# Episode 7: Body Snatchers

An episode of [X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1591294233), 30 Mar 2025, 27 min.

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In 2022, Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, and renamed it X. When asked why he wanted to own the social media network, Musk talked a lot about something he called the “woke mind virus.” Where does the idea of a mind virus come from? Jill Lepore looks to Cold War science fiction and the recently uncovered writings of Elon Musk’s grandfather in South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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