iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope Team Up with Esteemed Biographer Walter Isaacson to Launch New Four-Part Series “On Musk”

Author Evan Ratliff sits down with Isaacson to hear exclusive behind-the-scenes stories about his time spent with the controversial and fascinating billionaire while researching for his bestselling biography “Elon Musk”

Listen to all four episodes of “On Musk” with Walter Isaacson – HERE

WHAT: iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope today premiered “On Musk,” a podcast hosted by Walter Isaacson, author of bestselling biography, Elon Musk. What is it like to shadow Elon Musk for two years? To sit courtside as he builds a rocket? Or tears apart an engineer? Or couch surfs at the homes of billionaires? And how on earth do you make sense of it all? Walter Isaacson is the biographer of giants: DaVinci, Franklin, Doudna, Jobs...and now Musk, former enfant terrible, rocket launcher, electric car innovator, and Twitter—er, X—disruptor, to put it gently. 

In this four-part series, author Evan Ratliff (“Mastermind,” “Longform” Podcast) sits down with Isaacson to draw out the behind-the-scenes stories of this epic biography, and what the writer has learned as an outsider inside Silicon Valley.  

WHO: WALTER ISAACSON: Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023.

EVAN RATLIFF: Evan is an award-winning investigative journalist, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, the author of The Mastermind, the host of ‘PERSONA” and “Longform.” Evan’s reporting and writing also appears in "Wired," "The New Yorker," "Bloomberg Businessweek" and other magazines. He was also the cofounder and editor in chief of the narrative publication "The Atavist Magazine," which under his editorship was nominated for two Emmy Awards and nine National Magazine Awards and the co-founder of "Pop-Up Magazine."

WHEN: Listen to all four episodes of “On Musk” with Walter Isaacson today, December 12.

WHERE: Distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network, “On Musk” with Walter Isaacson is available now on iHeartRadio and all major podcast platforms. 

ABOUT KALEIDOSCOPE 

Kaleidoscope is a New York-based podcast studio and network founded by Oz Woloshyn and Mangesh Hattikudur. The start-up company’s mission is to create compelling shows from around the world that take listeners to places they’ve never been and introduces them to a cast of unforgettable real-life characters. Kaleidoscope has secured sizable funding from investors like former MTV head Tom Freston and former Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post editor-in-chief Marcus Brauchli, and works with Hollywood studios, TV networks, and major book publishers around adaptations of its podcasts. It has the backing of media deal brokers The Raine Group and is represented by talent agency WME. Visit k-scope.com for more information. 

About iHeartMedia, Inc.

iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT) is the number one audio company in the United States, reaching nine out of 10 Americans every month. It consists of three business groups.

With its quarter of a billion monthly listeners, the iHeartMedia Multiplatform Group has a greater reach than any other media company in the U.S. Its leadership position in audio extends across multiple platforms, including more than 860 live broadcast stations in over 160 markets nationwide; its National Sales organization; and the company’s live and virtual events business. It also includes Premiere Networks, the industry’s largest Networks business, with its Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN); and BIN: Black Information Network, the first and only 24/7 national and local all news audio service for the Black community. iHeartMedia also leads the audio industry in analytics, targeting and attribution for its marketing partners with its SmartAudio suite of data targeting and attribution products using data from its massive consumer base.

The iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group includes the company’s fast-growing podcasting business -- iHeartMedia is the number one podcast publisher in downloads, unique listeners, revenue and earnings -- as well as its industry-leading iHeartRadio digital service, available across more than 500 platforms and 2,000 devices; the company’s digital sites, newsletters, digital services and programs; its digital advertising technology companies; and its audio industry-leading social media footprint.

The company’s Audio & Media Services reportable segment includes Katz Media Group, the nation’s largest media representation company, and RCS, the world's leading provider of broadcast and webcast software.

Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.