Introducing Against the Rules Season 2
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Pushkin Industries
4.4 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2020
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker, Moneyball) takes a searing look at what’s happened to fairness. It feels like there's less of it every day—whether it comes to lending practices, college admissions, professional sports, or psychological well-being. Who are the people trying to level the playing field, and are they making an impact? In the second season, Lewis looks at the rise in coaching in American life, bringing his trademark insight and wry humor to their stories of (in)equality today.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:07.0 | It's Michael Lewis here. I'm back with Against the Rules. |
| 0:20.0 | Last season I talked about the attack on referees and the idea of fairness. |
| 0:29.0 | This season is all about the rise of coaches in American life. |
| 0:36.0 | It wasn't that long ago that we only had coaches in sports. |
| 0:41.0 | You need to stop being a lazy piece of s*** and work for your pitcher or I'm going to kick your ass. |
| 0:45.0 | Got it? |
| 0:46.0 | Now, coaches are everywhere. |
| 0:48.0 | Shut up, so I'll give you positivity. |
| 0:51.0 | There are people who call themselves life coaches and other people who call themselves death coaches. |
| 0:56.0 | This is saying, which is therapy is a part of tears and coaching is the path of laughter. |
| 1:03.0 | You can hire a coach to improve your executive skills, your online dating performance and even your charisma. |
| 1:12.0 | I am here to guide you and making sure you grow as a person. |
| 1:17.0 | But the rise of coaching is connected to unfairness. |
| 1:20.0 | The richest, best performing people in the world have the most coaching. |
| 1:26.0 | That guy would never have gotten to Yale, but this guy who got all this coaching did get into Yale. |
| 1:31.0 | It just seems like anyone who can answer these questions has got to be coached. |
| 1:34.0 | Who's coaching the Uber driver? |
| 1:36.0 | Coaching just ends up making the rich richer. Yeah. |
| 1:42.0 | Join me for season two of Against the Rules from Pushkin Industries. |
| 1:47.0 | I might even get a little coaching myself. |
| 1:49.0 | So, Michael, if you had something you wanted to be coached on, what would that be? |
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