Michael Lewis on why U.S. COVID response was so…CRAPPY. (My word)

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🗓️ 24 April 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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0:00.0	You're listening ad free on Wondery Plus
0:07.6	Hey everybody got an amazing one today, you know
0:12.4	Finally the great Michael Lewis is my guest author of best sellers like the big short money ball
0:18.6	wires poker on the
0:20.7	Podcast now for the third time he's a three-peat and believe me
0:24.8	You're not on the Al Franken podcast three times
0:29.8	Unless you're a fabulous guest except for
0:33.8	Norm Ornstein for some reason
0:35.9	We keep having Norm on I think he's been on six
0:40.2	Seven nine times we don't keep good records
0:44.0	Here at the Al Franken podcast and Norm is just
0:48.9	He's not good and am I right Peter?
0:51.5	I like I'm gonna tell you man. This is your call. I know we keep having Norm on terrible, right?
0:58.7	Yeah, yeah, he is. I don't know why you keep having him on. It's almost like he has something on you
1:05.3	Michael Lewis certainly has nothing on me and
1:09.4	Has been terrific one of our very first guests here on the podcast that was about his great. I'd say prescient
1:16.9	A book the fifth risk which was about the transition from the Obama administration to the Trump administration and how it was a
1:26.4	Complete anomaly
1:28.3	transitions in the past
1:30.1	between outgoing administrations and incoming
1:34.2	administrations
1:35.4	had been
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