Book · 2021 · Political Science
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
#162 of 13,333 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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His most recent one was called The Premonition about the pandemic and it's incredible it's very good.
What they say about it
- About the COVID crisis“about the COVID crisis”2
The best things said about it
The writer Michael Lewis made you one of the heroes of his best-selling book The Premonition about the COVID crisis.
I was reading Michael Lewis's book on the pandemic, which was really good, The Premonition.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Dec 2022 You did an incredible job with your book The Premonition, right? Regarding the expertise and the experts you found there, let's speak briefly about the concept and the subject matter for our listeners who aren't familiar.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative that investigates the public health system and the government officials who attempted to warn leadership about the impending COVID-19 pandemic. Although the specific title was discussed by Alexandra Alter on The Book Review and briefly noted on ChooseFI, several podcasters also strongly recommended Lewis's related administrative expose, The Fifth Risk. On The Ezra Klein Show, the host urged listeners to revisit that earlier book to remember the vital, often unseen work performed by federal agencies during presidential transitions. Bryan Callen similarly recommended the work on The Joe Rogan Experience as a short and impactful read about government infrastructure. Jon Lovett discussed the themes of both books on Pod Save America alongside Lewis himself, examining the bureaucratic challenges and systemic friction embedded within federal agencies. Across these conversations, Lewis's works were cited as vital reading for understanding how large institutions operate, the dedication of civil servants, and the critical vulnerabilities exposed during times of national crisis.
Every mention
Bryan Callen um and so Michael Lewis wrote a book called The Fifth risk about this A good book Short 1
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“um and so Michael Lewis wrote a book called The Fifth risk about this A good book Short”
Jason Calacanis And then on the book front, man, the Michael Lewis book about SBF is going to be next level; I cannot wait… 1
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“And then on the book front, man, the Michael Lewis book about SBF is going to be next level; I cannot wait for that. Sacks, you're a media junkie; what do you have on your list of things you're looking forward to, or should I say, what do Tucker's writers have put down for you?”
Joe Rogan They've been great books written on the box. Well Michael Lewis's book the big shorts a good book on it 1
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“They've been great books written on the box. Well Michael Lewis's book the big shorts a good book on it”
Steve Levitt you were living a pretty Anonymous life extremely accomplished but not a celebrity in any way and then the… 4
Discussed
“I want to move this conversation from the past to the present because Michael's most recent book it's called the premonition”
Discussed
“something implicit in Michael Lewis's book premonition that confuses me but that he and I never actually had a chance to talk about it He suggests that if California had heeded your warnings”
Discussed
“you were living a pretty Anonymous life extremely accomplished but not a celebrity in any way and then the writer Michael Lewis made you one of the heroes of his best-selling book premonition about the covet crisis”
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“Then the writer Michael Lewis made you one of the heroes of his best-selling book 'The Premonition' about the COVID crisis.”
Ryan Holiday that was my favorite part of the new michael lewis book the premonition where 2
Discussed
“Like I was reading I was reading Michael Lewis's uh book on the pandemic, which was really good uh the Premonition.”
Discussed
“that was my favorite part of the new michael lewis book the premonition where”
Alexandra Alter so the two big announcements this week were one from Michael Lewis who is coming out with a book called The… 1
Discussed
“so the two big announcements this week were one from Michael Lewis who is coming out with a book called The premonition a pandemic story”
Andrew Wilkinson my favorite uh Twitter feed autism Capital who's been covering this whole story has said that Michael Lewis… 1
Discussed
“my favorite uh Twitter feed autism Capital who's been covering this whole story has said that Michael Lewis the guy who wrote The Big Short has been like embedded with him for the past six months writing a book”
Brian Feroldi and what you're describing with their entire business model reminds me of Michael Lewis's book The Big Short 1
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“and what you're describing with their entire business model reminds me of Michael Lewis's book The Big Short”
Charity Dean and that's why Michael tells the story in the book when Todd Park said go shut yourself in a room and write… 1
Discussed
“and that's why Michael tells the story in the book when Todd Park said go shut yourself in a room and write out the plan for California”
Jon Lovett And and I and I think that comes back to like kind of a a problem from both directions which is you catalog… 1
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“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”
Morgan Housel and he the returns that he made was in the billions so they're calling it the new big short which obviously… 1
Discussed
“and he the returns that he made was in the billions so they're calling it the new big short which obviously the movie made about”
Sean Hayes You did an incredible job with your book 'The Premonition,' right? Regarding the expertise and the experts… 1
Discussed
“You did an incredible job with your book 'The Premonition,' right? Regarding the expertise and the experts you found there, let’s speak briefly about the concept and the subject matter for our listeners who aren't familiar.”
Stephen Dubner the main focus is Lewis's most recent book The premonition 1
Discussed
“the main focus is Lewis's most recent book The premonition”
Will Arnett and you did an incredible uh example of this with the premonition right with the the expertise is the the e… 1
Discussed
“and you did an incredible uh example of this with the premonition right with the the expertise is the the experts you found there and followed them”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker5
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“but uh I think that like the fifth Risk by Michael Lewis is probably a good book to revisit if you if you have it and to skim if you haven't read it checked it out yet just for a reminder of the innumerable things that the Federal government does that a like broad-based attack on the civil service is”
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“You can watch the big The Big Short is a movie that uh is really good that covers this kind of stuff and also too big to fail was another one too big to fail was kind of the crisis from the government's perspective and The Big Short was like three or four different groups of people that actually kind”
Discussed
“his most recent one was called the premonition about the pandemic and it's incredible it's very good”
Recommended
“I'd recommend Michael Lewis as the fifth risk this is now a few years old um but Lewis used the transition to the Trump Administration to offer a an accessible and actually moving account of the the often unseen work that our federal agencies do it's it's one of the rare books that I can think of that kind of”
Discussed
“it also came out that the guy who wrote The Big Short has been following him for six months”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“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.”
Passing
“We'll be back in the feed on Sunday with a special interview with Michael Lewis the culture changing author of Moneyball The Big Short and countless other great books about his new book on the people that make the government work”
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“you know nobody in 2007 knew what glass Eagle was by 2009 or when did the big Shore come out I'm forgetting and know you have the famous scenes that McKay has in there of people literally explaining these you know previously what was it cdos and CDO Square”
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“he joins us this week to talk about his new book The premonition”
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“charity was one of the few Heroes and Michael Lewis's book on covid-19 called the premonition”
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“Charity was one of the few heroes in Michael Lewis's book on COVID-19 called 'The Premonition.'”
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“she's one of the heroes in Michael Lewis's book on the pandemic called the premonition but her work on kovid is just the tip of the iceberg”
Passing
“She's one of the heroes in Michael Lewis's book on the pandemic called 'The Premonition', but her work on COVID is just the tip of the iceberg.”
Own book
“so i have a book that i wrote right and uh and in a book you have a hard deadline right so harpercollins had a hard deadline on that book so when i released it i was mad because i would have worked on it a lot longer which is my style right get it right but we had a”