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Jun 2023
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#RIPTwitter | 7

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Can Twitter survive? In this special episode, Business Wars host David Brown speaks to Rolling Stone culture writer Miles Klee about what makes Elon Musk tick, his views on free speech, and what’s next for Twitter. 

Plus, Abbott Elementary showrunner and creator of the Sh*t My Dad Says Twitter account, Justin Halpern, looks back on how tweeting changed his life and what he misses about Twitter 1.0.

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