Hey there, it's Michael Lewis, host of Against the Rules at Pushkin.

I've been working on a new book.

Can't give it all away, but it involves trips to the Bahamas and court dates and crypto

trading and ankle bracelets.

There's one thing I always do when I sit down to write.

A lot of interviews on background.

They almost never make it into the book, but they just give me a kind of context of what

my characters are going through.

And I'm at that phase right now.

I'm going to let you in on these background interviews.

On the record, once a month, listen in as I call up some esoteric expert, like a crypto

sleuth who traces secrets on the blockchain, or a regulator who knows what's against the

rules for crypto firms trading other people's money.

Listen to Against the Rules wherever you get your podcasts.

Delta, don't want that power you have on.

Would it be a fade rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today?

Take you to his mansion in the sky.

Tanya Tucker was only 14 in the spring of 1972 when she released Delta Dawn.

It was her first crack at recording a single and while she was still in school, the song

became a country radio hit.

Her first of dozens over the years.

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