Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-12-05
Books mentioned on Part One: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (secretly about Michael Lewis)
Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.
Robert Evans discussed The big short by Michael Lewis, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, The Blind Side by Michael Lewis, Flash Boys by Michael Lewis, and Going Infinite by Michael Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The big short
The Big Short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book examining the accumulation of risk and the bursting of the housing bubble that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussed“Jamie speaking of great authors 80% of this episode is [ __ ] on Michael Lewis the author of The Big Short”
Where to get it
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Moneyball
Moneyball by Michael Lewis is a celebrated nonfiction book documenting how the Oakland Athletics baseball team leveraged analytical models and statistical data to gain a competitive edge.
Discussed“his other best known work is probably Moneyball which is a about a baseball team manager who uses what's called saber metrics”
Where to get it
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Liar's Poker
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis is a semi-autobiographical financial book detailing the author's chaotic experiences as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers during the explosive Wall Street culture of the 1980s.
Discussed“and he writes a book called liars poker about the investment you know B the stock broker that like that kind of life”
Where to get it
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The Blind Side
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative exploring the evolution of football strategy and the remarkable life of Michael Oher, which later became a blockbuster film.
Discussed“so I think the best example of this before we get into Sam bankman freed prior in Lewis's history is a book called The Blind Side which was published in 2006”
Where to get it
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Flash Boys
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis is a dramatic non-fiction account that exposes the rise of high-frequency trading and Wall Street market manipulation through the eyes of a group of rebel investors.
Discussed“in 2014 Lewis published a book called Flash Boys which is a book about Brad katsuyama and a small group of of Rebel Wall Street investors”
Where to get it
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Going Infinite
Going Infinite by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book that chronicles the meteoric rise and subsequent dramatic collapse of cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried and his company, FTX.
Discussed“this is right at the start of going infinite and it's about a phone call that Sam has during his billionaire ERA”
Where to get it
