Matt Levine

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3,472 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

Matt Levine’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 9 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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Money Stuff: The Podcast · Learn More Gooder · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

My children have now gotten a little more into like instead of saying check when you don't want to bet, just knocking on the table, which is the like sort of poker pro way to do it. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

And it's the same vibe of like just making the subtlest possible movement. voice-verified

It's just as a flash. voice-verified

So anyway, the point is that at an art auction, if people are very, very subtly indicating how they're bidding, then an auctioneer voice-verified

can look out into space and be like thirty million over there because like no one's waving their paddle, but like no one would be waving their paddle. voice-verified

So it's fine. voice-verified

Yeah, although like apparently not everyone in the room knows that like they're chandelier bidding, but apparently in like auction catalogs they put disclosures. voice-verified

So the reader emailed me an article about like the voice-verified

legality of chandelier bidding. voice-verified

And apparently in New York, it's required to disclose it. voice-verified

And so auction houses have disclosures like, unless otherwise indicated, all lots are offered subject to a reserve. voice-verified

The auctioneer may implement the reserve by opening bidding on any lot by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. voice-verified

The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the seller. voice-verified

The auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve by placing successive or consecutive bids for a lot voice-verified

a spot or by placing bids in response to other bidders. voice-verified

So basically, like if you have an undisclosed reserve price, the auctioneer can bid that price and pretend it's a real bidder, but really it's on BH. voice-verified

Just for show. voice-verified

exactly. voice-verified

Is that what Amazon's doing? voice-verified

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