In 2013, FBI agents arrested 29-year-old Ross Ulbricht, otherwise known as “Dread Pirate Roberts,” the mastermind behind an underground website where people could buy and sell drugs, firearms and other illegal items. But how exactly did Ulbricht, an Eagle Scout from Texas, become the head of Silk Road, a multimillion dollar Deep Web marketplace? Journalist Nick Bilton set out to answer that question in his new book, “American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road.” Bilton joins us to discuss his findings and the fascinating and illicit world of the Deep Web.
Guest: Nick Bilton,
special columnist, Vanity Fair; author, “American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind behind the Silk Road”