Listen Now: Spellcaster - The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Pushkin Industries
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29-year-old, he pledged to donate his billions to good causes. But when Sam's crypto exchange FTX collapsed, billions of dollars went missing, and Sam was in handcuffs, those who knew him were left wondering — who was Sam really? A well-meaning billionaire who made a mistake? Or a calculated con man? From Wondery and Bloomberg, the makers of The Shrink Next Door, comes a new story of incredible wealth, betrayal, and what happens when “doing good” goes really, really, bad.
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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. |
| 0:53.8 | Hello listeners, if you've been enjoying our coverage of the trial of Sam Beckman Freed |
| 0:57.4 | so far and are looking to dive even deeper into Sam's past, you should take a listen |
| 1:02.0 | to Wondry and Bloomberg's podcast, Spellcaster, The Fall of Sam Beckman Freed. |
| 1:08.2 | His Fall from Grace represents one of the most spectacular failures of corporate controls |
| 1:12.2 | in American history. |
| 1:14.1 | Here interviews with Sam Beckman Freed himself and his former girlfriend and business partner |
| 1:18.1 | Caroline Ellison, who later admitted something had gone very wrong inside their operation. |
| 1:24.8 | From Bloomberg and Wondry comes Spellcaster, hosted by Bloomberg reporter Hannah Miller. |
| 1:31.0 | Now with an all-new bonus episode that takes you inside the courtroom at Sam Beckman |
| 1:34.8 | Freed's trial, including expert analysis, what to watch for, and more behind-the-scenes |
| 1:40.0 | reporting. |
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