Boy Genius | 1

Hollywood & Crime

Wondery

Society & Culture, Exhibit C, True Crime, Documentary, History

4 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It’s the 1980s-- the “decade of greed”. Capitalism is king, and young upwardly mobile professionals are on the rise. In Los Angeles a small group of college grads band together to form an elite investment group called The Billionaire Boys Club. They have a simple mission, get to the top no matter what it takes. Their leader, Joe Hunt, is a master of mind games who will stop at nothing on the road to success. But when one of their clients vanishes, Joe and the boys need to scramble to cover their tracks.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to billionaire boys' club add free on Amazon music.
0:05.3	Download the app today.
0:07.0	A quick warning.
0:08.5	This series contains adult language and content.
0:12.0	It's a warm evening in Los Angeles on June 6, 1984.
0:23.0	The tall windows in Ron Levin's impressive Beverly Hills duplex are wide open, welcoming
0:28.3	any breeze Los Angeles has to offer on this balmy summer night.
0:34.8	It's around 7 pm when the doorbell rings.
0:37.7	11 o'clock's the time.
0:39.4	The kids early, he thinks.
0:41.1	But then again, Joe was never one to follow directions.
0:45.8	As Levin crosses his sunken living room, he retts himself.
0:50.8	He should be the hospitable host when he greets Joe at the door.
0:55.0	Ron Levin is used to stalling angry business associates.
0:59.2	But Joe is relentless.
1:01.9	Joe reminds Levin of a young version of himself, confident, arrogant, able to talk anyone
1:09.2	into anything.
1:11.2	But lately, Joe's been a pain in the ass.
1:15.3	He hasn't stopped phoning and coming over unannounced since Levin told him he made $10 million
1:20.9	off a bogus trading account.
1:23.9	But Levin's aware that Joe is skeptical about whether the money ever existed at all.
1:29.3	Smart kid.
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