1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,480 John McAfee is dead. The co-founder of McAfee Antivirus software, although he had not been 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:11,040 involved in the company in many years, was found dead in a Spanish prison awaiting 3 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:16,720 extradition to the U.S. on a variety of charges, taxes and other things. He's also accused 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:21,920 ostensibly of murder. He was a figure in the libertarian party. He had run for president 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:28,080 on that platform. He was not nominated as the candidate, but had a long and colorful and wild 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:34,880 history. And notably said that he would never commit suicide so that if he was found to have 7 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,920 committed suicide, that actually would be the government killed him. So for all you Epstein conspiracy 8 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,920 theory type people, this one is actually the one to get excited about. And I'm not making 9 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,000 light of the man's death. He was someone my magazine interviewed and he was a he would want 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,640 his death to be a subject of great speculation. He was a wild character. Yeah. And so 11 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:03,440 Visaga comes to an end. Yeah. I mean, like this has been a long and wildly interesting kind of 12 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:11,200 story and developing story all the time following him literally around the world. I'm wondering 13 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:16,880 where the movie script is because there's something here. I mean, there is a story here to be told 14 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,400 and you know, I think it'll be incredibly interesting to see how this is discussed with that. 15 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,960 They've discussed movie screen. Somebody's got a option there. I'm reading from our obituary 16 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:31,360 of him at reason.com. There was a there was a wire profile of him and it had been option for a 17 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,520 longest-gust featured film, quoting from my colleague Brian D'Arty. He was known for 18 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:41,440 converting with wild women waving around guns, manufacturing drugs, filming sloppy cocktail videos 19 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:46,400 on his boat, discussing the finer points of forticating with whales. He said that once. And 20 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:52,320 generally being the loud archetype of the untable male. And what a life. I mean, you look he lived. 21 00:01:52,320 --> 00:02:00,080 Right. Very clearly he lived. And you know, now he's died under potentially nefarious circumstances 22 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:06,800 in the Spanish jail awaiting extra-dition to the United States. You know, I obviously feel for his 23 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:12,240 family and anyone who cared about him but man, what a way to live. Yeah. He had a tattoo that said 24 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,200 wax to remind people that if he was found to commit suicide that he didn't do it. He didn't do it. 25 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,080 Which of course, obviously that's someone that's something you might set up or actually commit 26 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,680 exactly. I was going to say it adds to the mistake. Right. It adds to the mistake. 27 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:31,440 It's the mistake. It adds to the story. Oh man. I wonder in this if the joke is actually on us. 28 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:36,640 Right. Yeah. Right. I mean. What's that famous guy who is the the moonman person who 29 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:40,480 who thought he was going to fake his death and people still talk about his, what was that movie? 30 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:45,920 But Jim Carrey. Oh, I'm I'm Carrey. I don't remember. Man on the moon. Man on the moon. 31 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:49,600 Man on the moon. Never saw that. Andy Kaufman. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. 32 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:58,720 You know, if there was a way to go and a story to have about your life, you know, 33 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:04,800 this guy's clearly done it. Yeah. Created a billion dollar company. Yeah. Sold it. Yeah. 34 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:10,800 Move around the world. Obviously partying, right. Being a media figure, the entire time. 35 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:16,480 And one would argue living life to the fullest extent. No. And later criticize this company 36 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:22,080 endlessly by the way, wow, which is deserve because Mac Antifa or software often behaves on your 37 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,880 computer like the virus itself because you can't get rid of it. It said you all these reminders. 38 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,360 Have you done this? Have you updated this? I think he once made a video. I'm pretty sure I'm not 39 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:36,160 making this up. Mac, if he made a video about like how to remove Mac fee like year later. So he 40 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,000 stopped having any involvement in the company in the 90s. And he made some video about I know 41 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,320 all of you are annoyed to death with this terrible thing. Here's how you get it off your computer. 42 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,200 You probably ended with the video with just like smashing the computer or something. 43 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:54,480 With a cocktail. One of the cocktail videos. Oh, man. Tomorrow on rising. 44 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,720 Friend of the show, David Serra today is here and Samantha Rank joins us to discuss how different 45 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:04,800 media outlets covered COVID. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe. So you get notified about 46 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,520 all of our latest content and we will see you tomorrow.