Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy

Behind the Bastards

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.

(4 Part Series)

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