#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family

Lex Fridman Podcast

Kimbal Musk is a chef, entrepreneur, and author of The Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking for Your Community. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:50) – Growing up in South Africa
(19:21) – Cooking
(42:06) – Ingredients
(49:11) – Anthony Bourdain
(51:26) – Cooking school
(1:07:46) – Life-threatening accident
(1:21:50) – Road trip across US
(1:33:33) – Zip2
(1:38:16) – Tesla
(1:45:41) – SpaceX
(1:49:24) – Hope for the future