Welcome back to the podcast, Brib, Swindler, Steel. I'm Alexandra Ragi. For today's podcast, we get to

listen in on Diana Enrique's remarks at the Trace Prize for Investigative Reporting in Vancouver

in June. Diana is an award-winning journalist and contributing writer at the New York Times,

author of several books including The Wizard of Lies about Bernie Madoff,

and Taming of the Street about FDR's fight to regulate American capitalism.

Diana is also the chair of the judging committee for the Trace Prize,

for which we are very grateful.

Over to Diana.

I began my career as a journalist more than 50 years ago.

And when I started as an investigative reporter, I'll be candid.

The biggest risks we faced were a lack of sleep and paper cuts.

And hearing the stories that we've heard this morning and hearing and seeing the courage

of the journalists this morning is awe-inspiring to me.

So from the heart, thank you for what you do.

So let me take off my journalist hat for a moment and put on my historian's hat and perhaps

give our hearts a little bit of a break by taking us out of this heart-wrenching present and a bit into

the past. To paraphrase the great Dickens, to begin with,

Bernie Madoff was reputable.

He ran a highly successful, innovative brokerage firm.

He was an advisor to Wall Street and Washington.

He hosted industry parties, served on important committees,

and made large charitable gifts.

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