Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy - Behind the Bastards | iHeart

<p data-originalfontsize='12pt' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>Robert sits down with Noah Shachtman to discuss the life and times of Peter Thiel, the demon investor of Silicon Valley and would-be assassin of democracy.</p> <p data-originalfontsize='12pt' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>(4 Part Series)</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p><a href='https://www.newser.com/story/235229/peter-thiel-wanted-innovation-he-got-networking-instead.html' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newser.com/story/235229/peter-thiel-wanted-innovation-he-got-networking-instead.html&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw09dxX24Z_dcncBP51wMefc' data-removefontsize='true' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>https://www.newser.com/story/235229/peter-thiel-wanted-innovation-he-got-networking-instead.html</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw0zfPdhZFR4MnEFivng2Y-m' data-removefontsize='true' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>https://www.edsurge.com/n</a><a href='https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2017/01/03/what-happened-to-the-original-class-of-peter-thiels-college-skipping-fellows-nowelcome1/' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2017/01/03/what-happened-to-the-original-class-of-peter-thiels-college-skipping-fellows-nowelcome1/&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw0kIC5RmAPMURLCNO4asUEQ' data-originalfontsize='12pt' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2017/01/03/what-happened-to-the-original-class-of-peter-thiels-college-skipping-fellows-nowelcome1/</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw0zfPdhZFR4MnEFivng2Y-m' data-originalfontsize='12pt' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>ews/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value</a></p> <p><a href='https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw2oDTth_txfbcEBtm_4-lv5' data-removefontsize='true' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/22/war-inside-palantir-data-mining-firms-ties-ice-under-attack-by-employees/' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/22/war-inside-palantir-data-mining-firms-ties-ice-under-attack-by-employees/&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw1k0Zt2YOomQyazqjPw5cr9' data-removefontsize='true' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/22/war-inside-palantir-data-mining-firms-ties-ice-under-attack-by-employees/</a></p> <p><a href='https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw10NLlvmjCZ8NLeKu3fDUnE' data-removefontsize='true' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.evernote.com/shard/s542/client/snv?isnewsnv=true&noteGuid=46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2&noteKey=7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&sn=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evernote.com%2Fshard%2Fs542%2Fsh%2F46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2%2F7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&title=That%2BEssay' data-saferedirecturl='https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.evernote.com/shard/s542/client/snv?isnewsnv%3Dtrue%26noteGuid%3D46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2%26noteKey%3D7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589%26sn%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.evernote.com%252Fshard%252Fs542%252Fsh%252F46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2%252F7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589%26title%3DThat%252BEssay&source=gmail&ust=1730245087994000&usg=AOvVaw1lDhAoxQTj684gH6qeGct5' data-removefontsize='true' data-originalcomputedfontsize='16'>https://www.evernote.com/shard/s542/client/snv?isnewsnv=true&noteGuid=46c636b6-b40