Culture Changers with Allison Hare

I just walked out of two of the buzziest documentaries around, You Can See Everything (Elizabeth Holmes, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim) and the Musk documentary, and I can't stop thinking about them. Is it required to blur the lines of reality and fiction to be a successful innovator? This one has spoilers, so use the timestamps below to skip ahead.
IN THIS EPISODE
• Why a comedian known for blurring reality and fiction was the surprising choice to film Elizabeth Holmes
• The Theranos story and the 2% funding gap for female founders
• "It's not fraud. It failed. All inventors fail." Where that argument holds and where it breaks
• Why we love the "crazy until it works" hero, from Holmes to Musk
• The Amanda Seyfried twist and why this film may change what a documentary is
• My verdict: 100% worth the hype


*SPOILER GUIDE*
Light spoilers throughout. Bigger ones at 11:15 (Musk), 22:26, 23:25, 26:33 and 30:52.


MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
You Can See Everything (Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim) · the Musk documentary · Theranos · The Dropout (Amanda Seyfried) · Nathan for You · Don't Look Up (Adam McKay) · Jerrod Carmichael's Rothaniel · Bo Burnham's Inside · Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" · Bell Labs · Bryan Johnson

PULL QUOTES
"Is it required to blur the lines of reality and fiction in order to be a successful innovator?" (0:00)
"You're crazy until it works." (4:05)
"It's not fraud. It failed. All inventors fail." (14:39)

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Do inventors have to be delusional?
0:30 Welcome to Culture Changers (and the Elizabeth Holmes turtleneck)
1:14 You Can See Everything: Nathan Fielder's genre-bending documentary
2:20 Pushing the genre: Don't Look Up, Jerrod Carmichael, Bo Burnham
3:20 Elizabeth Holmes vs. Elon Musk: "crazy until it works"
4:13 The Theranos story: the pinprick test, the fraud, the 11 years
5:44 A 19-year-old founder and the 2% funding gap
7:03 Holmes asks Nathan Fielder to film her last 34 days
7:27 Why Nathan Fielder? From Nathan for You to this
9:09 Will the Musk documentary even come out? (it's four hours)
9:49 Elon's bravado and the sleight of hand
10:39 Why we love the "crazy until it works" hero
11:15 Musk's self-driving promise and its cost (spoiler)
12:30 "I didn't do anything wrong": Holmes vs. Fielder
13:44 Why I left sympathetic: "It's not fraud, it failed"
14:51 Nathan Fielder as our stand-in (and Who's on First)
16:00 Smoke and mirrors: why investors bought in
16:39 Locking eyes: Holmes on love, truth and "nothing to hide"
17:43 Her parents, Billy Evans and Sunny Balwani: where did it go wrong?
20:31 Billy Evans, two years later: who controls the narrative?
22:26 The twist: Amanda Seyfried joins the documentary (spoilers)
23:25 Who profits from Holmes's story? (major spoilers)
26:33 Amanda Seyfried as the audience's stand-in (spoilers)
27:53 Watching it with a theater full of Nathan Fielder fans
28:29 Am I rooting for her because I'm a feminist?
29:09 Does a "different brain" get a pass? Holmes, Musk, Bryan Johnson
30:24 Will this change documentaries? Truth vs. bias
30:52 My verdict: 100% worth the hype (ending twist: spoiler)
31:43 Oscar buzz and final thoughts
32:34 Work with Allison: free podcast clarity call

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Eric Jorgenson wrote The Book of Elon, built entirely from Elon Musk’s own words. Allison asks the question everyone argues about: is Elon the greatest entrepreneur who ever lived? Eric thinks so, with an asterisk. They get into risk, speed, fear, the “boss from hell” question, and why Eric believes 99.9% of organizations err on the side of too slow or too soft. They also cover Elon’s politics and critics, what people get wrong about him, and why Eric gives the book away for free.
Key takeaways
Eric’s biggest surprise was how much risk Elon takes. Elon rarely covers his downside and usually swings for the fences.
Eric reframes the “boss from hell” label as empathy at the level of the mission, not the individual.
Elon treats time as the one true currency. Moving a milestone up compounds for years.
Elon reads military history and biographies, not business books. Eric says he operates like a field general.
On fear, Elon says he feels it. He does it anyway if the mission is important enough.
Eric says the odds of Tesla and SpaceX succeeding were each under 10%. Together that’s about 1%, and Elon put in everything he had to save both.
Elon attacks the biggest problem first. He meets on it daily and cancels the meeting once it’s solved.
Go to the problem in person. Eric calls it “much easier to ignore somebody on the phone than in person.”
Politics has made Elon a lightning rod. Eric says it’s hard to find solid factual ground to stand on and invites people to look past the headline level.
Quotes
“If the mission is important enough, you feel the fear and you do it anyway.” (Eric, quoting Elon)
“SpaceX specializes in turning the impossible into the merely late.” (Eric, quoting Elon)
“It’s empathy at the level of the mission or the organization, not empathy at the level of the individual.” (Eric)
“I’m grateful to live in America through the age of Elon.” (Eric)
Mentioned in this episode
The Book of Elon by Eric Jorgenson: free digital copy at https://elonmuskbook.org
Eric’s site and podcast: ejorgenson.com
Connect: Eric on X at @ericjorgenson.
Allison’s free call: https://www.allisonhare.com/freecall



