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PBS News Hour - Full Show

Settle In with Andrew Ross Sorkin

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Wall Street titans, politicians and a stock market astrologer star in financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book, "1929." In this episode of Settle In, Sorkin talks with Amna Nawaz about what led to the crash, what we can learn from the aftermath, and the similarities between the tech boom of the Roaring '20s and today's excitement over artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's Jeff.

0:01.8

And Omna.

0:02.6

We've been working on a brand new podcast that we're really excited to share with you.

0:06.3

It's called Settle In, a series of deep, thoughtful conversations with people we think you should know on the topics shaping our world.

0:13.8

So settle in with us each week as we dig into the issues on our minds.

0:17.6

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or on our website.

0:21.2

Hi, everyone. It's Omna Navaz. Welcome to our new PBS podcast called Settle In.

0:27.6

This is where we want you to hear longer, more thoughtful conversations with people we think

0:31.8

you should know. And our very first episode is with an author, it's with a journalist.

0:37.1

It's really

0:37.6

with one of the preeminent financial reporters

0:39.9

of our time, Andrew Ross Sorkin.

0:42.4

He's written a bunch of books, he's won a bunch of awards,

0:45.9

and he also hosts the Big Deal Book Summit

0:47.7

at the New York Times every year.

0:49.3

He has a new book out now.

0:50.5

It's called 1929.

0:52.7

It documents what happened leading up to the 1929 crash. It tells all

0:57.0

the stories about the men behind those decisions. It also tells a story about one zany astrologer

1:02.2

who played a bigger role than you probably think she did. And he also talks about the economy today,

1:07.9

parallels to what we're seeing. And we had a great conversation.

1:16.3

We also talked about how he speaks about money in his own family, which was fascinating to me, and also what he thinks the going rate should be for the tooth fairy, which was a subject of much debate.

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