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housing market back in 2008.

It follows a few unlikely but lucky people who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception.

It was like feeding the monster, said Eisman.

We fed the monster until it blew up.

The monster was exploding.

Yet on the streets of Manhattan, there was no sign anything important had just happened.

Now, 15 years after the Big Short's original release, and a decade after it became an Academy Award-winning movie, I've recorded an audiobook edition for the very first time.

The Big Short story, what it means when people start betting against the market, and who really pays for an unchecked financial system, is as relevant today as it's ever been, offering invaluable insight into the current economy and also today's politics.

Get The Big Short now at pushkin.fm slash audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold.

I'm Mike Della Rocha.

This is Sacred Lessons, a space for reflection, growth, and collective healing.

Second date update.

Welcome back to Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

Another second date update.

And just like many of our male listeners who come on to this segment, today's listener, James, says he has no idea if he did anything wrong on his first date.

I'm sure it was not his fault.

No.

She's like, well, he set my house on fire.

And he's like, oh, wait a minute.

I forgot.