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Political midterms are fun, aren't they? You can’t escape the TV ads that dominate your favorite streaming shows on Hulu and Max. Your FB looks like your old high school buddies are in a keyboard war with each other. And your nervous system is 100% fried eggs. I mean, do these ads work? What is it like to work in politics when the entire world seems to be on fire and shouting for attention from every angle?
Michelle Coyle told me those ads are the single most effective tool a campaign has. Michelle runs the Political Business Institute, coaching the consultants who build the campaigns flooding your feed right now, and she's spent years inside both parties. We get into why negative ads actually move votes, how influencer marketing became a bigger campaign weapon than a TV ad buy, why corporate money in politics is messier than either side wants to admit, and how an AI can legally put words in a candidate's mouth they never said in a tone they never used. Seven weeks out from the midterms, send this to your group chat.
Notable timestamps:
02:44 Meet Michelle Coyle
05:58 Why negative ads work, and why the industry calls them "contrast"
07:07 Where campaign ad money is actually moving
09:47 What a political consultant does, and who hires Michelle
11:06 Seven weeks to Election Day, then everything stops cold
21:37 The loudest people online don't represent how people actually vote
23:11 Is Elon Musk buying the midterms
26:33 Never discount a pissed off populace
39:57 AI can legally put words in a candidate's mouth
45:12 What Republicans really say about Trump behind closed doors
Links and resources:
Website: www.politicalbusinessinstitute.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/michelletoscale
Delusional! podcast | YouTube
Delusional! Movement community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1dbLBtVS39/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Mica Miller told her friends that if she died by suicide, it wasn't her. It was JP. Netflix gave Death of the Pastor's Wife three episodes, and my repeat guest Jennie Gage watched her own marriage play out on screen. She spent 24 years as the wife of a Mormon church leader, survived her own suicide attempt, and has a theory about what really happened to Mica. This one is harrowing. Trigger warnings on this one: suicide, abuse, and religious coercion. If you're struggling, call or text 988 (US).
Notable timestamps
00:00 "He makes JP Miller look kind of mild"
03:44 Born Mormon in 1974: the wifey immersion program
11:27 "Why can't she just be Mica?"
13:05 Trained to be a pet, and the second earring
17:54 "He picked me"
23:22 Spiritual warfare: when abuse gets blamed on Satan
27:47 Trauma bonded to Jesus
35:19 The timeline of Mica's final day
39:37 Was it suicide? "Yes and no"
54:43 What Jennie would have said to Mica
Rather watch this on YouTube? https://youtu.be/rhndF2WJkps
Jennie Gage:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lifetaketwo7662
Substack: https://lifetaketwo.substack.com
Jennie's first Culture Changers episode: https://youtu.be/y7Hz_ui5Kx0
Allison
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Julianna Glasse was a chart topping Christian pop star who sang at Donald Trump's 2017 National Prayer Breakfast and taught tens of thousands of women that their closeness to God ran straight through their husbands. Then her husband found the books she was hiding, threw one on the floor, and told her "this is what happens when you read." She turned his sentence into the title of her new book, lost her marriage, her tours, and her book deal, survived death threats and sexual violence threats from fellow Christians, and became the first single woman ever partnered with Oxford's Saïd Business School. What religion actually teaches women about their own worth, and what it costs to walk away from it.
Notable timestamps:
[02:48] Meeting Julianna Glasse, and the cheeky title of her new book
[04:01] The doctrine of depravity, taught to her at age four
[09:04] Singing at Trump's 2017 National Prayer Breakfast, and what she was taught about women
[12:39] Meeting her gay neighbors in 2015, and the first crack in her belief system
[15:11] Public shaming, death threats, and sexual violence threats after her divorce
[21:18] The night her husband threw her books on the floor
[27:16] Losing everything, then applying to Oxford's Saïd Business School
[33:53] Sexual exploration, non-monogamy, and reclaiming her body
[45:44] Launching This Is What Happens When Women Read, and reaching 4 million women in 67 countries
[51:18] Her relationship to God and a higher power today
Prefer to watch on YouTube? https://youtu.be/VdzeTBUVgaU
Julianna Glasse:
Book (Amazon): https://link.amazon/B058uJc4n
Website: https://www.juliannaglasse.com/
This Is What Happens When Women Read (nonprofit): https://www.thisiswhathappenswhenwomenread.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliannaglasse/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliannaglasse/
Allison:
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