Sam Bankman-Fried: The inside story from the author of The Big Short
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short, met Sam Bankman-Fried when his crypto exchange was rewriting the rules of global finance and was by his side when the empire imploded. Ahead of his fraud trial which starts today, this is the inside story of the crypto whizz kid at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular financial collapses.
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Guest: Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short, Moneyball, The Blind Side and Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, pockets. Amazing, aren't they? |
| 0:02.1 | I wonder what's in your pocket right now. |
| 0:04.4 | I'll be the tissue. |
| 0:05.3 | Yes. |
| 0:06.2 | Picture of the family. |
| 0:07.3 | Ah, how about a lottery ticket with six magic numbers? |
| 0:11.2 | No, don't worry. |
| 0:12.5 | It's still time. |
| 0:13.6 | This Saturday, it could be you. |
| 0:15.7 | Lotto from the National Lottery. |
| 0:17.2 | Play now. |
| 0:17.7 | Rules of procedures apply. |
| 0:18.8 | There must be 18 over. |
| 0:20.1 | Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat, |
| 0:25.2 | with your hands behind your head, |
| 0:27.6 | taking in the views, |
| 0:29.6 | instead of taking on the road, |
| 0:31.5 | maybe even taking a nap. |
| 0:33.6 | That's the bliss of getting where you need to go |
| 0:36.4 | without worrying about driving. |
| 0:39.2 | Book your train journey by at vantewescoast.co.uk |
| 0:43.1 | and we'll take you there. |
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