Casey is moving his newsletter, Platformer, away from Substack due to increased criticism of the platform’s handling of pro-Nazi content. Additionally, witnesses interviewed by The Wall Street Journal claimed that Elon Musk had used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and psychedelic mushrooms, causing concern among some directors and board members of his companies. Lastly, researchers discovered a new class of antibiotics with the assistance of an artificial intelligence algorithm originally designed to master the board game Go.
Today’s guests:
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Felix Wong, postdoctoral fellow at M.I.T. and co-founder of Integrated Biosciences
- The Kirsten Grind, enterprise reporter for The Wall Street Journal
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Credits
“Hard Fork” is presented by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, with production handled by Davis Land and Rachel Cohn. The show’s editing is managed by Jen Poyant, engineering by Alyssa Moxley, and original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Diane Wong, and Pat McCusker. Fact-checking is overseen by Mary Mathis.
Appreciation goes out to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti, and Jeffrey Miranda for their valuable contributions.