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TIP377: The Antisocial Network w/ Ben Mezrich

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Trey Lockerbie sits down with bestselling author, Ben Mezrich to discuss his new book The Antisocial Network, which covers the sage of Gamestop, Robinhood, Reddit and Retail traders. It’s a tale of irony, humor, high stakes, billionaires, and Ben is the perfect guest to cover such an entertaining story.


IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN

  • (01:11) Ben’s framework for approaching a new book
  • (18:43) The power of mindset
  • (41:19) The ramifications of meme stocks for Wall Street and a whole lot more


*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.


BOOKS AND RESOURCES:

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  • Ben Mezrich’s book Bitcoin Billionaires
  • Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires
  • Trey Lockerbie Twitter
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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to TI-P.

0:03.0

On today's episode, I sit down with best-selling author Ben Mezric to discuss his new book, The

0:08.1

Anti-Social Network, which covers the saga of GameStop, Robinhood, Reddit, and Retail

0:13.4

Traders.

0:14.4

It's a tale of irony, humor, high stakes, billionaires, and Ben is the perfect guess that covers

0:19.0

such an entertaining story.

0:20.5

We also cover Ben's framework to approaching a new book, The Power of Mindset, The Ramifications

0:25.4

of Mean Stocks for Wall Street, and a whole lot more.

0:28.4

I'm a big fan of Ben and his books, and this conversation didn't disappoint.

0:32.4

So without further ado, please enjoy the tale of GameStop with Ben Mezric.

0:37.6

You are listening to THE Investors Podcast.

0:43.8

Where we study the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires

0:48.1

the most.

0:49.1

We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.

1:00.6

Welcome to THE Investors Podcast.

1:02.4

I'm your host, Trey Lockerby, and today we have on the show Ben Mezric.

1:07.5

Ben, welcome to the show.

1:08.9

Thank you very much for having me.

1:10.2

It's great.

1:11.8

I am so excited to get into today's conversation around the whole GameStop saga, and it's

1:17.8

something that we really haven't covered on the show because when I noticed that you

1:20.5

were going to write this book about it and you kind of announced it a few months ago,

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