My guest today, Michael Lewis, is without a doubt one of the great storytellers of our time.

His books are best sellers, but some are even bigger than that.

Moneyball, the blind side, the big short, they've all become cultural phenomena, turned

into blockbuster films.

You find the people who know what's going on and how ever frustrating it is, the world

doesn't see what they see, they give you a kind of tour of which wrong with the system.

Welcome to People I Mostly Admire, with Steve Levitt.

I read Liar Spoker, Michael Lewis's first book, just after I graduated college.

It's about the Wall Street from Solomon Brothers, told from the perspective of a young Michael

Lewis who worked as a bond salesman during the firm's heyday in the 1980s when it was

the most profitable firm in the finance industry.

I was doing a job I hated, management consulting, and when I read Liar Spoker, my overriding

reaction was that I would give anything to be at Solomon Brothers, with 30 years of

hindsight, wow, and I glad that wish didn't come true.

I recently went back and I reread your book, Liar Spoker, and 30 years must have passed

since I first read it, and I have to say it's aged amazingly well.

I think I enjoyed it even more the second time around.

Have you looked back at Liar Spoker lately?

About six months ago, the audio rights wereverted to me, and I had not read it since I wrote

it.

I mean, I read little bits and pieces when I was on book tour back in 1990, but we reacquired

the audio rights, so I read it aloud, and I had the pleasure of a team of producers watching

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