Max Chafkin

Max Chafkin

www.maxchafkin.com
9 Interviews

Max Chafkin's Interviews

Trevor Noah & Max Chafkin 10 Apr 2025 • EN

Is Elon Musk the Ultimate Scam Artist? with Max Chafkin

Author and journalist Max Chafkin, co-host of the podcast Elon, Inc., joins Trevor and Christiana to discuss one of today’s most fascinating and controversial figures: Elon Musk. The three talk about how Elon came to be the world’s richest person, whether he’s a brilliant entrepreneur, scam artist, or both, and whether

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Bloomberg Businessweek editor and author, Max Chafkin, talks about the unintended consequences of technology, how tech leaders wield political and social power, and the absence of theologians and philosophers in the emerging field of AI.

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First, Jason covers Coinbase's announcement of their new NFT platform (2:06). Then, Bloomberg's Max Chafkin joins to discuss his book, "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power" (19:57). It's a wide-ranging discussion about Peter's life, business, and politics as well as a debate over the way M

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Andrew Keen & Max Chafkin 14 Oct 2021 • EN

Max Chafkin on the Dangerous Intersection of Tech and Politics

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Max Chafkin, the author of “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power”, to share a consistently shocking biography of Peter Thiel, as well as to shine a light on the disturbing history of Silicon Valley. Max Chafkin is a features editor and a tec

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Aaron Lammer & Max Chafkin 29 Sep 2021 • EN

Episode 458: Max Chafkin

Max Chafkin is a features editor and reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek. His new book is The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power. “I think there's like a really good way to come up with story ideas where you basically just look for people who have given TED Talks and figure out what they're l

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Connie Loizo + Alex Gove & Max Chafkin 25 Sep 2021 • EN

Max Chafkin on the Inexorable Rise of Peter Thiel

Connie & Alex interview Max Chafkin, a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek and the author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley"s Pursuit of Power, a captivating new biography of Peter Thiel, the legendary Silicon Valley dealmaker turned right-wing political operator.  Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeo

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