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The John Johnston Lounge
Welcome to The John Johnston Lounge, your daily reality check on tech oligarchs, corporate overreach, and the true state of the market. Host John Johnston (JJ) delivers sharp analysis exposing the friction behind the headlines: billionaire legal threats, Silicon Valley power grabs, AI bubble economics, and corporate stunts. Cutting through PR spin, JJ holds Big Tech accountable, focusing on figures like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos. Zero sycophancy. Just…
Episodes
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SpaceX Pumpers Out in Force as Stock Crashes
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down SpaceX pumpers are out in force after the company’s first earnings report as a public company. SpaceX stock dropped over 13% in…
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Riiight. Elon Claims SpaceX Revenue to Hit $1T by 2030
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down some of Elon Musk’s grand claims for SpaceX in the coming years, made in the first SpaceX Earnings Call, including reaching $1…
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Why SpaceX Stock Dumped on Earnings
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down what happening with SpaceX Earnings and Space Earnings Call with Elon, for the stock to drop nearly 8% after hours. What did…
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AI Bubble Domino Effect: U.S. Next After South Korea?
John Johnston (JJ) breaks reacts to Scott Galloway and Ed Elson as they discuss how a crash in the South Korean Kospi was caused by retail investors…
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AI Bubble: Nvidia’s $350B OpenAI Loan is Scaring Investors | Ed Zitron
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to Ed Zitron on The Tech Report, discussing the state of huge circular financing within the AI bubble, after Nvidia offered a massive…
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Legendary Short Seller Jim Chanos on Why AI Will Crash
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to some of a Prof G Markets interview with legendary short seller Jim Chanos, who is calling out an AI Bubble, and shorting it…
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Elon Musk to Bet a FORTUNE on GOP for Midterms
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk is about to drop over $100 million to support Republicans for the upcoming Mid Term elections, only a week after…
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The Wheels Are Falling Off The AI Bandwagon
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to some a a recent conversation between Investors George Noble, Julien Garran, “Nobody Special”, and independent journalist Ed…
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Elon Musk is Having A Public Meltdown for The Ages
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk is having an epic, ongoing public meltdown. It involves his companies Telsa and SpaceX, and his political…
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AI Bubble: Hedge Fund IMPLODES After Sudden AI Losses
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how a highly leveraged AI-focused hedge fund has suffered major losses when stock in the sectors dropped abruptly over the past…
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Tesla Cybertruck: Biggest Flop in Auto History?
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Tesla’s Cybertruck is looking like it could be the biggest automotive industry flop in history, dethroning Ford’s Edsel…
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Why Elon Musk Is A Huge Threat to Democracy
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how and why Elon Musk has become a real threat to democracy. JJ reacts to an interview between Mehdi Hasan and Naomi Klein…
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Crash in Progress? AI Bubble, Tesla & SpaceX Stocks
John Johnston (JJ) looks at whether or not the AI Bubble has started to burst. Is the AI sector unwinding after a huge run-up? We look at various market signs…
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Elon Musk Crashes Out The Moment Interviewer Pushes Back
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to part of an interview Elon Musk had with The Economist’s Editor-In-Chief, Danny Minton, about his political beliefs and how he has…
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Tesla Stock Tumbles as Hype Meets Reality
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how shares of Tesla plummeted around 15% after the latest earnings report, and SpaceX is down around 50% from its highs. Elon…
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Tesla Profits Plunge & SpaceX Stock Continues Fall
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down Tesla Earnings for Q2 2026, in which Tesla profits plunged as discounts on its EV models weighed on the earnings results. Tesla…
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SpaceX Stock Crashes Nearly 50% | AI Bubble Bursting?
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how SpaceX stock has gone down nearly 50% from the high it set just days after its historic IPO in June 2026. We also ponder the…
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SpaceX Stock Crashes $1T & AI Trade Reverses!
