An interview with Elon Musk

与埃隆·马斯克的访谈

The Intelligence from The Economist

2026-07-24

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Elon Musk may be the most powerful man in the world. For his first extended interview since SpaceX's blockbuster IPO, he sits down with Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist's editor-in-chief, for The Insider, our video show for premium subscribers. They discuss the timeline for AI overtaking human intelligence, the rapid progress of China, the reasons for his interest in Europe and why he thinks he “got a little too involved” in politics. Watch the full show—and sign up to the Insider newsletter.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hi, I'm Zannie Minton-Bedos, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist and host of The Insider.

  • It's a weekly video show for subscribers that you can watch on The Economist app or online.

  • Today, we're bringing The Insider to our podcast listeners.

  • I want to give you the chance to hear some of the interviews I've been doing with the people shaping our world.

  • Hello.

  • Okay, we'll look at you.

  • Hello.

  • I saw Elon Musk a few months ago at an event in California,

  • and I asked him if he'd like to come on to The Insider.

  • He said I should get in touch with him after the SpaceX IPO,

  • and so I did, DMing him on X, his social media platform.

  • And a few weeks later, I found myself in a Tesla factory in Texas.

  • That's a little too close, obviously.

  • You won't?

  • It's too close to me.

  • Put it wherever you want.

  • I'm just playing the pool.

  • Put it wherever you want.

  • We've got a little bit of economist branding.