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The John Johnston Lounge
Welcome to The John Johnston Lounge, where tech, business, politics, and culture collide. Join host John Johnston (JJ) for a daily breakdown of some of the most powerful tech companies and people. JJ goes beyond the headlines to critique the unusual psychology, strategies, and politics of tech billionaires Elon Musk (Tesla and SpaceX), Sam Altman (OpenAI), Peter Thiel (Palantir), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), and others. Whether it's an inflating AI bubble, a Silicon Valley coup, or the politics of…
Episodes
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Slow Joe Rogan is Waking Up to Harsh Reality
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to what popular podcaster Joe Rogan has been saying about what’s been happening recently in Minneapolis with the ICE presence and…
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Elon Musk's Grok AI Scandal: Ashley St Clair Speaks Out (Taylor Lorenz Reaction)
ohn Johnston (JJ) reacts to part of a recent interview tech journalist Taylor Lorenz had with Ashley St Clair, about Ashley’s horrific experiences with Elon…
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Kyle Kulinski Just Went Nuclear on Elon Musk
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to Kyle Kulinski’s commentary and political analysis of Elon Musk’s current rhetoric on the social media platform Elon owns: X. Kyle…
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CONCERNING: Tesla 2-Yr Decline Meets Elon’s Huge xAI Cash Burn
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the latest Elon Musk, Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX news, including that Tesla sales in Europe are continuing to fall. Does this mean…
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"Elongelical" Tesla Influencers Have Lost Their Minds (It's getting weird)
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down what one of Elon Musk’s most loyal “Elongelical” Tesla influencers is saying about one of Elon’s wildest predictions for the…
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Unholy Alliance: Tech Bro Billionaires & Theocracy Bros
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the growing alliance between some tech billionaires and “theocracy bros”, referencing their desire for network states or freedom…
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Elon Musk’s Tesla Predictions Fall Way Short Again
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down Elon Musk’s top predictions for Tesla for 2025 that have not come true. We also look at other related Tesla and Elon news…
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Tony Hinchcliffe Gets SHARP About Rogansphere Critics (on All-In Podcast)
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to an interview between comedian Tony Hinchcliffe and the All-In Podcast “Besties” at a live event. Hinchcliffe get’s defensive about…
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2 Risks To Kill The AI Boom: ‘Big Short’ Legend Steve Eisman
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the two main risks famous “Big Short” investor Steve Eisman currently sees in the AI sector, which have implications for…
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Weekly Lounge: Tesla’s Robotaxi Fail, Musk’s Gilded Rage & Stopping AI Acceleration
Join John Johnston (JJ) for the Weekly Lounge, a compilation of the week's episodes of The John Johnston Lounge. Below are the individual episode titles and…
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Gilded Rage: Elon Musk & Tech Billionaires Radicalized (ft. Breaking Points)
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to a Breaking Points interview between Krystal Ball and author Jacob Silverman, about his new book Gilded Rage. The book and…
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Tesla’s Robotaxi Service in Austin Still Barely Exists
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Tesla’s Robotaxi project in Austin may be much smaller than Elon Musk claims. We also look at some of the other…
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STOP AI Acceleration? Bernie Sanders vs All-In Podcast Billionaire Besties
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to part of a recent episode of the All-In Podcast with the tech billionaire “Besties”, Chamath, Jason, David Sacks, and Friedberg, in…
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Weekly Lounge: Sam Harris & Kara Swisher on Musk, Joe Rogan’s Billionaire Worship & Tesla’s Autopilot Ban
Join John Johnston (JJ) for the Weekly Lounge, a compilation of the week's 5 episodes of The John Johnston Lounge. Below are the individual episode titles and…
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Joe Rogan’s Embarrassing Tech Billionaire Worship Hits New Low
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Joe Rogan is continuing down the road of worshiping the tech billionaires he has on his podcast, such as Elon Musk, Peter…
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Judge’s Tesla 60-Day Ultimatum: Rename Autopilot or Face Sales Ban
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that a judge in California has ruled that Tesla’s marketing of its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” systems was…
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Why All-In Podcast Tech Billionaires Don't Get the AI Backlash (ft. Tucker Carlson)
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to a controversial segment of the All-In Podcast featuring guest Tucker Carlson. Hosts Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, and…
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Sam Harris & Kara Swisher on Elon Musk: Techno-Authoritarianism and "Maniac" Behavior
Is Silicon Valley becoming a threat to democracy? John Johnston (JJ) reacts to a recent conversation between Sam Harris and Kara Swisher, discussing the…
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Tesla Robotaxi Unsupervised: Safety Monitors Removed in Austin
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the Tesla news that the company has begun removing the in-car safety monitors from its robotaxis in Austin, during a new testing…
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Weekly Lounge: Palantir Lonsdale Outrage, Tesla Optimus Fails & Musk’s Robotaxi Delusions
Join John Johnston (JJ) for the Weekly Lounge, a compilation of the week's 5 episodes of The John Johnston Lounge. Below are the individual episode titles and…
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Gamified: Big Tech’s Bet on Gambling & Scams
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to and expands on a recent voidzilla video on the topic “Big tech is betting on gambling and scams”. We look at some of the companies…
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Elon Musk's Delusional Tesla Robotaxi Claims vs Waymo's Reality (20 mill Trips)
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the Tesla and Waymo news that Elon Musk has claimed that robotaxi rival Waymo “never had a chance” against Tesla, despite Tesla…
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Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale’s Call For “Public Hangings” Sparks Outrage
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down a controversy surrounding Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale. On Elon Musk’s X platform, the tech billionaire Lonsdale sparked…
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Tesla Optimus Hilariously Collapses! Is Elon Faking Autonomy?
