Judging Sam: After The Prosecution Rests

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Pushkin Industries

Business, Society & Culture, Sports

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

After a few days off, the trial resumes tomorrow, October 26. The prosecution has said they will likely be ready to rest their case by midday. Michael Lewis, Lidia Jean Kott and Rebecca Mermelstein, a partner at the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, sit down to analyze the prosecution’s case and talk about what might happen next, including the possibility of Sam Bankman-Fried taking the stand.

This conversation was recorded on October 23.

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, if you're in the Bay Area in California, you ought to come out on Monday
0:13.8	November the 13th to the Sydney Goldstein Theatre in San Francisco.
0:18.3	On that night, I'll be on stage during a live event, talking about my new book, Going
0:22.7	Infinite, The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.
0:26.2	The book is about Sam Beckman Freed and the spectacular Rise and Fall of his crypto
0:31.1	exchange FTX.
0:33.0	I had really almost unlimited access and it's an incredible story and I can't wait to
0:37.6	tell you about it.
0:38.8	It's at 7.30 pm on Monday November the 13th and presented by City Arts and Lectures.
0:44.8	For more information on attending live, purchasing tickets or watching online, visit cityarts.net.
0:51.4	I'm looking forward to seeing you there.
0:53.6	Hey there, it's Michael Lewis.
0:55.3	Before we get to this episode, I want to let you know that you can listen to each episode
0:59.0	of Judging Sam, the trial of Sam Beckman Freed, ad-free by becoming a Pushkin Plus subscriber.
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1:32.2	Welcome to Judging Sam, the trial of Sam Beckman Freed, I'm Michael Lewis.
1:37.4	Quart is on a break until Thursday, October 26th.
1:41.0	The day we expect the prosecution to rest their case and the defense to begin theirs, possibly
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