From the archive: The Money Saving Expert: how Martin Lewis became the most trusted man in Britain

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2019: He has built a multimillion pound empire, and is driven to help people attain ‘financial justice’. But in an age of predatory capitalism and rampant inequality, can one man’s modest suggestions really make a difference?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:11.2	Hi, my name is Hannah Frankson. I'm a peloton instructor and I teach classes on the peloton bite and the peloton tread.
0:17.6	Nothing motivates me more than the thought of enjoying life to the fullest.
0:22.2	Life is always full with so many different challenges and chapters.
0:26.0	For me movement and exercise has been there throughout every stage of my life.
0:29.6	Just living life to the max is what motivates me.
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0:47.7	Hello, my name is Daniel Cone. I'm a writer and editor in London.
0:50.8	In 2019 I wrote a long read called The Money Saving Expert.
0:55.2	How Martin Lewis became the most trusted man in Britain.
0:58.4	I was kind of amused by the idea that there was a man who went around calling himself the money saving expert.
1:03.7	Almost like he was some kind of motivational figure or something.
1:07.1	But also there was a sense that this man was taken very seriously.
1:10.3	If you watch his show, it's kind of like light entertainment in a certain way.
1:13.8	It's not that different from the other things you'd see on ITV at prime time.
1:18.4	When we can't at the same time, he's talking about very serious things.
1:21.9	He's writing articles for the FT.
1:24.0	He has the era of politicians.
1:26.3	It's this kind of balancing act between what I call on the article,
1:29.3	sort of the nafside of him.
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