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how and why a new video going viral, from a Tesla “Autonomy Visualized” event, shows the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot taking a…
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Elon Musk Wants EU ABOLISHED After X Fined €120m
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news and reactions to the news that EU regulators have hit Elon Musk’s X platform with a 120 million euro fine for breaching…
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Weekly Lounge: Rogan’s "AI Jesus” Rant, TSLA Overvalued (Burry), Tesla EU Sales Crash
Join John Johnston (JJ) for the Weekly Lounge, a compilation of the week's 5 episodes of The John Johnston Lounge. These are the individual episode titles:Elon…
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Joe Rogan’s “Jesus as AI” Rant: Has He Lost It? (American Alchemy Reaction)
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to Joe Rogan speaking on the American Alchemy podcast with Jesse Michels. Rogan thinks that it’s not far-fetched to think that Jesus…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Triggers ‘CODE RED’ as Google’s Gemini Gains | Prof G Markets Reaction
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apparently declared a “code red”, because Google’s Gemini AI has gained a lot of ground…
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Tesla Europe Sales Crash Deepens & Bricked Batteries Nightmare
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the Tesla news that European registrations for November, a proxy for sales, have continued to plummet, except for some minor…
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‘Big Short’ Michael Burry Slams Tesla Stock: "Ridiculously Overvalued"
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how famous investor Michael Burry just released a brutal critique of Elon Musk’s Tesla on his new ‘Casandra Unchained’ blog…
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Elon Musk’s Wildest Tesla Optimus Robot Claims
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down a list of many of Elon Musk’s claims about the future of Tesla’s Optimus robots, including no less than ushering in an…
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Weekly Lounge: Sam Harris vs Rogan, Thiel’s “Antichrist”, Musk DOGE Crash, Gemini Crushes ChatGPT
This is a compilation of this past week’s five The John Johnston Lounge episodes, in order.Individual episodes:Is It Over? Google Gemini Crushes ChatGPT |…
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Tesla's Rough Month: Sales Drops, Robotaxi Cuts, Model Y Defects
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the latest Tesla and Elon Musk news, including that Tesla’s European sales tumbled nearly 50% in October, Telsa sales have so…
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Sam Harris: Joe Rogan’s Podcast is a “Bug Light” for Maniac Guests
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to a recent TRIGGERnometry podcast, in which Sam Harris explains whey he thinks podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan now detracts from…
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Peter Thiel Calls Pope ‘The Antichrist’: JD Vance’s Palantir Problem
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance’s top political donor, has provocatively suggested that Pope Leo XIV could be the…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Collapses & Criminal Charges Loom
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) seems to be no more, with officials saying it has been…
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Is It Over? Google Gemini Crushes ChatGPT | All-In Podcast Reaction
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Goggle’s Gemini 3 AI is outperforming OpenAI’s ChapGPT, and also gaining market share month by month. JJ reacts to a clip…
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Weekly Lounge: Rogan vs Theo Von, Thiel Dumps NVDA, Musk vs Bezos in Space
This week: Could the AI Bubble soon burst? Peter Thiel seems to think so, if we go by his recent stock sales.This week, we connect the dots between Peter Thiel…
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Joe Rogan Glazes Peter Thiel & Palantir, Theo Von Cooks
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to how massively popular podcasters Joe Rogan and Theo Von recently discussed their respective views on the current US government…
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Is Elon Delusional? Claims Money Will Be Irrelevant & Work Optional
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down some of Elon Musk’s latest grand predictions, including that “in the future”, money will become irrelevant, everyone will be…
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AI Bubble Watch: Elon Musk Ally Peter Thiel Cuts Tesla Stock, Dumps Nvidia
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk’s fellow tech billionaire ally Peter Thiel has cut one of his investment fund’s big stakes in Tesla stock (TSLA)…
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Tech Fascism: Borsook's Early Prediction Was Correct
