Ding-Dong of the Week

The show where we dig through the news for the biggest chowderhead of the past seven days, and award them a prize.

Elon Musk Doesn't Pay All That Much in Taxes 06/14/2021

Elon Musk Doesn't Pay All That Much in Taxes Compared to you, the listener of this podcast, Elon Musk doesn't have a very high tax bill. He got a little defensive about this on Twitter, saying something sort of convoluted about Tesla stock prices, but he might be missing the point. Also! He's planning to accept Bitcoins in exchange for cars once again someday. AND he likes to put video games in cars. All that and Jeff Bezos's voice. Do you have any idea what he sounds like? (spoiler: pretty goofy!) You will after you listen to this episode. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/19477901

Elon Musk and His Whole Cryptocurrency Deal 06/06/2021

Elon Musk and His Whole Cryptocurrency Deal A deep dive into Elon Musk's history with cryptocurrency, and an attempt to understand what he's trying to accomplish by—for instance— tweeting an acrostic that spells "CUM." music credit: Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/19376087

Elon Musk's Autopilot Caused(?) Another Deadly Car Crash 05/20/2021

Elon Musk's Autopilot Caused(?) Another Deadly Car Crash A deep dive into self-driving Teslas and how you probably shouldn't use one. It's not fun to talk about someone dying (), but it's worth noting that the excuses Elon Musk and Tesla give for their fully self-driving cars causing deaths aren't very good. Also, a little bit more about company towns, in light of the company town Elon appears to be building. And a silver medalist who is flamin' hot. Music credit: License: NOTE: A previous version omitted the text “(?)” from the title. We regret the error(?). /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/19171406

Elon Musk Hosts SNL (with Seth Simons) 05/11/2021

Elon Musk Hosts SNL (with Seth Simons) Freelance journalist Seth Simons visits the Institute of Ding Dong Studies to discuss the comedy stylings of billionaire Elon Musk. For more from Seth, check out . music credit: Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/19058417

Elon Musk's Role in This Whole Gamestonks Thing 02/02/2021

Elon Musk's Role in This Whole Gamestonks Thing Why did Elon Musk tweet "Gamestonks"? For that matter, why does he do anything? Also: Elon's into Bitcoin now, and SpaceX is being investigated by the FAA. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/17782208

Elon Musk Is Hiring People to Deal with Twitter for Him 01/23/2021

Elon Musk Is Hiring People to Deal with Twitter for Him Elon Musk fired Tesla's public relations department in October, and replaced it with saying whatever he wants all the time on Twitter. But now he's hiring people to deal to relate, if you will, with members of what you might call "the public" on Twitter. Also, his common law wife may or may not have given COVID-19 to Dave Chapelle. Also, he wants to dig tunnels under Miami. And his flamethrowers are causing problems for people. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/17655986

Elon Musk Has a Great Deal of Money 01/12/2021

Elon Musk Has a Great Deal of Money Elon Musk has more money than you, even if you are Jeff Bezos. Also, he thinks you should use Signal. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/17510210

Elon Musk's Immunity from Actual Criticism 12/18/2020

Elon Musk's Immunity from Actual Criticism Elon Musk doesn't care for pronouns, one of the more common parts of speech. Seems like it must make it hard for him to talk. LOL. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/17251082

Elon Musk's Former SpaceX Employee's Arbitration Nightmare 12/14/2020

Elon Musk's Former SpaceX Employee's Arbitration Nightmare An LA Times story tells the story of an internal whistleblower at Tesla who just wanted to improve the products she was working on, but got fired, and now lives in a personal hell of her former employer’s making. The silver medal recipient is the only person richer than Elon Musk. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/17191172

Elon Musk Wins a German Billionaire Award 12/07/2020

Elon Musk Wins a German Billionaire Award Elon Musk has won an award this week. No, not The Golden Bell of the Ding-Dong, the award he wins every week here on our show, but an award from a German media conglomerate called Axel Springer. It's called The Axel Springer Award, and if you bet that Elon would say some dumb stuff at the interview the folks at Axel Springer conducted, you're a winner too. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/17101316

Elon Musk's Weird Fantasy of a Doomed Mars Colony 11/21/2020

Elon Musk's Weird Fantasy of a Doomed Mars Colony Elon Musk elaborated a little about his Mars plans, and they sound less good than ever. Also, he had COVID during a momentous week for his company, which is kinda funny. The silver medal recipient is once again Rudy Giuliani. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16896179

