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The Art of Charm

624: Nick Bilton | American Kingpin

The Art of Charm

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Business, Health & Fitness, Education

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor to CNBC, a former columnist and reporter for The New York Times, and author of Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal and American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road. "I don't believe we have crossed the line. I think we've just moved it." -Ross Ulbricht The Cheat Sheet: How does a merit badge-bedecked Eagle Scout become the head of a thriving online black market worth a billion dollars? What are the costs of maintaining a double life? What's the real reason Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht was caught? What is Nick Bilton's unique research process for covering a story like this? Is everyone susceptible to the level of Ross Ulbricht's mix of ambition, hubris, and self-deception, or does it require a certain personality type? And so much more... SmartMouth is the only activated oral rinse clinically proven to eliminate existing bad breath and prevent it from returning for a full twelve hours per rinse. Visit SmartMouth.com to get an in-depth, scientific analysis of how SmartMouth is able to deliver such incredible results! Want to wash two loads and dry two loads of laundry at the same time? The new Wi-Fi enabled Samsung FlexWash and FlexDry washer and dryer pair can do it -- and you can get it now at The Home Depot! Save money on travel and get a free Amazon gift card every time you use Upside! Enter the code FORBES at checkout here and you're guaranteed a free $200 Amazon gift card your first time (minimum purchase required)! To truly thrive in all areas of your life, you can't ignore the importance of good health. Try Organifi Green Juice for 20% off using code "charm" when checking out at organifi.com! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/624/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0

And one of the diary entries he's like,

0:01.7

I had to recalibrate the server,

0:03.8

paid an ego of 500 bucks for his employee,

0:06.4

hired the hell's angels to kill six people.

0:08.8

It's a line item on his spreadsheets.

0:10.9

It becomes almost nothing.

0:20.1

Welcome to The Art of Charm.

0:21.2

I'm Jordan Harbinger.

0:22.5

On this episode we'll be talking with my friend, Nick Bilton.

0:25.6

He's a special correspondent for Vanity Fair,

0:27.7

where he writes about technology, politics, business, and culture,

0:30.4

and he was a columnist and reporter for The New York Times for a decade.

0:33.8

He wrote,

0:57.7

Nick, thanks for joining us, man.

0:59.3

Super interesting stuff you've written recently here.

1:01.5

I'm going to talk about the story.

1:03.1

It's a story that's been a long time since I've been a writer.

1:05.6

I've been a writer for a long time.

1:07.0

I've been a writer for a long time.

1:08.4

I've been a writer for a long time.

1:10.2

I've been a writer for a long time.

1:11.6

I've been a writer for a long time.

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