Famously

The year is 2018. Elon Musk is a 46-year-old revered innovator with a $20bn fortune. He’s a hero to millions.

But his family life is an absolute mess. Endless kids, crazy relationships and his maniac father has just knocked up his own stepdaughter.

Now, Elon’s chaotic personal life is about to spill into public view.

Almost overnight, he goes from beloved entrepreneur to a reckless buffoon.

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Links from the show:

Elon’s cave-diving equipment - https://youtu.be/SM0yk2yJvDs?si=3oen7A8-_pwk-H0l&t=45 

Vernon Unsworth interview - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10158544105061509 

Joe Rogan - https://www.youtube.com/live/ycPr5-27vSI?si=ArgxyXd7XV1MqL4A&t=7800 

Dave Chapelle reception - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpfKJo8aYd8 

Nazi salute - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cpdxzjw9p47o

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It’s the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. The awkward nerd from South Africa who made it all the way to the White House.

There’s drama at every turn in this story: conmen, ketamine and Johnny Depp threatening to cut his cock off

And yeah, he’s pretty weird.

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Links from the show:

Commodore VIC-20 - https://www.facebook.com/pineywoodstechnology/posts/what-was-the-first-computer-you-remember-usingmine-was-a-commodore-vic-20-the-th/1602159438586386/ 

Blastar - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HWQ_bTTbMAAA4In?format=webp&name=large

PayPal - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0b84129a959816879717a0f4b9a882ec215e8669/0_38_2000_1200/master/2000.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=705eda352f747e6ff433f23912e0bcf0 

Whisky Mist - https://www.yonder.fr/sites/default/files/cityguides/rubriques/night-life/CGN-LON-WHISKY-1.jpg 

Rocket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpytpkVMNY 

Amber Heard - https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/07/13/20/26437182-8516635-Musk_insists_the_34_year_old_actress_had_already_split_from_Depp-a-10_1594667703212.jpg 

Mercy from Overwatch - https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5nheRvTC4lj_WrNruYI3Jd7P277PdxxJlVpY42A6axWXOFU9h 

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It’s 1960 and Elvis is a superstar sex symbol. Women want him, men want to be him. He’s a national icon.

But in the space of 16 years, Elvis will become a washed up laughing stock, stage the greatest comeback of all time, and come crashing back to earth, ending up dead on the toilet at 42.

Links from the show:

One Boy, Two Little Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl2n0Eibfgk

Elvis curing autism - https://i2.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/change_of_habit.jpg?fit=1020%2C823&ssl=1

Wedding - https://wwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-76884365.jpg?w=1024

Lisa Marie birth - https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/21/8d/a4/218da41751d79199f659088c47290d62.jpg

Letter to Nixon - https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/elvis-letter-to-nixon

Elvis and Nixon - https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8hAAAOSwqu9VPUVh/s-l1600.webp

Divorce - https://www.instagram.com/p/C2gCa17PMLH/

Traffic cop - http://www.metnews.com/articles/2015/perspectives101315_files/image001.jpg

Coffin - https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-Enquirer-cover-with-Elvis-in-coffin_1977-1104x1536.jpg

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He was the most famous rockstar of the 20th century.

So how did Elvis end up an obese wreck, dead on the toilet at 42, surrounded by sex books and prescription pills?

We're charting the first half of his life - as he turns from a Mississippi mamas boy into an amphetamine-addled music star with a teenage girlfriend.

Links from the show:

Elvis as a child - https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/sites/default/files/imported-images/68.gif

That's Alright - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCP_g7X31nI

Elvis t-shirt - https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTzUUUEpIq/

Elvis and Anita - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRM_Ty0VEwZrr4QmrlPv0N3AfZ7EOm84RRV7y4L2KAkzyzPZfvis0FcowY&s=10

Hair cut - https://images.imagerenderer.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/elvis-presley-receives-an-army-crew-cut-bettmann.jpg

Priscilla waving goodbye - https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2022-06/priscilla-presley-fashion-young-bn-220627-3a2e78.jpg

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