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John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Nashville seems to be largely opposed to Elon Musk’s Boring Company Tesla Loop tunnel plan for the city, with no proof after a decade, that the system beats a subway, in terms of moving people efficiently and in large numbers.  Related episodes: Elon’s “Thinly Disguised Fraud”: $1.25T SpaceX-xAI Merger  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6oYjOAujG7H6x8g1Bhg2Qr How...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Professor Jiang is predicting that the US will lose the war in Iran, and that it will also end up bursting the AI bubble and harm the US economy. We also look at what various countries are doing to evacuate citizens from the Middle East. Related episodes: Kyle Kulinski HUMILIATES Joe Rogan For His “Tepid Little Criticisms” https://open.spotify.com/episode/4K8lgnr...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how fund manager George Noble is questioning the massive target valuation of Elon Musk’s upcoming SpaceX IPO. We also look at what Elon Musk is predicting for Tesla and xAI to get to AGI (artificial general intelligence). Related episodes: How 'Elongelical' Influencer Accidentally Predicted Robotaxi Fail  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3EJZcUCDLObNE3Op2yhMN...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk is erasing Tesla’s legacy of good climate impact work with xAI, seemingly to generate a large amount of questionable AI slop. Elon says xAI has a higher purpose, but so there there’s little evidence of that. Related episodes: Why Elon Musk’s Tesla & xAI Exec Staff Exit in Droves https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gH4c1wAKglXqilUROpR1I How 'Elonge...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how one of the “Elongelical” Tesla influencers, Whole Mars Catalog, by his own recorded words, must be disappointed by Tesla’s slow process of its Robotaxi service, as it still only seems to have one unsupervised robotaxi operating at a time in Austin. According to the Robotaxi Tracker, all the rest are still supervised, both in Austin and in the Bay Area in Californ...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Yanis Varoufakis writes that the recent merger of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI, is part of a financial market too eager to buy its own illusions. He thinks the market valuation is similar to the fraudulent arithmetic used during the Dot Com Bubble.  Related episodes: It’s All Falling Apart For Elon Musk, Tesla & SpaceX https://open.spotify.com/episode/02oPX7onU...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that a Washington DC tax nerd bet his life savings against Elon Musk in prediction markets and won big. It was a very specific prediction bet, in an area he knew a lot about, and that knowledge paid off handsomely.  Related episodes: It’s All Falling Apart For Elon Musk, Tesla & SpaceX https://open.spotify.com/episode/02oPX7onUsiODaZ71SDAF3 Tesla Robotax...

John Johnston (JJ) reacts to a recent Kyle Kulinski video, in which he torches Joe Rogan for his “tepid little criticisms” of the current administration, instead of being more forceful about it. Some other Rogansphere comedians and podcasters have begun to be very critical, but Joe Rogan can’t seem to summon up the courage to join them.  Related episodes: Joe Rogan’s Embarrassing Tech Billionaire...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down news about Tesla Unsupervised Robotaxi roll-out in Austin, Texas. The third-party Robotaxi Tracker shows there are currently eight unsupervised Tesla robotaxis in the active fleet in Austin, but it also shows that seven of them haven’t been seen in operation for about two weeks. Is Tesla rotating the cars into unsupervised operation, but with only one or two in opera...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how the massive flow of funding money OpenAI desperately needs to survive may be starting to dry up. Could OpenAI be in a far worse financial position than many people think? Could OpenAI be financial and technological ground zero of a massive AI Bubble bursting. Related episodes: AI Bubble BIG SHORT: Michael Burry’s Palantir Stock Short https://open.spotify.com/epis...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how, from various different perspectives, things seem to be continuing to fall apart for Elon Musk, Tesla, and even SpaceX. We take a look at the latest Elon and Tesla news, including Tesla EV sales, to find out what’s going on and where it might lead. Related episodes: Tesla Robotaxi Slow Progress: $1.5T Red Flag For Investors? https://open.spotify.com/episode/2UCcn...

