The Deposition
A dramatic reading of the Elon Musk deposition, in full
Hug House Productions
Show overview
The Deposition has published 7 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes during 2024. That works out to roughly 9 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 39 min and 1h 47m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.8 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Hug House Productions.
From the publisher
On March 27th, 2024, Elon Musk was deposed in a libel lawsuit filed by Ben Brody, a 22-year old Jewish political science major at the University of California. When Elon Musk twote that Ben Brody could be a neo-nazi undercover federal agent in a “false flag” situation, Ben Brody was faced with so much harassment he and his family had to leave their homes. Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.
Latest Episodes
Ep 6the deposition mastercut and it's the same but we do the full 18 minute break so it's not
bonusEsee the title. no fr. thats what this is. ok thanks love u byeFind the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpoFind the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcriptThis episode is brought to you by our other podcast VALENCE. Please listen to it! Please!!! https://hughouse.productions/podcasts/valence/The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeod. Justice for Ben Brody."Bossa Antigua" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Mentioned in this episode:Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now!Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
Ep 5The Deposition, In Full
EWelcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.This episode is the full deposition without episode breaks, if you want to experience it even closer to what it must have felt like during. Or if you just don't feel like listening to each episode separately!Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpoFind the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcriptThis episode is brought to you by our other podcast VALENCE. Please listen to it! Please!!! https://hughouse.productions/podcasts/valence/The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.Mentioned in this episode:Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now!Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
Ep 4Episode 4: I Don't Know Ben Brody
EWelcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.In this episode, we finally reach the stupid, stupid, stupid conclusion of this unreal bullshit that actually genuinely happened in a real court of law, for real. ALLEGEDLY!Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpoFind the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep4-transcriptThis episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast BEEF with Bridget Todd. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/beefThe Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.Mentioned in this episode:Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now!Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
Ep 3Episode 3: I Could Be Guilty of a Random Turd Too
EWelcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.In this episode, things get worse and worse as Musk compares tweets to Niagara Falls, references Gladiator, and will truly just not shut up about what he thinks "free speech means," surprise surprise. ALLEGEDLY!Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpoFind the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep3-transcriptThis episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast World Gone Wrong. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/world-gone-wrongThe Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Sam Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.Mentioned in this episode:Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now!Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
Ep 2Episode 2: Baby Smoke 9000
EWelcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.In this episode, we hear Bankston try to get into the mind of Musk, Spiro try some different riffs on objecting to form, and Musk say that a donut is not a bagel. ALLEGEDLY!Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpoFind the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep2-transcriptThis episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast Everyone Knows That: The Search for Ulterior Motives. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/everyone-knows-thatThe Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Mark Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.Mentioned in this episode:Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now!Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
Ep 1Episode 1: Do You Feel the Need to Yell Again?
Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.In this episode, we enter the virtual Zoom court of law, hear Elon Musk learn what this lawsuit is about, and hear Alex Spiro get educated on how to use objections in Texas. ALLEGEDLY!Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpoFind the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcriptThis episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast This Is Propaganda. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/this-is-propagandaThe Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Mark Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.Mentioned in this episode:Go subscribe to Two Thousand and Late right now!Check out Atypical Artist's new show, Two Thousand and Late, wherever you are listening to this right now! Go search and subscribe, and find more information at http://harperandhavoc.com
Coming July 4th: The Deposition
trailerEComing July 4th, 2024: A dramatic reading of the entire Elon Musk deposition, in full, for real.On March 27th, 2024, Elon Musk was deposed in a defamation lawsuit filed by Ben Brody, who Musk twote about speculating Brody was a disguised federal agent in a “false flag” situation (he was not, obviously). Musk and his lawyer, Alex Spiro, attempted to retroactively make the deposition confidential. It was not.It is, though, extremely funny. The Deposition, a new podcast by Hug House Productions, uses the transcript of the deposition in full as its script. Part reenactment, part reaction, the direction given to the actors is simple: Play your parts as seriously as you can until you absolutely cannot. The Deposition keeps in all of the character breaks, laughs, and incredulity the actors experience while reading – while also making sure the audience knows what this case is about and what was actually said.