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how SpaceX stock lost around $1 trillion in market value from its initial peak, and short sellers are increasingly betting…
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SpaceX Stock is Crashing & Tesla Investors Want Answers
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how SpaceX Stock is sunk below its IPO price for the first time, and short sellers are having a field day as the stock continues…
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AI Bubble & SpaceX: 17x Bigger Than Dot Com | George Noble
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to investor and longtime fund manager George Noble discussing what he sees as a massive AI bubble, which he thinks is much bigger…
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AI Bubble: NOT Too Big To Fail! Let It Burn | Ed Zitron
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down what tech journalist and podcaster Ed Zitron is saying about there being a massive, multi-layered AI bubble. In recent…
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Morgan Stanley Issues SpaceX Target Value of ~$4T!
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how SpaceX has received bullish recommendations from Wall Street banks, including Morgan Stanley, which has given Elon Musk’s AI…
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Is Sam Altman Making OpenAI ‘Too Big To Fail’?
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Sam Altman wants the US government to have a 5% stake in OpenAI, and Meta is looking to rent out excess AI data…
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Aswath Damodaran: “SpaceX Looks AWFUL As An Investment”
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down what investor and Professor Aswath Damoderan, the “Dean of Valuation”, thinks of the current stock market valuation of SpaceX…
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Corruption: How Trump Profited $4 Billion WHILE IN OFFICE
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how President Trump has made billions while in office during off his second term, from crypto schemes, to stocks, to…
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AI Bubble: Top Central Bank Warns of Global Financial Crisis
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is warning of the current “AI exuberance” driving up the risk of another global…
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What Could Burst The AI Bubble? | Dalio & Buffett
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down what prominent investor Ray Dalio recently said about the AI bubble, and what he thinks could burst that market bubble. We also…
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AI Bubble & SpaceX: What Could Happen in A Bust? | Grantham & Buffett
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how longtime investor Jeremy Grantham asserts that there is a massive stock market bubble, currently being fueled by the…
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Elon Melts Down Over DOGE Allegations & Threatens to Sue
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk is angry at Democrat Ro Khanna, and Jennifer Welch from the I’ve Had It Podcast, and threatening to sue Khonna…
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Elon’s ‘Arrogance & Villainy is Begging For Cosmic Justice’
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to some of a recent chat about Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, and other Silicon Valley tech billionaires that journalist Gil Duran had…
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Summer of Ludd: The Kids Are Alright Offline
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how widespread techno-pessimism has sparked a positive and burgeoning analog movement, and an offline “Summer of Ludd” festival…
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AI Bubble: Are Retail Investors Flying Into A Trap?
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how the massive amount of money that has been flooding into the AI sector could be a warning sign of things to come? Is this one…
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AI Bubble: OpenAI’s Financials LEAKED & It’s UGLY | Ed Zitron
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how OpenAI’s financials have just been leaked to independent journalist Ed Zitron, ahead of the planned OpenAI IPO. The audited…
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AI CEO’s Disgusting Response to Iran School Attack
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei seems to lack empathy and remorse in relation to his AI company’s possible involvement in…
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Legit Legendary Investor: AI ‘Has Characteristics of A Bubble’
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how legitimately legendary investor Seth Klarman thinks today's stock market, which is currently obsessed with AI-related…
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SpaceX & AI: “Bigger Than The Dot Com Bubble” | Jim Chanos
John Johnston (JJ) reacts to famous short-seller Jim Chanos, as he gives his vast experience-led opinions about the warming signs he sees in the current U.S…
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Dangerous AI Bubble: Retail Investors Are Being Conned | Ed Zitron
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down what Ed Zitron is currently saying about the AI bubble he sees in financial markets, and the companies involved, including Elon…
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Politics: Trump Stormed Out of THAT Interview. Here’s Why He Couldn’t Take It
The Art of Value: Politics host John Johnston (JJ) breaks down part of President Donald Trump’s recent combative interview where he storms out in a rage over…
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SpaceX is About to Unleash Wave of Fever Pitch IPOs
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down some of the popular finance media and fund manager perspectives on the SpaceX IPO, and the wave of historic IPOs that are poised…
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Elon's SpaceX HAS TO Grow Like No Company Ever Has
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Elon Musk’s SpaceX will need to grow 600x in 10 years to justify the $1.75 trillion IPO target valuation, and no…
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Is SpaceX Overvalued by ~$1 Trillion? (Morningstar Says So)
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down why the current SpaceX IPO valuation of $1.75 trillion is being challenged by Morningstar, which says SpaceX is being…
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Is Elon’s SpaceX ‘Coup’ About to Rob Your 401K?
