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

So going from being sheriff of Wall Street to essentially trying to become governor of New York, um, I mean it sounds in many ways like a very logical progression because he's seen as a man of the people, even though ironically he's been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

So what happens when he runs for governor?

So there he is, he's in the governor's office, he's in the hot seat, he's adored by everyone.

What could possibly go wrong?

Listen on.

So we're back.

And we left the story just as Spitzer is riding high.

He has essentially won extreme popular support by taking on Wall Street.

He has just won the New York governor's race by a landslide.

He's now sitting in the office.

And then

Two things start to go wrong.

Tell us about the first one about his governing style.

What is it about the number of powerful, successful men who end up being tripped up by this kind of stuff?

I mean, that's another in material for another episode, but how does that come out?

Well

report.

And you know,

Was he doing that?

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