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Elon Musk’s Dangerous Turn

02/22/2024
65 min
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In a special online event in partnership with The Jewish Quarterly, award-winning journalist & author Richard Cooke joined Devorah Baum to discuss his longform JQ essay Dark Star, an in-depth exploration of Elon Musk and the transformation of the world’s richest person, from self-described moderate to trolling neo-reactionary and staunch advocate for hardline US conservatives.

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Richard Cooke

Richard Cooke is an internationally based foreign correspondent and author. His work has appeared in many publications and been selected for the Best of Longform and Best Australian Essays. He is a former Columnist of the Year, and won the June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism and the Walkley Award for Feature Writing in 2023.
Devorah Baum

Devorah Baum is an author, filmmaker, journalist, and Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Southampton. Image © Laura Palmer

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Elon Musk’s Dangerous Turn

02/22/2024
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65 min

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Richard Cooke

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Richard Cooke is an internationally based foreign correspondent and author. His work has appeared in many publications and been selected for the Best of...

Devorah Baum

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Devorah Baum is an author, filmmaker, journalist, and Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Southampton. Image © Laura Palmer

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