John Johnston (JJ) reacts to a video from Jennifer Welch of the I’ve Had It Podcast, in which Jennifer is highly critical of the anti-democractic, pro-authoritarian ideology of the co-founders of company Palantir, and some other aligned U.S. tech billionaires.   Related episodes: Why It’s Time To Ditch Elon Musk’s Companies https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rQLR35sUfWAtZeufcSx9J AI Bubble BIG SHOR...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how the boycott of Tesla products, that started about a year ago, seems to be having an impact, with Tesla car sales continuing to go down. The question is: could it also happen with products and services from other Elon-led companies and brands as well, such as X, Grok, and Starlink? Increasingly, more people do not want to buy what Elon is selling, because of his p...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the investing world drama unfolding because famous “Big Short” investor Michael Burry is currently shorting the stock of AI sector darling Palantir (PLTR). We look at exactly what Burry is saying about Palantir, and why he’s shorting it. More generally, Burry thinks we in the midst of an AI bubble that’s similar to the Dot Com Bubble of the lates 1990s.  Peter Thiel...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how there is growing criticism that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s divisive public opinions are seriously harming Tesla’s brand, and sales.  Related episodes: Tesla UK Sales Plummet Year-Over-Year!  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vuIsulcmlf03k4LJSIoZN Tesla Robotaxi Slow Progress: $1.5T Red Flag For Investors? https://open.spotify.com/episode/2UCcnaYSVadNFiOFdF5U0n Tick-To...

John Johnston (JJ) provides an update of Tesla’s autonomous or Unsupervised Robotaxi roll-out, a few weeks after the first one was spotted in Austin Texas. So far, it seems to be progressing slowly. A lot of Tesla stock market cap is riding on the success of Robotaxis, and then Tesla’s Optimus Robot later. How long will the stock market wait to see significant progress in Tesla’s autonomy program,...

Join John Johnston (JJ) for the Weekly Lounge, a compilation of the week's daily episodes of The John Johnston Lounge. Below are the individual episode titles and links: Elon Musk Finally Admits Massive Delay to SpaceX Mars Missions https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zM3AQHttOqxTApCdTnFRO Elon Musk’s ‘Self-Growing Moon City’: Anyone Still Believe Him? https://open.spotify.com/episode/7GqExGR4JY2mVI...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Tesla sales in China have crashed 45% year-over-year in January, to the lowest in three years. In further bad news for Tesla sales, Elon Musk, and US EV sales in general, the Trump administration has repealed the Obama era endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on vehicle tailpipe emissions and power plant rules.  Related e...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Elon Musk’s xAI, now owned by SpaceX, has lost a second cofounder in 2 days, as well as other staff. Tesla has also lost a second head of North American sales in less than a year. We look at why staff at Elon’s companies seem to be leaving in droves.  Related episodes: Elon Musk’s ‘Self-Growing Moon City’: Anyone Still Believe Him? https://open.spotify....

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk’s brother, and fellow Tesla Board of Directors member, Kimbal Musk is attempting to counter a Guardian article that asserts that emails from The Epstein Files show that Jeffrey Epstein engineered an intimate relationship for Kimbal, and that Kimbal and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013. Could Kimbal Musk be kicked off th...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news and reactions about Elon Musk saying SpaceX will attempt to build a “self-growing” city on the Moon within the next 10 years, pivoting away from getting to Mars. Given all Elon’s false “predictions” over the years, it seems fewer people are believing Elon these days, apart from his most ardent fans. We look at some of the reactions to the news, from Elon’s o...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the Elon Musk and SpaceX news that Elon has announced SpaceX is delaying Mars missions plans by years, to shift focus to Moon missions, and “building a self-growing city on the Moon”. Elon’s most ardent supporters and Tesla influencers are saying it makes a lot of sense, and critics are pointing out that delaying going to Mars is yet another one of Elon’s false “pred...

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 links: Elon Musk Sought Epstein Island’s “Wildest Party” https://open.spotify.com/episode/2C4q3zIgSCDCTwAMl1QmlC SpaceX Bailed Out xAI: Elon's AI Bubble Exit Strategy https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tTAP6maxDY7qyRzSX8V0n Why Cyber-Cr...

John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how CEO Elon Musk is continuing to inflict more brand damage on Tesla, and SpaceX, as more comes to light about his questionable past dealings, and as he continues to post divisive opinions on his social media platform X daily.  The Elon illustration in the thumbnail is by Rob Israel https://www.instagram.com/robisraelartwork Related episodes: Tesla: “The Biggest Bub...