Scoop: Katie Miller leaves Musk full-time, launches podcast

Axios

3 days ago

Katie Miller, a fiercely loyal aide in both Trump administrations, revealed to Axios that she has left her full-time work for Elon Musk — and today will launch a podcast, "The Katie Miller Podcast," aimed at conservative women.
Why it matters: Miller, 33, had behind-the-scenes sway as an adviser to Musk at the height of his DOGE muscle. She left government with him at the end of May, but now is an entrepreneur building her own brand.
"For MAGA and President Trump's legacy to grow long-term, we must talk to conservative women," Miller told us.
Miller took on a few investors to launch the show, which will drop each Monday. She has a contract production staff and a studio set in the living room of her Washington-area home.
Zoom in: In an introductory episode, the Florida native says her podcast will cover "lifestyle, what's going on, real honest conversations — none of the bullsh*t." She says she'll host "politicians, business leaders, celebrities, musicians, artists, scientists — you name it."
For her opening episodes, Miller interviewed Vice President Vance on Wednesday in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, boxing legend Mike Tyson in Palm Beach, and former ESPN broadcaster Sage Steele.
Miller said in an interview that her husband, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, is "incredibly supportive" of her new enterprise, and has even pitched in to wrangle guests.
The backstory: Miller, who also worked in the Senate, was a special government employee at the beginning of this Trump term, then went to work directly for Musk.
"I'm incredibly grateful to President Trump and Elon for the ability to enact lasting change," she told Axios. "We got a lot done. ... We reshaped how the federal bureaucracy views government spending."
Asked about her relationship with Musk since his breakup with Trump, she replied: "I hope Elon is a listener to the podcast and I hope to have him as a guest one day."
Between the lines: With so many MAGA podcast audiences skewing male, Miller says in her intro that there hasn't been "a place for conservative women to gather online. There isn't a place for a mom like me, mom of three young kids — 4, 3 and almost 2 — and a wife, and trying to do a career, eat healthy, work out."
Miller said she doesn't plan to focus on politics, noting that there's "no conservative answer to 'Call Her Daddy,'" the culture-heavy blockbuster podcast hosted by Alex Cooper.
"There isn't a place for a mom like me to get lifestyle information, news, laugh with our friends, gossip about what's going on in the world from our perspective," she added. She said her pod will be "about women, for women — with men, too, talking about what matters to women."