Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire
Decoder with Nilay Patel
- Published
- June 4, 2026
- Duration
- 48:51
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- Last updated
- Jun 21, 2026
Discusses My guest today is Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and co-author of the excelle…
Summary
My guest today is Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and co-author of the excellent book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, which came out in 2024. I wanted to have Ryan on today because we’re on the cusp of the SpaceX IPO, which promises to be one of the most consequential public offerings in history for a variety of rea…
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My guest today is Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and co-author of the excellent book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, which came out in 2024. I wanted to have Ryan on today because we’re on the cusp of the SpaceX IPO, which promises to be one of the most consequential public offerings in history for a variety of reasons. Its biggest-ever size, of course, at nearly $2 trillion dollars. But also because all kinds of rules that keep our markets fair are being