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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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The Shocking Truth About ChatGPT Psychosis
The Art of Value host JJ reacts to part of a recent tech podcast episode from Jason Calacanis and colleagues Lon and Alex, who discuss the emerging phenomenon…
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Here's Why Tesla Cybertruck Sales Are A Disaster
The Art of Value host JJ responds to some of a recent CNBC segment which details why they think Tesla Cybertrucks haven’t been selling well, with cybertruck…
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Musk vs Altman: Worst People Feud for Chatbot Domination
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how OpenAI (which operates ChatGPT) CEO Sam Altman, and xAI (which operates Grok) CEO Elon Musk are feuding publicly…
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ChatGPT Brain Rot: A Growing Epidemic
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how there are many people who are already addicted to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. They are using it for everything in…
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Can Ford Really Make a $30,000 EV Pickup?
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Ford is claiming its next generation midsize EV pickup will have a lower cost of ownership than a Tesla…
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Tesla Staff Leave in Droves as AI Supercomputer Canceled
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how top staff are continuing to flee Tesla, and the company is now giving up on building an in-house Dojo supercomputer…
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ChatGPT: The Alarming New AI Religion
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how a new kind of digital spirituality is spreading quickly online. Thousands of people are saying that ChatGPT has…
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Air Force to Use Tesla Cybertrucks for Target Practice
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that the US military has found a good use for Tesla Cybertruck, as missile target practice! The US Air Force…
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Ghost Town: Las Vegas Economy Grinds To A Halt!
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that visitor numbers are significantly down for Las Vegas so far this year. We look at the numbers, and what some…
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Musk Tesla Sued for Fraud Over Robotaxi Claims
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Elon Musk and Tesla are being sued by Tesla shareholders, who accuse them of securities fraud for concealing…
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Tesla's Europe Sales Are STILL Collapsing!
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Tesla’s electric vehicle sales in Europe are continuing to fall quickly. We look at the current Europe sales…
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Zuckerberg's REAL Goal of Meta’s AI ‘Superintelligence’
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down Mark Zuckerberg’s new plan for Meta’s AI developments, and we look at what Meta’s real goal might be with its AI…
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Tesla Lied & Hid Data to Avoid Autopilot Crash Blame
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how, through the transcript of the recent jury trial involving Tesla Autopilot, it was revealed that Tesla withheld data…
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Jury Finds Tesla Partly Liable ($243m) in Autopilot Fatality
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Tesla has lost its Autopilot fatal crash wrongful death case in Florida, as the jury decided Tesla was…
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Why Tesla's Ride-Hailing Failed to Impress Stock Market
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how Tesla has launched a ride-hailing service covering the Bay Area in California. There is a safety monitor in the driver…
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Original Tesla Founder: Cybertruck ‘Looks Like A Dumpster’
The Art of Value host JJ reacts to parts of a recent Kim Java interview with one of the original Tesla founders, Martin Eberhard, who is critical of some of…
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Waymo Expands Again: Leaves Tesla Robotaxis in The Dust
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how autonomous Waymo robotaxis seem far ahead of Tesla robotaxi at this point, and the gap appears to be widening with…
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Ex-SpaceX Employee Alleges ‘Despicable' Safety Practices
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that a SpaceX ex-employee is claiming that he was fired for flagging “despicable” safety practices at the…
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Trump’s ICE Gestapo - Caught on Video
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down video clips of masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles disappearing people from streets around the US, including…
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Elon's Wild Claim: Tesla Robotaxis to Cover Half US by 2025!
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down Elon Musk’s latest wild claim, that Tesla will be able to scale its Robotaxi service to half the U.S. population by the…
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Anti-Elon Musk Protesters to Target New Tesla Diner
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that anti-Elon Musk and Tesla Takedown protestors are planning to demonstrate outside Tesla’s new Tesla Diner in…
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Tesla’s Dumpster Fire Earnings Explained
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down Tesla’s latest earnings in an entertaining and digestible way. Tesla’s Q2 2025 earnings were a bit of a disaster for the…
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Tesla's Earnings are ‘GARBAGE’ & Elon Musk is The Problem
The Art of Value: Markets host JJ responds to remarks from investor and fund manager Ross Gerber, about Tesla’s “Garbage” Q2 2025 earnings. Gerber thinks the…
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Tesla Sales Drop for 7th Straight Quarter in Top US Market
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Tesla’s car sales have continued to drop in the biggest market for electric vehicles in the United States…
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Charlamagne: Why Colbert Was REALLY Fired
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ responds to a recent Charlamagne clip, in which Charlamagne states why he thinks Stephen Colbert's political comedy show is…
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Tesla's Sales at Risk in Autopilot False Advertising Lawsuit
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Tesla is facing off with the California Department of Motor Vehicles over claims that Tesla has exaggerated…
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AI Bull Market: Perfect Echoes of '90s Dot-Com Bubble?
The Art of Value: Markets host JJ breaks down how a recently updated stock market chart shows that the current bull market, led by AI-related stocks, so far is…
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Journalist Mehdi Hasan Confronts Young MAGA Fascists
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down how journalist and progressive Mehdi Hasan confronted a bunch of young MAGA fascists during a Jubilee…
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Trump's Elon Dilemma: Why He Can’t Escape SpaceX
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that President Trump is having a difficult time cancelling any of Elon Musk’s SpaceX contracts, even though he…
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Aid Seekers Face Israeli Gunfire in Gaza
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down the news that Israeli forces have opened fire toward starving Palestinians who were trying to obtain food from a…
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Panicked Trump Continues to Crash Out Over Epstein
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down how President Trump is continuing to panic over the public reaction to his alleged involvement with Jeffrey…
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Shocking Plans For Expanding Migrant Tent Camps Revealed!
