{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a8a5a759-8cb1-52ad-b50a-8e08dcee4d1f/6703c444fc23de5763cde343?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Elon's Spies","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba187a1a8cbeaa483cf196/1728299716810-42622d92-516a-44f6-b012-da44d4c996c9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This is episode one of three. You can binge the entire series today by subscribing to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or by downloading the Tortoise app.</p><p><br></p><p>Elon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world. He's a billionaire, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and more. To his followers, he's a hero; to his critics, a far-right rabble rouser.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>But for someone so public, there’s one part of his life that’s less well known.</p><p><br></p><p>Elon’s Spies investigates how this free-speech champion uses private investigators and surveillance to target everyone from whistleblowers at his companies, to online critics and people in his own life.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Observer"}