Judging Sam: The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Pushkin Industries

Business, Society & Culture, Sports

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Just a year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was heralded as a wunderkind, a genius, a crypto innovator, a major philanthropist and political donor. He was worth tens of billions of dollars. FTX, the crypto exchange he founded, was buying Super Bowl ads. Now, he’s standing trial on multiple fraud charges. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

“Judging Sam: The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried” is a special series from Michael Lewis and Against the Rules covering the daily workings of the trial. Through a combination of court reporting, interviews with experts, and insight from Michael Lewis, we’ll bring you the news of the trial and analysis you can’t find anywhere else.

“Judging Sam: The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried” from Michael Lewis and Against the Rules starts Oct. 2, 2023.

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0:00.0	Pushkin
0:06.5	Michael Lewis here, against the rules is back with a very special series.
0:16.8	It's called Judging Sam.
0:19.9	As you may know, I wrote a book about Sam Bankman-free, the former CEO of FTX.
0:24.6	It's called Going Infinite, the rise and fall of a new tycoon.
0:28.6	And it's out October the 3rd.
0:31.5	Bankman-free was worth tens of billions of dollars before FTX, his cryptocurrency exchange,
0:37.0	came apart at the seams.
0:39.0	And now he's being tried for financial crimes that could send him to prison for the rest
0:42.6	of his life.
0:44.7	On against the rules, we'll pick up where the book leaves off by following the trial that
0:48.9	decides Sam Bankman-free's fate.
0:52.5	My producer, Lydia Jean-Cott, will be in the courtroom daily, and we're dropping episodes
0:57.4	as often as needed to keep you on top of it all.
1:01.0	Judging Sam will be the place to hear trial news and legal analysis with me, Pushkin
1:06.0	host Jacob Goldstein, and other special guests.
1:09.9	Judging Sam, the trial of Sam Bankman-free, starts October 2nd, right here in the against
1:15.0	the rules feed, and to listen to all our coverage, add free, sign up for Pushkin Plus on the
1:20.2	against the rules show page, in Apple Podcasts, or pushkin.fm slash plus.

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