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how some investment and financial experts are sounding the alarm over Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO “coup” that could force retirement…
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SpaceX IPO is Stock Market Insanity
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how the upcoming SpaceX IPO could be close to peak stock market AI bubble insanity, from a number of perspectives. JJ references…
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Politics: Trump Shut Out as Canada & Europe Ditch the USA
The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down how traditional Western allies have been increasingly pulling away from working closely with the Trump…
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The Revolt Against AI Data Centers is EXPLODING
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how opposition to the construction of new AI data centers is escalating across the United States. Local people are questioning…
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Politics: Trump’s World Cup TANKING - Tourists Planning To Stay Away
JJ’s Politics Unfiltered host JJ breaks down how the FIFA 2026 World Cup was expected to bring a huge tourism surge to the United States, as the majority of…
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Tesla Robotaxi Safety Issues Hidden as ‘Convenience Issues’
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how a Reuters investigation of Tesla’s unsupervised Robotaxi rollout has found long wait times, bizarre routing, and close to…
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Musk vs Altman: OpenAI 'Gigatrial' is Getting Messy
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the latest developments in Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI. Sam Altman and Elon Musk are…
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AI Bubble: Reckless Multi-$Trillion Data Center Buildout
John Johnston (JJ) questions whether the expected multi-trillion dollar AI data center buildout will end in a bust, like the internet infrastructure buildout…
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Elon Musk’s AI Power Grab is Collapsing
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that Elon Musk’s AI empire appears to be unraveling in real time. The current trial of Elon Musk vs Sam Altman is…
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Robotaxis $34T by 2030? Cathie Wood’s ARK Makes BOLD Call
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest says that the robotaxi market could hit a massive $34 Trillion by 2030, in just 4 years. JJ also…
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Why The AI Hype Cycle Just Hit A Gen Z Wall
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Gen Z’s opinions of AI are reportedly hitting new lows. The more young people use AI, the more they dislike it, if recent…
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Musk & Zuckerberg’s Free Speech Hypocrisy Exposed
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have a very different attitude towards free speech behind the scenes, that they do in public…
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Palantir’s Descent into Fascism is Scaring its Employees
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how some of Palantir’s employees are concerned about the big tech company’s “descent into fascism”. Leaked Slack messages, and…
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Elon Musk is Losing More Fans Over This
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk’s almost daily online rants about race are turning off more fans. Elon has posted over 850 times on the divisive…
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THE TESLA STOCK CRASH WILL BE EPIC
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how veteran investor George Noble is asserting that this will be the year Tesla fully implodes. After doing a sum of the parts…
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Peter Thiel’s Palantir Just Posted A Neo-Fascist Manifesto
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s company Palantir has published what seems to be some version of a neo-fascist manifesto…
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Tesla Q1 Earnings: Elon Sort of Admitted the FSD Truth
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down Tesla Q1 2026 Earnings, including what Elon Musk said on the earnings call. The results seemed okay on the surface, be digging…
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There’s A Growing Revolt Over Tesla Self-Driving Promises
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Tesla car owners are in revolt over Tesla’s Full Self-Driving promises. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that an…
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AI Bubble Just Got Stupider: Allbirds ‘Pivots’ to AI
John Johnston (JJ) discusses how failing shoe brand Allbirds is “pivoting” to be an AI company, and how this is yet another sign of the AI boom turning into a…