AHC Podcast

We're going to revisit one of our previous episodes this week due to the death of one of our show subjects.  John McAfee was found hanging in his prison cell this week, dead of an apparent suicide.  Is this going to be part 2 of "Epstein didn't kill himself?"  Relive the show and learn more about the life and times of the anti-virus software pioneer.  Stay tuned for another new episode of AHC Podcast next week as well!

 

You probably recognize his last name from the anti-virus software program that your computer constantly asks you to update.  What you may not know is the story behind the man that created McAfee anti-virus software, John McAfee.  From a brilliant mind and what his skills created for the computer world, to the insane stories of his life in a different country that led him to be an international fugitive, this episode of AHC Podcast is sure to entertain and educate.

 

 

 

 

 

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America loves a good comeback story.  It’s not too often you hear of people climbing out of the nasty hole of addiction and becoming a multi-millionaire, but the subject of today’s episode, MyPillow founder and CEO, Mike Lindell, did just that.  Plastered on TV sets across America, Mike Lindell seemed to be just another annoying pitchman, until his new group of “friends” put him in the national spotlight during the last election cycle.  But does being a wealthy business owner make you a political expert?  Was the crack addict version of Mike Lindell cooler than the CEO version?  We’ll dive into this and much more in this episode of AHC Podcast.

 

 

 

Intro Music Credit: 

Song: RocknStock - Rocking Trailer (No Copyright Music)

Music provided by RocknStock.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/kLsrNbDQEN0

 

 

 

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Fearnow, B. (2021, May 4). MyPillow's Mike Lindell spent $1M on 'Frank' platform mired in glitches. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/mypillows-mike-lindell-spent-1m-frank-platform-mired-glitches-1588270.

Maheshwari, S., & Hsu, T. (2021, January 27). MyPillow C.E.O.'s Trump Conspiracy Theories Put Company on the Spot. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/mike-lindell-mypillow.html.

Murphy, H. (2020, August 20). Drug Pitched to Trump for Covid-19 Comes From a Deadly Plant. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/health/covid-oleandrin-trump-mypillow.html.

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Wells, J. (2018, January 24). How this entrepreneur went from a crack addict to a self-made multimillionaire. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/20/how-mypillow-founder-went-from-crack-addict-to-self-made-millionaire.html.

He was one of the most recognizable faces in the pizza game - plastered on television ads and pizza boxes around the world, Papa John Schnatter built a massive pizza empire out of a broom closet in a bar in Indiana.  Being the CEO of a company definitely has it's perks, but as we've seen in the past few years with him and many others, it has it's downfalls as well.  But was Papa John set up by the company he hired to help him?  Or is he a (broom) closet racist and let it all hang out on a conference call?  We'll dive into this and a whole lot more on this episode of AHC Podcast.

 

 

Intro music credit: TeknoAXE - Down in the Bog - Rock/Hard Rock - Royalty Free Music

 

 

 

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Kirsch, N. (2019, February 21). The Inside Story Of Papa John's Toxic Culture. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesdigitalcovers/2018/07/19/the-inside-story-of-papa-johns-toxic-culture/?sh=499c57533019.

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