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Going Infinite with Michael Lewis: the story of Sam Bankman-Fried
Season 1 · Episode 318

Going Infinite with Michael Lewis: the story of Sam Bankman-Fried

Reasons Revisited · Geoff Lloyd

October 15, 202344m 8s

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Show Notes

Story hound Michael Lewis is back with a new book that charts the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, once the world's youngest billionaire. A journalist once said that they would read a history of the stapler if Michael Lewis wrote it, and he delivers his most compelling story yet (office stationery absent). Well versed in the world of finance, the Moneyball and Big Short author was granted unparalleled access to SBF, the crypto tycoon who said he wanted to give away his money to good causes. Then - in November 2022 - his company collapsed. Michael tells us what it’s like to write a book where your protagonist is arrested halfway through, why he never wanted to write about cryptocurrency and what his time with Sam Bankman-Fried taught him—and should teach us.


Guest

Michael Lewis, Author and Journalist


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