Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor to CNBC, a former columnist for The New York Times, and author of American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

• How does a merit badge-bedecked Eagle Scout become the head of a thriving online black market worth a billion dollars?
• What are the costs of maintaining a double life?
• What’s the real reason Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht was caught?
• What is Nick Bilton’s unique research process for covering a story like this?
• Is everyone susceptible to the level of Ross Ulbricht’s mix of ambition, hubris, and self-deception, or does it require a certain personality type?
• And much more...

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