Michael Lewis has written for The New Republic, Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine. His latest book is Flash Boys.

"When you're telling a story, you're essentially playing the cards you're dealt. ... Sometimes the hand is very easy to play. Sometimes the hand is difficult to play. At the end, I just try to think, 'Is there anything I would have done differently?' 'Is there any trick I missed?' If I don't have the feeling that I missed something big, I feel happy about the book."

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Show notes:

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Lewis on Longform

[2:30] Lewis's speech at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (2011)

[2:45] Flash Boys (W.W. Norton & Co. • Mar 2014)

[3:45] "Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer?" (Vanity Fair • Aug 2013)

[6:45] The Big Short (W.W. Norton & Co. • Mar 2010)

[7:15] Moneyball (W.W. Norton & Co. • May 2003)

[7:45] Liar's Poker (W.W. Norton & Co. • Oct 1989)

[25:15] Lewis's New Republic archive

[31:45] The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story (W.W. Norton & Co. • Oct 1999)

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