Episode 3: Thrill Seeking

About this episode

Sam tracks down a former UN official in Tunisia who shares his involvement in Jan Marsalek's schemes.

Sam tracks down an old contact in Tunisia.  A former UN official living off grid. He reveals how he ended up involved in one of Jan Marsalek’s wildest schemes. CORRECTION: In this episode, we reported that Marsalek told Killian Kleinschmidt that he arrived in Syria in a Mig 8. That was an error. Killian only recalls Marsalek saying that he arrived in Syria in a helicopter, not specifically a Mig 8.  Get ad-free access to the entire season of Hot Money: Agent of Chaos by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or  Pushkin.fm . Access ad-free episodes, exclusive binges, full audiobooks, and bonus content for all Pushkin shows with Pushkin+. Subscribe on Apple:  apple.co/pushkin Subscribe on Pushkin:  pushkin.fm/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Sam

Topics covered

• thrill seeking
• off grid living
• UN involvement
• wild schemes
• corrections
• podcast subscription

Keywords

• Tunisia
• Jan Marsalek
• Killian Kleinschmidt
• UN official
• off grid
• podcast
• Pushkin+

Sponsors

Pushkin+

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UN, Pushkin Industries, Financial Times

Products: Pushkin+

Places: Tunisia, Syria

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