Peter and the Antichrist, Chapter Two: "Guys, Palantir is Evil."
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
To some, Peter Thiel is a philosopher king. To others, he's real-life supervillain. One thing's for sure: this guy is making enormous waves in everything from tech to surveillance and government. In the chapter of this two-part series, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into one of Thiel's corporate crown jewels -- an enormous, shadowy "data analytics" company called Palantir. Tune in to learn why governments and investors love Palantir... and why numerous critics believe this outfit is ushering the new age of massive, inescapable and un-democratic surveillance.
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| 0:00.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 0:06.5 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:12.0 | A production of IHeartRadie. Hello, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:28.2 | My name is Matt. |
| 0:29.2 | My name is Noel. |
| 0:30.2 | They call me Ben. |
| 0:31.6 | We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan. |
| 0:36.6 | Most importantly, you are you. |
| 0:39.0 | You are here. |
| 0:40.2 | That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:44.6 | We are returning to a continuing series. |
| 0:48.8 | Friends and Neighbors, fellow conspiracy realist, in chapter one of this series called Peter and the Antichrist. |
| 0:56.6 | We looked at the life and times of a guy named Peter Thiel. |
| 1:01.8 | You guys remember Pete from earlier? |
| 1:03.8 | Pete from South Park. |
| 1:06.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.1 | Yeah, also referenced in South Park. |
| 1:09.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.5 | Heavily referenced in Silicon Valley on the HBO's. |
| 1:13.9 | On the HBO's. |
| 1:15.5 | I love that one, Matt. |
| 1:16.8 | This guy is in real life an actual facts, wealthy tech giant. |
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