Hey, this is the moment. I'm Brian Koppelman. Thanks for listening. This is awesome. A guy I've long admired and have recently become pals and coworkers with.

The legendary brilliant Ben Mezrick is here.

Ben is the author of so many number one bestsellers it's hard to count them but

certainly among them are bringing down the house which became the movie 21

accidental billionaires which became the accidental

billionaire it was called the accidental billionaire yeah the

accidental billionaires which became the social network his new book

Bitcoin billionaires is just kick ass. I read it in like a day and a half. I just

inhaled it. It completely shifted my opinion of the Winkle vie and made me understand the allure and the possible downsides of

cryptocurrency, Bitcoin in particular.

Ben is a consulting producer on season five of billions.

He's in the writer's room and has

been working with us very closely for the last month which has been a great pleasure for me and

he promised you did promise earlier today that you were going to deliver the full

mezzarick if you can handle the full mezzarick

that's my goal I did I did you said you were bringing the full me i'm bringing I'm

here i'm here i'm here you're not wearing like the author photo

out no i know you know what?

Had I really thought about it, I would have come dressed

for the podcast, but I didn't dress for it.

But I want to first of all say, the love is mutual.

I have, you know, our careers have gone along parallel to each other in a lot of ways and I've been such

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