Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-11-17
Books mentioned on Breaking down the FTX book + film rights & Michael Lewis's involvement with Lon Harris | E1615
Lon Harris joins for the FULL show to break down the most recent FTX book/film news (2:26), the business of horror movies (30:42), Apple's MLS deal (46:43), and more!
Mentioned: Dune by Frank Herbert.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dune
Dune by Frank Herbert is a sweeping science fiction epic set on the desert planet Arrakis, chronicling the rise of a young messiah named Paul Atreides amidst intergalactic political betrayal and the extraction of a valuable resource known as spice.
Discussed“I got like 30 minutes into doing and my daughters were like this is boring dude I read the book have you read the book dude you should read the book I read it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The big short
“Michael Lewis of course of big short and Moneyball Fame has evidently been following SBF around for six months”
Passing Moneyball
“Michael Lewis of course of big short and Moneyball Fame has evidently been following SBF around for six months”
Passing The big short
“Michael Lewis of Moneyball The Big Short and Larry's poker fame has evidently been following him around for six months to have Sam bigman freed”
Passing Moneyball
“Michael Lewis of Moneyball The Big Short and Larry's poker fame has evidently been following him around for six months to have Sam bigman freed”
Passing Barbarians at the Gate
“this would have been a movie Barbarians at the gate was kind of like a weird thing that happened that that became like a TV movie a mini series four part”