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down the news that the Trump administration’s ICE force is in the process of being greatly expanded, along with a…
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Robotaxi Wars: Waymo Expands on Tesla's Turf! Uber Joins Lucid!
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how the emerging robotaxi wars are starting to heat up, with the expansion of Waymo’s geofenced area in Austin Texas, to…
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Tesla Cybertruck Heading for Scrapyard of History
The Art of Value host JJ predicts that Tesla’s Cybertruck is heading for the scrapyard of history, and has been Elon Musk’s worst idea to date. JJ breaks down…
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DANGER: Tesla FSD Robotaxi Can Miss Railroad Crossing Arms!
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how a safety monitor inside a Tesla Robotaxi in Austin, Texas had to intervene to stop the robotaxi blowing through…
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The Autopilot Jury Trial That Could Cost Tesla its Future
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Tesla is now facing its first jury trial involving a fatal accident in which its Autopilot driving system…
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Musk's Robotaxi Bet: Are Fans COPING with the Reality?
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how some of Tesla’s chief social media influencers are coping with the very limited Tesla Robotaxi service so far, and the…
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Is Tesla Just Selling Elon’s Bold Claims to Pump the Stock?
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down some recent financial analysts’ opinions that at this point Tesla is mainly selling Elon Musk’s grand claims for the…
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Is Xiaomi YU7 a True Tesla Model Y SLAYER?
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how China’s hottest new EV, the Xiaomi YU7, could well be a true Tesla Model Y slayer in China. The new Model Y rival has…
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Elon’s Grok AI Has Toxic Meltdown After New Update
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, has been spewing toxic racism since a recent update Elon wanted to make to it. Elon said that at…
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Why Tesla Robotaxi & FSD Still Need to Be Supervised!
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down two recent, alarming incidents involving Tesla’s self-driving software when it came to crossing train tracks. Is Tesla’s…
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Was Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch a Scam?
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down and responds to a new article by Michael Spencer (AI Supremacy) about Tesla’s Robotaxi launch in Austin being a scam. The…
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Tesla Robotaxi Debut Glitches as Waymo Expands to Atlanta
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how there have been some serious glitches with the long-awaited Tesla Robotaxi rollout in Austin this week, while in the…
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Latest Tesla Robotaxi Safety Errors You Need to Know
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down most of the Tesla Robotaxi critical safety errors and interventions made so far, in just the first three days of operation…
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Tesla Robotaxi Phantom Braking Incident Due to Sun Glare?
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down an alarming phantom braking incident that happened during the rollout of Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Austin. YouTuber…
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Tesla Robotaxi ‘Laughably Far Behind Waymo’
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down a new article by harsh Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) and Elon Musk critic Dan O’Dowd, about Tesla’s Robotaxi launch in…
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Tesla Robotaxi Launch: How Autonomous Are They?
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the long awaited Tesla Robotaxi launch in Austin, Texas. The Robotaxi launch was invitation only, involving only a bunch…
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Tesla Asked to Delay Robotaxi & Starship Blows Up Again
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how Austin, Texas lawmakers have asked Elon Musk and Tesla to delay the planned rollout of Tesla Robotaxis until September…
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Ex-Tesla Manager Reveals Why Tesla is “Absolutely Hosed”
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how a former Tesla manager has spoken out, criticizing the company for continuing to retain Elon Musk as CEO, given his…
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Glenn Greenwald Exposes Fake Pretext for Iran War
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ reacts to and discusses how Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has pointed out how the pretext being used to…
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Tesla Pausing Gigafactory as Unsold EVs Fill Parking Lots
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how Tesla is planning to pause production of Tesla electric vehicles at its Gigafactory, Texas, while Tesla “overflow”…
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Tesla Robotaxi a Dangerous Smoke & Mirrors Game: Electrek
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down a recent Electrek article by Fred Lambert, who asserts that Tesla’s promised Tesla Robotaxi service launch in Austin is…
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Tesla Self-Driving Fails Critical School Bus Safety Test
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how Tesla Full Self-Driving is continuing to fail a critical school bus safety test, this time run by The Dawn Project in…
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Millions Join No Kings Protests as Trump Parade Flops
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down how millions of peaceful protestors have marched for the anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy No Kings protests in…
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Thousands Join Class Action Over Tesla Phantom Braking
The Art of Value host JJ reports on and discusses a new Federal Court class action case in Australia against Tesla over phantom braking and other issues. The…
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Alex Karp: Palantir’s Authoritarian Tech Billionaire CEO
The Art of Value host JJ reacts to and discusses a recent report from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, about Palantir’s idiosyncratic CEO…
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Tesla Owners Sue Over Elon Making Cars ‘Extreme-Right Totems’
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down a new lawsuit against Tesla. The lawsuit involves a group of Tesla lessees, who are insisting that Elon Musk’s recent…
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DOGE Whistleblower: Govt Fraud ‘RELATIVELY NONEXISTENT’
The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how an ex-DOGE whistleblower has come forward to say that while working for DOGE, he was surprised that they found very…
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What Authoritarians Have in Common & How to Build A Resistance
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ reacts to and discusses part of a recent interview with Anne Applebaum, an expert on authoritarianism. Anne explains what…
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Glenn Greenwald Exposes Palantir’s Deep State Spying
The Art of Value host JJ reacts to and discusses a new report from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, about data and AI platform company…