Yesterday
Why Storytelling Is Now the Most Valuable Skill in Tech
AI was supposed to replace writing. Instead, it made storytelling more valuable. In this Deep Dive, Scott explains why companies are paying a premium for perspective and taste in a world flooded with AI-generated content. He also breaks down what this shift means for jobs, media, ... Show More
16m 39s
Oct 9
The Week: A Market With Mixed Signals, the Price of Surveillance, and a Collective Feeling of Abandonment
George Hahn connects the dots across the week's biggest stories: why the S&P, oil, and treasury yields are all hitting record highs, the tradeoffs of giving up privacy for safety, and what happens when Americans stop believing anyone is coming to help. We’d love your feedback as ... Show More
18m 40s
Nov 2024
Gambling with Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis, host of Against the Rules and author of Moneyball, The Big Short, Liar’s Poker, and Going Infinite, joins Malcolm to talk about the wild world of sports betting. Then, a preview of Against the Rules season 4, which is legal in New Jersey (listen to find out why), o ... Show More
52m 33s
Oct 2023
Judging Sam: Going Infinite – Jacob Weisberg interviews Michael Lewis
For the past year and a half, journalist Michael Lewis has been following crypto entrepreneur and former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried. The resulting book, "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon", is out October 3. When Michael started his reporting, SBF was heralded a ... Show More
33m 5s
Apr 2022
Michael Lewis: Telling Stories About the Value of Others
On this episode, Donny sits down with the brilliant author of numerous bestselling novels, including Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, and, most recently, The Premonition, Michael Lewis. Donny and Michael dive right in, starting with his finance background, how stories al ... Show More
1 h
May 2025
Michael Lewis (on the gambling epidemic)
Michael Lewis (Who is Government: The Untold Story of Public Service, Against the Rules, The Big Short) is a best-selling writer, journalist, and podcast host. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his dad’s advice to not waste his education to figure out what he wanted to ... Show More
1h 57m
May 2020
How a Book About Tennis Changed Everything, and How ‘Moneyball’ and ‘The Blind Side’ Influenced Sports With Michael Lewis
Steve and Pete are joined by author Michael Lewis ('Moneyball,' 'The Blind Side,' and 'The Big Short') to talk about how he gets the ideas for his books, and the background story of ‘The Blind Side’ and how it influenced the NFL’s view on the left tackle position. They discuss ho ... Show More
51m 51s
Michael Lewis, a New York Times bestselling author and the host of the podcast Against the Rules, joins Scott to discuss the state of sports betting, the challenges young men face, and the controversy surrounding his book, Going Infinite, which explores the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Scott opens with his thoughts on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger.
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<p>Peter and Michael discuss Michael Lewis’s bestselling book about the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, a young prodigy whose only flaw was that he dreamed too big.<br/><br/><b>Where to find us: </b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.fivefourpod.com/'>Peter's other podcast ... Show More