Mibiat teal grew up in south africa and worked in a uranium mine. He went to stanford University, where he felt the campus was full of 'deranged liberals' Teal started a conservative paper called the sanford review that caused friction between him and his fellow students. His comments about black culture were seen as an attack on his own family by some classmates.
From politicians to podcasters, one man’s money unites the New Right. Bloomberg’s Max Chafkin explains how Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is shaping the fledgling conservative movement in his own image.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey and Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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