The Deposition

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On March 27th, 2024, Elon Musk was deposed in a libel lawsuit filed by Ben Brody, a 22-year old Jewish political science major at the University of California. When Elon Musk twote that Ben Brody could be a neo-nazi undercover federal agent in a “false flag” situation, Ben Brody was faced with so much harassment he and his family had to leave their homes. Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.

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JUL 31, 2024
The Deposition, In Full
Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. This episode is the full deposition without episode breaks, if you want to experience it even closer to what it must have felt like during. Or if you just don't feel like listening to each episode separately! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcript This episode is brought to you by our other podcast VALENCE. Please listen to it! Please!!! https://hughouse.productions/podcasts/valence/ The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody. Mentioned in this episode: Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now! Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
161 MIN
JUL 25, 2024
Episode 4: I Don't Know Ben Brody
Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. In this episode, we finally reach the stupid, stupid, stupid conclusion of this unreal bullshit that actually genuinely happened in a real court of law, for real. ALLEGEDLY! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep4-transcript This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast BEEF with Bridget Todd. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/beef The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody. Mentioned in this episode: Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now! Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
50 MIN
JUL 18, 2024
Episode 3: I Could Be Guilty of a Random Turd Too
Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. In this episode, things get worse and worse as Musk compares tweets to Niagara Falls, references Gladiator, and will truly just not shut up about what he thinks "free speech means," surprise surprise. ALLEGEDLY! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep3-transcript This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast World Gone Wrong. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/world-gone-wrong The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody. Mentioned in this episode: Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now! Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
52 MIN
JUL 11, 2024
Episode 2: Baby Smoke 9000
Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization. In this episode, we hear Bankston try to get into the mind of Musk, Spiro try some different riffs on objecting to form, and Musk say that a donut is not a bagel. ALLEGEDLY! Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep2-transcript This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast Everyone Knows That: The Search for Ulterior Motives. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/everyone-knows-that The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Mark Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody. Mentioned in this episode: Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now! Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
41 MIN