Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road

Recommended on this episode

MediaRecommended

Chernobyl

HBO (inferred)

“I like Chernobyl”

“shows like Chernobyl from HBO made me realize okay you can do a good job of a difficult story and reveal the human side but also reveal the technical side”— Lex Fridman

01:18:50 Find it

The guest's own work

MediaBy the guest

The Hacker and the Fed

Chris Tarbell and Hector Monsegur

“Hector and I just started a podcast talking about cyber security we do a podcast called hacker in the FED it just came out yesterday”— Chris Tarbell

02:30:09 Find it

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

MediaReferenced

Dahmer (Jeffrey Dahmer documentary)

Netflix (inferred)

“I just watched a Jeffrey Dahmer documentary on Netflix and it just changed the way I see human beings”— Chris Tarbell

00:02:40

BookReferencedISBN verified

Bloodlands

Timothy Snyder (inferred)

“bloodlands is another book I've been really recently reading about it and the ability of humans to convince they're doing good”— Lex Fridman

01:30:13

Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road | Lex Fridman Podcast #340

Recommended on this episode

Chernobyl

The guest's own work

The Hacker and the Fed

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

Dahmer (Jeffrey Dahmer documentary)

Bloodlands

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