Film exposes Musk as rather a charlatan
“Musk”: Alex Gibney on New Film, Legal Threats & Elon Musk Spending $366M to Help GOP in Midterms Story October 13, 2026 Watch Full Show Listen Media Options This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Donate Topics Elon Musk Film Guests Alex Gibney Oscar-winning director. Links "Musk" We speak with the Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary Musk , an expansive, nearly four-hour examination of the world’s first trillionaire and how he has amassed unprecedented power in business, technology and politics. The film traces Elon Musk’s early ventures and the rise of SpaceX and Tesla, examining the role of government support in their growth. It also explores his acquisition of Twitter, now X; his alliance with President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement; and his role in the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE , whose cuts devastated federal programs, including USAID . Gibney says Musk has carefully crafted an image of a “p...
