Brian Phillips

You've just got to remember this one weird trick. Don't go too high because if you get too close to the sun, it'll melt the wax on your wings and you will fall. So Icarus takes off and it's so fun. He's got puffy white clothes. clouds all around him, and the blue sea down below, and he's just so happy. He's so happy, in fact, that he keeps flying higher. And, well, you know how this goes.

He gets way too high. And just like his dad warned him, the sun melts the wax on his wings, and his story ends with a little cartoon slide whistle like...

He gets way too high. And just like his dad warned him, the sun melts the wax on his wings, and his story ends with a little cartoon slide whistle like...

He gets way too high. And just like his dad warned him, the sun melts the wax on his wings, and his story ends with a little cartoon slide whistle like...

I'm Brian Phillips. This is Truthless, Episode 2, Flying High.

I'm Brian Phillips. This is Truthless, Episode 2, Flying High.

I'm Brian Phillips. This is Truthless, Episode 2, Flying High.

Hi there, this is Steve Fishman from Orbit Media. Our new series, Season 4 in the Burden Feed, is Get the Money and Run.

Hi there, this is Steve Fishman from Orbit Media. Our new series, Season 4 in the Burden Feed, is Get the Money and Run.

Hi there, this is Steve Fishman from Orbit Media. Our new series, Season 4 in the Burden Feed, is Get the Money and Run.

The first time Marrow told me about where he grew up, this is what he said. I grew up in a neighborhood so rough, if you look it up on Google Maps, you'll get shot through the screen. This was in the Bronx in the 80s and 90s. Safe to say, Marrow never expected to get a job at one of the world's glitziest investment banks. But that's exactly what happened.

The first time Marrow told me about where he grew up, this is what he said. I grew up in a neighborhood so rough, if you look it up on Google Maps, you'll get shot through the screen. This was in the Bronx in the 80s and 90s. Safe to say, Marrow never expected to get a job at one of the world's glitziest investment banks. But that's exactly what happened.

The first time Marrow told me about where he grew up, this is what he said. I grew up in a neighborhood so rough, if you look it up on Google Maps, you'll get shot through the screen. This was in the Bronx in the 80s and 90s. Safe to say, Marrow never expected to get a job at one of the world's glitziest investment banks. But that's exactly what happened.

Can you just like tell our younger audience, like what was Lehman Brothers?

Can you just like tell our younger audience, like what was Lehman Brothers?

Can you just like tell our younger audience, like what was Lehman Brothers?

Before filing for bankruptcy amid the wreckage of the 2008 financial crash, Lehman Brothers had about 25,000 employees and $640 billion in assets. That's a lot of eggnog. I mean, it's one of the biggest investment banks in New York, like before the financial crash, right? Yes, it was one of the biggest. I looked it up after talking to Mero.

Before filing for bankruptcy amid the wreckage of the 2008 financial crash, Lehman Brothers had about 25,000 employees and $640 billion in assets. That's a lot of eggnog. I mean, it's one of the biggest investment banks in New York, like before the financial crash, right? Yes, it was one of the biggest. I looked it up after talking to Mero.

Before filing for bankruptcy amid the wreckage of the 2008 financial crash, Lehman Brothers had about 25,000 employees and $640 billion in assets. That's a lot of eggnog. I mean, it's one of the biggest investment banks in New York, like before the financial crash, right? Yes, it was one of the biggest. I looked it up after talking to Mero.

Lehman Brothers was the fourth biggest, actually, behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch. Lehman Brothers was in operation for more than 150 years before it got obliterated by the subprime mortgage crisis.