SGA

Season 11 of 20 · 2017–2018

Hell and the Needle

Production hell, a reckless post, and the decision that the ship will be steel.

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The factory is a tent and a shame and then a turning quarter. Grimes enters as an artist, not a prize. Warren becomes the ledger in the fiction. Arthur, still king, notices a landing and is filed under later.

Place
The tent
The work
Model 3, Falcon Heavy, steel Starship
Pressure
The line, the SEC, and his own posts

18 episodes available · 30:00

  1. 01Week One of HellA tent, a line, and the shame of a bottleneck.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  2. 02PresentHe is wrong about schedules and right about being there. A supervisor is allowed to name the human cost.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  3. 03DreadnoughtHe wanted a factory like a machine. Reality is people and robots arguing.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  4. 04Their Favorite YearThe short-sellers feast. He reads the posts and stays on the line.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  5. 05A Car in a TentAbsurd, humiliating, effective.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  6. 06The ArtistGrimes meets him at a party. Ideas and teasing, not a prize.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  7. 07HeavyA roadster goes to space on a real rocket. Joy, and the question of whether wonder is a strategy.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  8. 08A Short TunnelMayors roll their eyes. He digs anyway.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  9. 09The Questions June AsksA lab scene about consent before any miracle montage. June does not accept a slogan.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  10. 10Funding SecuredA reckless post. The paper inquisition descends. The episode does not excuse him.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  11. 11MuzzleA settlement. Pride versus the company's oxygen.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  12. 12The SubmarineDuring a cave crisis he cannot stand feeling useless and builds a little sub. The real rescuers keep the credit. No spectacle of suffering.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  13. 13A SongGrimes makes the future he is too literal to make. They try a life.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  14. 14The Quarter TurnsThe tent worked. People buy the car. Hari drives his at night with the windows down.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  15. 15The Ledger SenatorElizabeth Warren questions wealth, labor, and power. He answers badly on purpose sometimes. Neither gets a halo.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  16. 16The King NoticesArthur, then on the throne, praises a landing in public. The wizard shrugs and keeps working. Mim files it under later.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  17. 17Starlink SketchThousands of small satellites. Astronomers will be angry. He does not yet listen well.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  18. 18Build the Stupid ThingStarship will be steel, not carbon. A beautiful argument in a hangar.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra

Cast: Elon Musk, Mim, Grimes, Elizabeth Warren, Arthur, The Paper Inquisition, The Hollow Syndicate, June Okonkwo, Hari Patel, Kimbal Musk

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