Elon Musk explains his baby's name on Joe Rogan's podcast

Elon Musk — the eccentric and very online billionaire — returned to  Joe Rogan's podcast shortly after his child was born. 

In case you missed it, Musk and his partner Grimes set the internet ablaze by naming their child — who was born on May 4 — X Æ A-12 Musk. A lot of folks wondered how, exactly, you pronounce that name, 

Rogan asked the Tesla founder about that immediately. 

"How do you say the name?" Rogan asked. "Is it a placeholder?" 

"First of all, my partner is the one who, mostly, actually came up with the name," Musk answered. 

"I mean it's just X, the letter X," Musk explained. "And then the AE is like pronounced 'ash'... yeah... and then A-12 is my contribution." Read more...