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Inside the Exclusive Nathan Fielder Interview
This week, Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger speak with WIRED global editorial director Katie Drummond to go behind the scenes of her viral interview with Nathan Fielder about his latest documentary, You Can See Everything. She tells us why she had to keep it a secret—and how it felt to interview a man who hates being interviewed. We also discuss why tech billionaires are feeling generous all of a sudden, from Anthropic’s pledge to commit 5 percent of its shares to a public benefit fund to Elon Musk’s promise to give a SpaceX share to every child in America. Plus, a WIRED investigation found that election offices in at least 32 states received suspicious letters, some containing white powder, just two weeks before the midterms.
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Brian Barrett: Well, welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley. I'm Brian Barrett, executive editor.
Leah Feiger: And I'm Leah Feiger, director of politics and science. This week, we're diving into the behind the scenes of our interview with Nathan Fielder. WIRED's global editorial director, Katie Drummond, was among a small group of people who saw Fielder's latest documentary, You Can See Everything, way before its release. She spoke with Fielder at length and will be joining us to share what stayed with her after their interview.
Brian Barrett: We'll also get into Anthropic and Elon Musk pledging to share their riches with the public. Anthropic announced that it would commit 5 percent of company shares to a public benefit fund, and Musk followed suit by promising he would give one SpaceX share to every child in America. We'll discuss the motivations behind these pledges and the chances that they'll actually happen?
Leah Feiger: And we're also going to take a look at the harassment campaign that has hit election offices across the country just two weeks before the midterms. A WIRED investigation found that election offices in at least 32 states have received suspicious letters, some of them containing white powder. We'll talk through what happened and how election officials are responding.
Brian Barrett: If you've been online this past week, chances are you've heard about Nathan Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim's latest documentary, You Can See Everything. The documentary follows Fielder, a graduate of Canada's top business schools, fun fact, as he spends a month inside Elizabeth Holmes' home in the weeks before she went to prison. Holmes was convicted back in 2022 for defrauding investors with Theranos, her blood testing startup. Turns out the speedy and accurate blood tests were fake. Innovative tech didn't actually exist. More importantly, though, the film was kept secret for three years. Only a few dozen people saw it before it debuted at the Telluride Film Festival. One of those people, WIRED's global editorial director, Katie Drummond. She had signed an NDA to hear what the film was about, got Nathan Fielder to be on WIRED's cover, and sat down with him for almost an hour and a half. Katie, thank you for joining us.