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Author Michael Lewis on 10 Years of “The Big Short," AI Bubble, and Sports Gambling

Morning Brew Daily

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4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Episode 711: Neal and Toby chat with author Michael Lewis to talk about the 10th anniversary of “The Big Short” movie and the lines drawn from the 2008 financial crisis to today. Then, Michael shares his take on the AI industry and whether or not we’re actually in a bubble. Plus, a dive into prediction markets and the proliferation of sports betting. Finally, Neal and Toby put on their casting director hats and re-cast “The Big Short” as if it was being made today. Learn more at usbank.com/splitcard  Get your MBD live show tickets here! https://www.tinyurl.com/MBD-HOLIDAY  Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning for Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, Michael Lewis revisits the big short 10 years later.

0:47.9

What did he really think of the movie? Would he recast anyone? All that and more. It's Tuesday, November 11th.

0:54.6

Let's ride.

1:00.6

Good morning on Veterans Day.

1:02.9

Like many of you, we are off for the federal holiday, but this podcast never sleeps in.

1:07.3

You were about to hear a fascinating interview with one of the leading storytellers of our time.

1:12.3

The author Michael Lewis has written more books that become movies than most authors have written

1:16.9

books. He coined the term moneyball and protected the blindside. But when Michael joined us in the

1:21.8

studio recently, the conversation topic was about his third book adapted into a film, The Big Short.

1:27.3

This winter marks the 10th anniversary of the big short movie starring Ryan topic was about his third book adapted into a film, The Big Short.

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This winter marks the 10th anniversary of the Big Short movie starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bayle and Steve Carell, as the traders who saw the financial crisis coming before it happened

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and got really rich from shorty in the housing market.

1:39.4

We also talked sports betting.

1:41.0

He's got strong thoughts on that, how he comes up with his titles and gave him

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some thoughts on how we'd recast the big short. Spoiler alert, we're getting Jack Black involved.

1:50.7

Such a fun convoy and cannot wait for you all to hear. But first, a word from our sponsor,

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carefully, so the last thing you want is to have to pay for an

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