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The billionaire boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX is backing Donald Trump in the US election, so what are his motivations and how should politicians deal with him?

Amol and Nick talk to Ryan Mac, a reporter at the New York Times and author of 鈥楥haracter Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter鈥�.

Plus, they鈥檙e joined in the studio by Kirsty Young to talk about the new series of Young Again, the art of the long-form interview and her poignant speech as the coverage of the Queen's funeral drew to a close.

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of 麻豆社 Radio 4鈥檚 Today programme. Amol was the 麻豆社鈥檚 media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he鈥檚 also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick was the 麻豆社鈥檚 political editor for ten years before and was also ITV鈥檚 political editor.

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The senior producer is Lewis Vickers, the producers are Hatty Nash and Nadia Gyane, research and digital production from Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from Hannah Montgomery.