Elon Musk. Donald Trump. Bill Gates. Sam Altman. Larry Ellison. Alex Karp. Jared Kushner. Mr. Beast. Jeffrey Epstein… Those are just a few of the people who have been friendly with, and often done business with, Saudi Arabia over the last decade. Today on the show: how one of the world's most authoritarian regimes became one of Silicon Valley's biggest investors – and what that's meant for the rest of us.
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GUESTS
Bradley Hope is the co-author of the book, Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power.
Ali Al-Ahmed is a Saudi journalist and dissident based in the United States.
Jacob Silverman is the author of the book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley.
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