The John McAfee Story

Описание: John McAfee turned computer security into a fortune, then spent the rest of his life making increasingly questionable life choices. Whether he was running from murder charges, pumping crypto schemes, or tattooing "WHACKD" on his arm before his suspicious prison death, McAfee proved that sometimes the most dangerous virus is success itself.

Jeff Hiller and Leslie Liao join Misha to get the download on John McAfee.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
5:50 From US to UK
11:32 A Career Reboot
13:09 Other Brilliant Ideas
15:39 Cashing In, Cashing Out
20:18 Recession Depression
21:58 At Ease in Belize
26:01 On the Lam from the Law
27:36 San Pedro
28:27 It Gets Bad
30:40 Story of the Century
34:46 Achy Fakey Heart
35:24 McAfee 4.0
37:29 Gettin Messy in Tennessee
38:00 Candidate McAfee
41:38 Bitcoined
44:02 The Old Man and the Sea
45:01 It Gets Worse
47:43 What Now?

About the show:
Fyre Fest goes up in flames, Ashlee Simpson bombs on SNL, and somehow even Taylor Swift couldn’t fix the ill-fated Cats movie. Who doesn’t love a good fiasco?! Join us each week as we dissect the most deliciously disastrous flops in recent history. On Wondery’s comedy & pop culture series The Big Flop, host and TikTok superstar Misha Brown unpacks all-time epic fails from Crystal Pepsi to Google Glass with the help of hilarious, highly-opinionated guests in every episode.

Find out what happens when massive hype turns into a major fiasco, and join us as we try to answer the age-old question...Who thought THIS was a good idea?! New episodes come out every Monday.

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