Succession’s Creator Takes on the Tech Billionaires
June 12, 2025
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Episode 190 · June 12, 2025
Succession’s Creator Takes on the Tech Billionaires
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Succession’s Creator Takes on the Tech Billionaires
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<p>Jesse Armstrong, the Emmy Award-winning creator of HBO's "Succession," joins Offline to chat about how he made a mockery of Silicon Valley tycoons in his new movie, “Mountainhead.” He and Jon discuss why the men who run social media companies are so anti social, how hard it is to satirize people who are already parodies of themselves, and compare notes on their writing process. Then, Offline welcomes an old friend back to the show to celebrate the Musk-Trump fallout.</p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/Z4DUPg2c2bg">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p>
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