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Mark Eglinton on the Enigma of John McAfee

The Aaron Olson Podcast

English - March 26, 2022 17:08 - 1 hour - 56 MB - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
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Mark Eglinton talks with me about his adventures in writing, and his latest book on John McAfee's life called, No Domain: The John McAfee Tapes (https://amzn.to/35cIHr8).


Chapters:


00:00:00 Mark Eglinton https://twitter.com/MarkEglinton


00:00:33 How did Mark become a writer? 


00:01:30 From caddy to writer 


00:05:30 Do the work, just do it 


00:06:00 Where do you start? 


00:08:20 How do you start? 


00:09:20 Get some distance from your work 


00:10:27 Writing is the sexiest job ever 


00:12:00 How is the money in writing? 


00:12:15 Make shit happen 


00:13:10 How Mark started working with John McAfee 


00:14:28 John McAfee is The Great White Whale 


00:15:45 Was John telling the truth? 


00:19:00 Working with John was like being in a James Bond movie 


00:20:45 John's relationship with his kids 


00:24:10 John's early life as a programmer 


00:25:40 John's work for NASA 


00:27:44 John applied math to relationships 


00:29:00 Did John ever work hard? 


00:29:34 John and methamphetamine 


00:30:28 John didn't want a corporate life 


00:31:40 John's outlandish spending 


00:32:23 John McAfee and yoga 


00:33:15 John's yoga books https://amzn.to/3wBV4Z1


00:34:50 Amanda Milius https://mobile.twitter.com/amandamilius


00:35:55 John McAfee weeps 


00:37:27 John understood the human spirit 


00:38:25 John leaves Belize 


00:40:00 John marries Janice 


00:41:00 John on the run in the US 


00:41:40 Was John just paranoid? 


00:42:18 Janice ties to poison John 


00:43:10 John cancels the book project 


00:46:30 Was John broke? 


00:48:00 Canonic books on bitcoin 


00:49:40 Books as NFTs 


00:51:00 Will tech control us, or will we control tech? 


00:52:00 Extras associated w/ the NFT 


00:55:40 Canonic is seeing into the future 


00:57:25 Steve Bannon 


00:59:40 Mark on Twitter https://twitter.com/MarkEglinton


01:00:00 Mark on Twetch https://twetch.com/u/68864

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