Mark Eglinton on the Enigma of John McAfee

The Aaron Olson Podcast

Mark Eglinton talks with me about his adventures in writing, and his latest book on John McAfee's life called, No Domain: The John McAfee Tapes (https://amzn.to/35cIHr8).

Chapters:

00:00:00 Mark Eglinton https://twitter.com/MarkEglinton

00:00:33 How did Mark become a writer?

00:01:30 From caddy to writer

00:05:30 Do the work, just do it

00:06:00 Where do you start?

00:08:20 How do you start?

00:09:20 Get some distance from your work

00:10:27 Writing is the sexiest job ever

00:12:00 How is the money in writing?

00:12:15 Make shit happen

00:13:10 How Mark started working with John McAfee

00:14:28 John McAfee is The Great White Whale

00:15:45 Was John telling the truth?

00:19:00 Working with John was like being in a James Bond movie

00:20:45 John's relationship with his kids

00:24:10 John's early life as a programmer

00:25:40 John's work for NASA

00:27:44 John applied math to relationships

00:29:00 Did John ever work hard?

00:29:34 John and methamphetamine

00:30:28 John didn't want a corporate life

00:31:40 John's outlandish spending

00:32:23 John McAfee and yoga

00:33:15 John's yoga books https://amzn.to/3wBV4Z1

00:34:50 Amanda Milius https://mobile.twitter.com/amandamilius

00:35:55 John McAfee weeps

00:37:27 John understood the human spirit

00:38:25 John leaves Belize

00:40:00 John marries Janice

00:41:00 John on the run in the US

00:41:40 Was John just paranoid?

00:42:18 Janice ties to poison John

00:43:10 John cancels the book project

00:46:30 Was John broke?

00:48:00 Canonic books on bitcoin

00:49:40 Books as NFTs

00:51:00 Will tech control us, or will we control tech?

00:52:00 Extras associated w/ the NFT

00:55:40 Canonic is seeing into the future

00:57:25 Steve Bannon

00:59:40 Mark on Twitter https://twitter.com/MarkEglinton

01:00:00 Mark on Twetch https://twetch.com/u/68864

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