4.4 • 777 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 181 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | All right, Max. Ben Ben Kirkwick introduced us. |
| 0:10.0 | He said that you guys have been working together on some of this vase stuff. |
| 0:14.0 | And then I dug a little deeper and realized that you're a Russian nuclear scientist building a nuclear reactor in your basement. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm wondering why the hell the FBI hasn't got your ass already. |
| 0:24.2 | Well, they tried. |
| 0:28.2 | Are you really building a nuclear reactor in your house? |
| 0:30.4 | Yes, yes. |
| 0:31.2 | And you say this on public, out in the public, and the FBI doesn't come knocking down on your door. |
| 0:35.2 | Well, I mean, they came, they took my phone and shit, you know. |
| 0:39.3 | How long have you been in the US? |
| 0:41.3 | Since 97. |
| 0:43.3 | Oh my God. |
| 0:44.3 | Okay, so for people who don't know you, like, so you're like a nuclear physicist. |
| 0:48.3 | What are you? |
| 0:49.3 | Well, it's a good question. |
| 0:51.3 | I have many hats that I wear, and I wanted to be a physicist |
| 0:57.8 | all my life. I thought I was born with a God-given talent for physics, and that's the track |
| 1:03.0 | I kind of chose for myself throughout life. It didn't quite work out the way I envisioned it, |
| 1:09.2 | but maybe it's for better. |
| 1:11.6 | But long story short, when the Soviet Union collapsed, I kind of realized it's hard to pursue physics in Soviet Union when physicists are selling sausages in the streets just to make a living. |
| 1:23.6 | So I decided to go into computers instead. |
| 1:26.6 | And I graduated from Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering with |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Danny Jones, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Danny Jones and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.