The 1929 Stock Market Crash: Can It Happen Again? (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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What can the 1929 stock market crash teach us today? This week, New York Times columnist and author Andrew Ross Sorkin joins Preet Bharara to unpack his latest book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash In Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation, drawing on eight years of research and access to never-before-seen historical documents. Then, Preet answers your questions on the legality of potential U.S. military action in Venezuela and the history of the oath of office. In the bonus for Insiders, Preet and Andrew chat about a possible film adaptation of 1929 and Andrew dreamcasts the characters. Join the CAFE Insider community to stay informed without hysteria, fear-mongering, or rage-baiting. Head to cafe.com/insider to sign up. Thank you for supporting our work. Show notes and a transcript of the episode are available on our website. You can now watch this episode! Head to CAFE’s Youtube channel and subscribe. Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on BlueSky, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at [email protected], or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Preet Bharara.
0:08.0	You know, most of us have seen pictures of all the sort of thousands of people that
0:13.1	live in throngs of people outside of the New York Stock Exchange on those days.
0:17.9	You'd see the front pages of the paper from the crash.
0:22.0	They had all come down there from all parts of the country, frankly, to try to understand what was happening to their money.
0:32.6	That's Andrew Ross Sorkin. He's a financial columnist for the New York Times,
0:37.3	co-anchor of Squawk Box on
0:38.6	CNBC, and the author of Too Big to Fail, a sweeping account of the 2008 financial crisis.
0:44.7	Last month, he released his long-awaited second book, 1929, Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street
0:50.9	History and How It Shattered a Nation. Drawing on eight years of research and access to never-before-seen historical documents,
0:57.6	1929 is a vivid, deeply reported account of the most devastating financial crash in history,
1:03.6	told through the eyes of the bankers, policymakers, and investors who lived through it.
1:07.9	Then I'll answer your questions about the legality of potential U.S.
1:16.0	military action in Venezuela and explore the history of the oath of office. That's coming up.
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1:53.0	New York Times columnist and author, Andrew Ross Sorkin, says the lessons are more relevant
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