EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 31 MIN
What was Doge? How Elon Musk tried to gamify government
from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian
Steeped in gaming and rightwing culture wars, Musk and his team of teenage coders set out to defeat the enemy of the United States: its people By Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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