Ep 90 - Elon’s DOGE and the First Podcast Election

The year is 2024 and it has been a few days since the remarkable US elections. Trump is now President elect. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (both former guests of our podcast!) are leading DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). What does it all mean for tech, for startups and for skilled immigration? What is the future of journalism and media? Is this election a one of one, or is this the first of many podcast elections? We cover it all here in our solo episode.

Chapters
00:01:00:17 – 00:03:21:15: One week after the US elections
⁠00:03:19:26 – 00:14:12:00: DOGE and Elon Musk
00:14:15:21 – 00:22:22:17: Elon, Trump and the new government
 00:22:34:07 – 00:27:48:05: The podcast election
 00:27:55:07 – 00:33:25:13: Views on journalism - the decline of wired magazine
 ⁠00:33:38:03 – 00:47:39:19: Sriram’s view on skilled immigration and country caps
 00:47:46:26 – 00:58:35:22: Views on the Trump government
 ⁠00:58:50:10 – 01:00:44:26: RFK Jr, FDA and the American food system
⁠01:00:48:27 – The end