatol Lieven on the Trumpian worldview. Laleh Khalili on the relationship between the Pentagon and US capitalism. And Susannah Glickman on similar. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

Highlights of 2025: Emile Torres on the posthumanists • Quinn Slobodian on eugenics and neoliberalism • Femi Taiwo on DEI and the war on it • Kristin Du Mez on white Christian nationalism • Anatol Lieven on the Trumpian worldview • Laleh Khalili on the relationship between the Pentagon and US capitalism • and Susannah Glickman on similar The post Year-end roundup: some of the best of BtN 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Race science, with its noxious claims that ‘biology is destiny,' comes roaring back during periods of social change. That's the conclusion of a new book by historian Quinn Slobodian, tracing today's obsessive focus on IQ back to the social tumult of the 1970's and the revolt against ‘political correctness' in the 1990's. Regardless of the time period, the argument for race science is remarkably consistent: since destiny is baked into the genetic pie, what's the point of costly public policy interventions, public education chief among them? The financial support of listeners like you keeps this podcast going. Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HaveYouHeardPodcast

Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek's Bastards, speaks about the eugenics/race science tendencies within High Church Neoliberalism. Molly White looks at stablecoins and the Trump–UAE deal. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

Behind the News, 9/18/25 - guests: Quinn Slobodian on the eugenics branch of neoliberalism • Molly White on stablecoins - Doug Henwood