Ep 610 - Moneyball, by Michael Lewis (Bonus Episode)

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

It's time to talk about market efficiencies in popular non-fiction aka the work of Michael Lewis. Specifically, we're chatting about his 2003 book MONEYBALL, which chronicles the work of Billy Beane to optimize the Oakland A's despite his owners not wanting to spend real money.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.1	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.5	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.3	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:42.9	Hey everybody, welcome to overdue, it's a podcast about the books you've been meaning
0:46.8	to read.
0:47.8	My name is Craig.
0:48.8	My name is Andrew.
0:49.8	Playbo!
0:50.8	Take me out to the podcast.
0:54.9	Yeah.
0:55.9	But you like baseball, right?
0:58.8	Welcome to our podcast where each week one of us reads a book and tells the other person
1:05.5	about it.
1:06.5	And I am here to tell you I love baseball.
1:09.4	You love baseball.
1:10.4	You've always loved baseball.
1:11.4	You've got to read one other baseball book.
1:13.7	Long time ago.
1:14.7	Like eight years ago.
1:17.9	I don't remember which one that was, but yeah, what was that?
1:23.3	That's a great question.
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