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The Jordan Harbinger Show

764: Nick Bilton | Hunting the Dark Web's Silk Road Kingpin

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Talk Radio, Business, Science, Education

4.812.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Nick Bilton is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and author of American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road.

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Special thanks to Nebula Genomics for sponsoring this episode of the Jordan Harbinger Show.

0:04.7

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show.

0:07.6

We look at the things we're doing. We're selling these drugs and guns and having people tortured and,

0:13.3

you know, at least they think they are. All these things that we're doing,

0:16.0

he's like, we've crossed a line a long time ago and Ross' responses, I don't believe we have

0:20.3

crossed a line. I think we've just moved it.

0:26.0

Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger.

0:28.1

On the Jordan Harbinger Show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's

0:32.0

most fascinating people. We have in-depth conversations with scientists and entrepreneurs,

0:36.4

spies and psychologists, even the occasional organized crime figure, arms dealer,

0:40.8

neuroscientists, or astronauts. And each episode turns our guests wisdom into practical advice

0:46.5

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0:51.3

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0:59.4

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1:03.9

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1:08.6

Crime and Cults and more. Just visit jordanharbinger.com slash start or search for us in your Spotify

1:14.3

app to get started. On this episode from The Vault, we'll be talking with my friend, Nick

1:18.5

Bilton. He's a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, where he writes about technology,

1:22.6

politics, business and culture, and the occasional crime. He also wrote Hatching Twitter,

1:27.0

which chronicles the turmoil in chaos inside Twitter as it grew from a fledgling startup

1:31.8

into a multi-billion dollar company. And it might be a time for an update on that one, man.

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