Gillian Tett

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1,226 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2 Sep

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The Story of Money · The ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’ who exposed bankers’ lies · 26 Aug 2026 podcast

But you know, Spitzer decides he's gonna go to war with Wall Street, very brave given its pedigree and things.

Um and he starts off with one of the most storied and highly respected companies, Merrill Lynch.

Tell us why.

There's no tax reading.

It's very hard for the younger generation to actually imagine this.

I mean, hey kids, if you're listening, try to imagine a world where there was not just no Instagram and TikTok, there was n almost no email.

And so what he

company.

And so he had this whole kind of groupy fandom out there who were retail investors who'd never really been exposed directly to this kind of stuff in their own sitting rooms, suddenly going, Wow, we love this stuff.

And suddenly pushing up the share prices higher and higher.

So you could actually see the hypocrisy.

Um, there's a lovely line in your book about the fact that people are the investigators originally thought that POS stood for something completely different, didn't they?

that.

ever felt confused by all the jargon that your own interns, trainees, kids are using, don't worry, you're not alone.

I mean it's not a good idea.

Yeah, no, the investigators had no idea what POS stood for.

So did you ever get to know Henry Blodgers, ever meet him?

was in my class.

So basically Spitzer starts amassing this body of evidence which shows the extreme clash between what people are saying in public and in private, or if you like to be blunt about it, the extreme hypocrisy.

And what did he do

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