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Books by Michael Lewis mentioned on podcasts
Michael Lewis and his various books on finance, government, and society were discussed across several programs. On Breaking Points, Jared Dillian referenced The Big Short to explain subprime loans, teaser rates, and financial bubbles. On SmartLess, Mike De Luca and Will Arnett talked about reading Moneyball when it came out in 2003 and praised Lewis as a great author. On Pod Save America, John Lovett introduced Lewis to discuss his book Who Is Government?, which showcases the unglamorous work of civil servants when the government is under attack. During the same Pod Save America episode, Lewis and the host discussed several other works, including The Fifth Risk, the naming of characters from his research, and The Undoing Project, which explored Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. The host also questioned Lewis about changes in journalism since he published Liar's Poker and touched upon his other books, Flash Boys and Going Infinite, while discussing the activities of modern technology and AI companies.
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis examines the public health officials and scientists who anticipated the COVID-19 pandemic and attempted to warn a sluggish federal apparatus.
Discussed“So I just thought I started got interested in the characters and then I found this character towards at the end of the fifth risk.”
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis is a sports-business classic that chronicles how the Oakland Athletics baseball team utilized data-driven statistical analysis to build a competitive roster on a budget.
Discussed“And by the way, I remember reading Moneyball. That was 2003. The great Michael when that book came out. The great Michael Lewis. Absolutely. The great Michael Lewis. I've read all his books. These guys have never read a book in their lives. And I read I read that book. My ears work. They read book reviews though, I'm sure.”
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Liar's Poker
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis is a nonfiction memoir and financial exposé detailing the author's chaotic experiences working as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers during the booming and aggressive Wall Street culture of the 1980s.
Discussed“One aspect of trust in a society is journalism. And I was think about how much the ability to report on powerful figures has changed since you wrote say Liars Poker, right?”
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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis is an investigative non-fiction book that exposes the mechanics of high-frequency trading and the secret systems rigging modern financial markets.
Discussed“and what whether it's Flash Boys or Going Infinite uh leads you to wonder about what these companies are doing.”
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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis is a biographical financial narrative detailing the meteoric ascent and spectacular collapse of cryptocurrency founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his company FTX.
Discussed“and what whether it's Flash Boys or Going Infinite uh leads you to wonder about what these companies are doing.”
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis is a compelling non-fiction book that explores how football strategy evolved and details the incredible journey of NFL player Michael Oher.
Discussed“I had an intriguing conversation once with author Michael Lewis, who has written 'Moneyball,' 'The Blind Side,' and 'The Big Short.' I asked him about the extraordinary success stories he had studied: which ones remained grounded and appreciated how far they had come?”
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The Premonition
Discussed“And and I and I think that comes back to like kind of a a problem from both directions which is you catalog in this is in the premonition. in in the fifth risk and and and and and you and your fellow writers in in this book”
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Discussed“my first step in answering that question is I think that people first place um red badge of courage you know not of course that this Danny Conaman used to love the psychologist who I wrote about in the doing project used to love this story as an example of what he thought was true that behavior so context dependent”
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Flash Boys
Discussed“and what whether it's Flash Boys or Going Infinite leads you to wonder about what these companies are doing.”
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Going Infinite
Discussed“and what whether it's Flash Boys or Going Infinite leads you to wonder about what these companies are doing.”
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Moneyball
Discussed“And by the way, I remember reading Moneyball. That was 2003. The great Michael Lewis when that book came out. The great Michael Lewis. Absolutely. The great Michael Lewis.”
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The Fifth Risk
Discussed“So I just thought I started got interested in the characters and then I found this character towards at the end of the fifth risk. I just picked him basically out of h out of a hat.”
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The big short
Discussed“Like if you've ever been seen the big short, they talked about these subprime loans. They had these teaser rates and the interest rates go up and people can't afford them, right?”
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Who Is Government?
Discussed“Michael's most recent book, Who is Government? Showcases the thankless, unglamorous work of doctors and engineers and civil servants inside the government at a time when the government is under attack.”
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