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Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss
Episode: Giga-Yachts, Flo Rida, and Bunkers. . . What Could Go Wrong?
Description: Depending on who you ask, some would call the ultrarich âshamelessâ; others might say âaspirational.â For example: Mukesh Ambani, the Indian centibillionaire, has a room of snow in the Indian tropicsâto say nothing of his skyscraper home, 168-car garage, and 600-person-staff. And celebrations for his kidsâ weddings featured Rihanna and BeyoncĂ©.
This is nothing new. Aristotle Onassis had whalesâ teeth carved into pornographic scenes from The Odyssey, and stools upholstered in whale foreskins which he kept aboard his yachtâbecause where else would you keep that?
And one hedge-fund billionaireâwhose name you wonât even knowâbought a...