Mike Della Rocha

My book, The Big Short, tells the story of the buildup and burst of the U.S.

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.

We were in the car, like a rolling stone came on, and he said, there's a line in there about your mother.

What I would do if I didn't feel like I was being accepted is choose an identity that other people can't have.

Hey, girl.

What's up with you?

Wait a minute.

Come on.

If you haven't heard the loser line before, it works like this.

Let's say someone approaches you while you're out at the club and uses this charming pickup line on you.

Hey, naughty girl.

I'm not really into Pokemon, but I'd love to get a Pikachu.