# Alex Gibney
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Philip Alexander Gibney (; born October 23, 1953) is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time".His works as director include The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (winner of three Emmys in 2015), We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (the winner of three 2013 primetime Emmy awards), Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (nominated in 2005 for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature); Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (short-listed in 2011 for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature), Casino Jack and the United States of Money and Taxi to the Dark Side (winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature), focusing on a taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed at Bagram Air Force Base in 2002. In 2019 he released his newest documentary, Citizen K, about Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian billionaire exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Elon Musk Is Threatening The Bulwark?!? He is Terrified.
The threats come as Musk pours more than $445 million into Republican midterm races, including over $150 million backing Ken Paxton in Texas, while Starlink restrictions hampered Ukraine's defense against Russia. A Lancet study estimates the USAID cuts made during DOGE could cost 14 million lives b…
"Musk" Filmmaker Alex Gibney on Why Elon Musk Fears Democrats Will Win Midterms
Part 2 of our conversation with Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary Musk, an expansive, nearly four-hour examination of the world’s first trillionaire.
Elon Musk’s $180M Attack on Talarico BACKFIRES Instantly
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk is spending a massive amount of money on an Midterm election campaign in Texas, against Democrat James Talarico, and he’s also attacking Talarico on Elon’s own social media platform, X. We hear from various commentators on the issue, including writer Ste…
Lawrence: Trump tried to crush Cassidy Hutchinson. He failed.
Tonight on The Last Word: The Trump Justice Department fails to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Also, Trump focuses on a GOP senator’s body instead of key issues. Plus, Rep. Mike Lawler campaigns with Speaker Johnson in New York. And Elon Musk pours nearly $500 million into savin…
Elon Musk's Terrifying Power: Reacting to Alex Gibney's 'Musk'
I’m reacting to Alex Gibney’s new documentary film 'Musk,' and my biggest takeaway is fear. The power Elon Musk holds is vast and wide, and it begs the question: should a person this rich hold this much power? From AI to international relations with his Starlink service, Musk wields immense influen…
Inside Theranos: Patrick O’Neill on Elizabeth Holmes and What He Saw
Scott Nathan sits down with longtime friend Patrick O’Neill, the former chief creative officer of Theranos, to revisit his extraordinary time inside the company. From his work at TBWA\Chiat\Day and the Apple-inspired creative vision to art-directing Elizabeth Holmes’s iconic Nanotainer portrait, Pa…
2764 - Midterm Closing Arguements; Progressive Plan Leverage w/ David Dayen, Alex Gibney
It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report
On today's program:
JD Vance takes part in a Fox News townhall in Fort Worth, Texas hosted by Jesse Watters.
Vance is asked a thoughtful question from a young voter about how can Republicans encourage Gen Z to settle down and start families when most peo…
The Algorithm vs. The Activists When Social Media Pulls the Plug
The Algorithm vs. The Activists When Social Media Pulls the PlugEPISODE OVERVIEWIn an unscheduled Up the Middle episode, Ross Yerger examines how social platforms shape access to political speech. Beginning with Mastiff Media's own difficulty reaching followers, he discusses reported disruptions in…
You Can See Everything reaction
Episode 38. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a discussion of the documentary sensation You Can See Everything, featuring special guest Eamonn Kreitzer! 8 minutes 10 seconds: on Alex Gibney's documentary about Elizabeth Holmes. 15 minutes 38 seconds onwards: on Nathan Fielder living with …
Somewhere We Have Some Agency
Edward Niedermeyer is, by his own admission, an autodidact with an obsession over cars and technology going back a few decades. This, along with an outsider's perspective on the auto industry, led him to a suspicious-sounding feature being promised by a still-fledgling Tesla Motors.
From there, Ni…
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