Elon Musk Almost Certainly Has COVID 11/14/2020

Elon Musk Almost Certainly Has COVID Elon Musk took a COVID test, and then three more. Does he have the potentially lethal "COVID Fever" everyone's been talking about lately? Probably! Elon was also the subject of a Vanity Fair profile that was less hard-hitting than the author likely intended. But Elon remains a ding-dong for the ages. And back for a record third time: Rudy Giuliani. What a bonehead that guy turned out to be. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16805525

Elon Musk Calls His Bully a "Chad" 11/06/2020

Elon Musk Calls His Bully a "Chad" It's election week. Joe Biden looks to be the winner, but Elon Musk was elected to four more years of being Ding-Dong of the Week! He got bullied online, and then whined that the person making fun of him was a "chad," and was celebrated by the Wall Street Journal as the new kid on the block in the world of military contractors. We at DDOTW thought there was no way this guy could possibly make it into the show in a week so dense with news, but Elon had other plans. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16714379

Elon Musk's Unregulated Martian Business Environment 10/30/2020

Elon Musk's Unregulated Martian Business Environment In the fine print of the terms of service for Elon Musk's new internet service provider, SpaceX revealed Elon's plan for a lawless corporate utopia on Mars. It sounds bad in our opinion! Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16621829

Elon Musk Narrowly Defeats Rudy Giuliani 10/24/2020

Elon Musk Narrowly Defeats Rudy Giuliani It’s a big week for ding-dongs in America, and many, many ding-dongs show up on this episode. But the winner is Elon Musk. Elon has announced that Teslas can now drive themselves, except for a very, very, very long disclaimer. Also, he loves naked American displays of hard power in Latin America, which makes it all the funnier when they fail. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16526690

Elon Musk's Sense of Humor and US Military Contracts 10/16/2020

Elon Musk's Sense of Humor and US Military Contracts This week, Elon Musk wasn't very funny, even though he tried to be funny. Also he's contributing a lot to the US war machine. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16433918

Elon Musk's Company Town in Texas 10/09/2020

Elon Musk's Company Town in Texas This week the Ding-Dong is Elon Reeve Musk, a famous business tycoon from South Africa who is building a company town in Texas on top of an existing community. As you might expect, he'd like the people there to leave. He also doesn't seem to be doing a fantastic job of building cars or launching rockets, unfortunately. Video of a Tesla Model Y's roof having just blown off: Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16344275

Elon Musk's Freewheeling New York Times Interview 10/02/2020

Elon Musk's Freewheeling New York Times Interview Tech billionaire Elon Musk talked to Kara Swisher for a long time this week about life, the universe and everything. The conversation touched on AI, cars, Trump, and Musk's admiration for noted philosopher Douglas Adams. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16254476

Elon Musk's Disappointing Battery Day 09/25/2020

Elon Musk's Disappointing Battery Day This week's Ding-Dong is billionaire Elon Musk! Elon's announcement of new battery technology was a pretty big letdown, and the idea to Tom Cruise in space (which, to be fair, probably wan't his idea) is maybe not great. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16159718

Elon Musk Promising a Whole House HEPA Filter 09/19/2020

Elon Musk Promising a Whole House HEPA Filter It's Elon Musk again! He uses news events to make headlines by promising things that never materialize—in this case it was the West Coast wildfires. And he doesn't seem to have a good rebuttal to a tweet from Bernie Sanders, although he does have a bewilderingly worded one. Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/16070867

Elon Musk Calling Robert Reich a "Modern Day Moron" 09/10/2020

Elon Musk Calling Robert Reich a "Modern Day Moron" Elon Musk scores the rare "Double Ding-Dong" with his second appearance in a row. How's he treating his employees? It's a matter of some controversy. Is he giving away his money? That's also up for debate. And who is today's runner-up? Listen and find out!!!!! (It's Donald Trump). Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/15967295

Elon Musk's Neuralink and the the Tesla stock split 09/04/2020

Elon Musk's Neuralink and the the Tesla stock split Episode #1 In our inaugural episode the Ding-Dong of the week is someone you may have heard of: Elon Musk, the famous tech billionaire known for having a public persona many would call "a little quirky." Elon goofed up the rollout of a brain gadget called Neuralink, and then stock in his company Tesla tanked (after a months-long rally). We'll explain why he's this week's biggest dunderhead, and we'll name a surprise runner up. Enjoy! Music credit: License: /episode/index/show/ddotw/id/15889439

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