542 - Alex Cody Foster (Ghostwriter)
Alex Cody Foster\u2019s next book, The Man Who Hacked the World: A Ghostwriter\u2019s Descent into Madness with John McAfee, will be published November 15th (2022). In the meantime, the crazy story is told in the Netflix documentary called \u201cRunning with the Devil.\u201d He\u2019s ghostwritten eight #1 Amazon Bestsellers, written for one of the U.K's most successful thriller writers, and worked as John McAfee's biographer for six months. Before all that, Alex built a solar-powered trike, hitchhiked across America, was homeless in LA where he was nearly murdered, lost his mind, got it back, crewed on a yacht, and became a writer.
Intro music \u201cBrightside of the Sun,\u201d by Basin and Range. \u201cThe Mark of a Good Man,\u201d by Bimini Road; Outro: \u201cSmoke Alarm,\u201d by Carsie Blanton.
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