Words Matter Library: "Why Wall Street Matters" by William D. Cohan

DSR's Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This week we add Why Wall Street Matters By William D. Cohan to the Words Matter Library Bill is former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years and is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street. Bill is also a special correspondent at Vanity Fair. He also writes for The Financial Times, The New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Atlantic, The Nation, Fortune, and Politico. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Words Matter.
0:10.4	Welcome to the Words Matter Library.
0:12.9	Today we will feature Why Wall Street Matters by William D. Cohen.
0:17.7	Bill Cohen, thank you for joining us.
0:19.7	Nice to be here.
0:20.7	Thank you for having me.
0:21.7	But first, an introduction is an order.
0:23.9	Several times in episode, I will say we, when talking about Words Matter.
0:27.4	There are 15 people who spend all or a significant part of their time working on this project,
0:32.0	or plan to.
0:33.0	Katie Barlow is one of those people.
0:34.4	Katie has been working with us since launch.
0:36.6	She's taken the lead in developing new podcasts, and we have two DC-based projects in pre-production
0:41.4	at the moment.
0:42.4	By way of background, Katie's a lawyer and the founder and editor of DC Circuit Breaker,
0:46.7	which provides news and analysis on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia,
0:51.4	something that's going to become even more important over the next few weeks, months,
0:55.2	and even years.
0:56.8	As a journalist, Katie has covered Capitol Hill with WTOP, including Justice Kagan's confirmation
1:02.6	hearing, as well as the Supreme Court with NPR's Neon and Tottenberg.
1:05.7	It was always in the plan that as we grew, Katie would be a sometime host and co-host of
1:09.7	this podcast.
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