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to part of a recent video by Gil Duran from The Nerd Reich, in which he interviews author and journalist Paulina Borsook. Over 20…
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AI Bubble Watch: Elon & Bezos Want to Build Giant Data Centers in Space
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the latest AI bubble-related news headlines, including that tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos want to build AI data…
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Tim Dillon & Andrew Schulz GO OFF on Zohran Mamdani Win
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to what popular Rogansphere and Manosphere comedians and podcasters Tim Dillon and Andrew Schulz are saying about Zohran Mamdani’s…
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Elon Musk Unveiled: Explosive Tesla Documentary Debut
John Johnston breaks down news that a potentially explosive new documentary, ‘Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment’ is about to debut at IDFA…
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Seriously? Tucker Carlson Thinks He Was Attacked By A Demon
John Johnston breaks down how very popular podcaster and political commentator Tucker Carlson recently told Megyn Kelly he thinks he was attacked by a demon…
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Elon Musk Mocked for Cringe AI Girlfriend ‘Always Love You’ Post
John Johnston breaks down how Tesla, X, and xAI CEO Elon Musk is being mocked for a post of an “AI Girlfriend” he made on X, in which the Grok AI-generated…
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AI Bubble Watch: Sam Altman Admits Bubble, Bezos Welcomes It As "Good"
John Johnston breaks down various tech industry and investor points of view about whether or not the AI sector is currently in a bubble, similar to the Dot Com…
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The Rise & Rise of Comedian Stavros from 'The Dirtbag Left’
JJ breaks down the continuing rise and rise of left-leaning comedian, podcaster, and now actor Stavros Halkias (Stavvy). His podcast has gone from strength to…
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AI Bubble: Sam Altman Crashes Out, ‘Big Short’ Burry Bets on Bust
Are these signs of a market bubble in the AI sector? JJ breaks down how OpenAI (the maker of ChatGPT) CEO Sam Altman had a very awkward moment in a recent…
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Jon Stewart: Fight to Counter Joe Rogan, Don't Just Complain
JJ reacts to and critiques comedian Jon Stewart, who was recently interviewed by David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, about the media and cultural…
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Elon's BS to Joe Rogan: Vaporware Roadster & Cybertruck Fail
JJ critiques part of a recent conversation between podcaster Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, who discussed the new Tesla Roadster, which customers have been waiting…
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Elon to Joe Rogan: Capitalist AI Will Bring Socialist Utopia
JJ critiques part of a recent conversation between podcaster Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, who is now selling the dream of a tech and societal utopia, including a…
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Theo Von & Santino Talk Fear & Paranoia Over Online Hate
JJ breaks down how comedians, podcasters and friends Theo Von and Andrew Santino sat down for a chat about Theo’s recent comedy special recording. Theo admits…
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Weekly Lounge: Sam Harris vs Rogan, Thiel’s "Antichrist”, Musk DOGE Crash, Gemini Crushes ChatGPT
This is a compilation of this past week’s five The John Johnston Lounge episodes, in order.Individual episodes:Is It Over? Google Gemini Crushes ChatGPT |…
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Brainiac Joe Rogan Terrified of Debating Gavin Newsom
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the ongoing drama between Gavin Newsom and Joe Rogan, to do with Rogan not inviting Newsom on his podcast. Is Joe Rogan…
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Joe Rogan Can’t Rescue His Unfunny Comedy Bros
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how increasing criticism of Joe Rogan’s Austin comedy scene continues to gain momentum, as a new “anti-woke” stand-up…
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Tesla Grok AI FAIL: Inappropriate Chat Exposed to Kids
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down a new scandal involving Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, installed in a Tesla, which was being highly inappropriate with kids…
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Stavros Halkias Explains Why He Won't Be The Left's Joe Rogan
The Art of Value host JJ reacts to how stand-up comedian and comedy podcaster Stavros Halkias recently addressed whether or not people should think of him as a…
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Jon Stewart’s 2028 Hints are GOP's Worst Nightmare
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how serious comedian and astute political commentator Jon Stewart might be about throwing his hat in the ring to run for…