Brian Phillips

They could still be there. They could, you know, under a different name. Well, maybe not at Lehman Brothers, but somewhere.

This is also how I keep my job as a podcaster. So how long would you think a person could keep a tech support job at a massive global investment bank while being stoned most of the time and not knowing how to do any tech support? If I tried that at my job, I think I'd get caught in like four days max.

This is also how I keep my job as a podcaster. So how long would you think a person could keep a tech support job at a massive global investment bank while being stoned most of the time and not knowing how to do any tech support? If I tried that at my job, I think I'd get caught in like four days max.

This is also how I keep my job as a podcaster. So how long would you think a person could keep a tech support job at a massive global investment bank while being stoned most of the time and not knowing how to do any tech support? If I tried that at my job, I think I'd get caught in like four days max.

This is two years. For half of an entire presidential term, for someone's whole junior and senior years of college, Marrow kept walking this tightrope. The 90s rolled over into the 2000s. The stack of incorrectly filled out paperwork kept getting taller. The pressure kept mounting. Mero kept lying at work.

This is two years. For half of an entire presidential term, for someone's whole junior and senior years of college, Marrow kept walking this tightrope. The 90s rolled over into the 2000s. The stack of incorrectly filled out paperwork kept getting taller. The pressure kept mounting. Mero kept lying at work.

This is two years. For half of an entire presidential term, for someone's whole junior and senior years of college, Marrow kept walking this tightrope. The 90s rolled over into the 2000s. The stack of incorrectly filled out paperwork kept getting taller. The pressure kept mounting. Mero kept lying at work.

And this was not as chill a thing to do as it maybe sounds, because the truth is, a lot of things about Lehman Brothers were just pretty terrifying. The atmosphere was incredibly high stakes, but under the surface, also incredibly feral and chaotic.

And this was not as chill a thing to do as it maybe sounds, because the truth is, a lot of things about Lehman Brothers were just pretty terrifying. The atmosphere was incredibly high stakes, but under the surface, also incredibly feral and chaotic.

And this was not as chill a thing to do as it maybe sounds, because the truth is, a lot of things about Lehman Brothers were just pretty terrifying. The atmosphere was incredibly high stakes, but under the surface, also incredibly feral and chaotic.

And it's just a briefcase full of gold.

And it's just a briefcase full of gold.

And it's just a briefcase full of gold.

What finally saved Mero from getting caught, what came to his rescue in a way, was maybe not exactly the thing you'd expect. He was saved by a world historic event.

What finally saved Mero from getting caught, what came to his rescue in a way, was maybe not exactly the thing you'd expect. He was saved by a world historic event.

What finally saved Mero from getting caught, what came to his rescue in a way, was maybe not exactly the thing you'd expect. He was saved by a world historic event.

Before 9-11, Lehman Brothers' global headquarters was at Three World Financial. So you can picture the building, maybe, if you've seen 9-11 footage. There's Tower One and Tower Two, the two big World Trade Center towers. And then nearby, there's the smaller skyscraper with the green roof. That's where Mero worked. Thankfully, he wasn't there when the planes hit.

Before 9-11, Lehman Brothers' global headquarters was at Three World Financial. So you can picture the building, maybe, if you've seen 9-11 footage. There's Tower One and Tower Two, the two big World Trade Center towers. And then nearby, there's the smaller skyscraper with the green roof. That's where Mero worked. Thankfully, he wasn't there when the planes hit.

Before 9-11, Lehman Brothers' global headquarters was at Three World Financial. So you can picture the building, maybe, if you've seen 9-11 footage. There's Tower One and Tower Two, the two big World Trade Center towers. And then nearby, there's the smaller skyscraper with the green roof. That's where Mero worked. Thankfully, he wasn't there when the planes hit.

He'd been off work visiting his family in the Dominican Republic. He got back from his vacation on September 9th, but he hadn't gone back into work yet for one very good reason.