Andrew Ross Sorkin (on stock market crashes)
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Hi.
I am a fan of our guest.
Me too.
I'm just a legit fan. Andrew Ross Sorkin. I met him at a conference one time and we had a couple of lunches together and I just really adore him. And he's prolific as a motherfucker.
Yes.
This kid was working at the New York Times in high school.
I know. I find this to be so... It's such a sweet story.
It is. He's such a funder kid and a cutie pie. Andrew is an award-winning journalist for the New York Times and a co-anchor of Squawk Box, CNBC's signature morning program. And, of course, he wrote the ever-popular Too Big to Fail.
Oh.
Loved it.
What a book. What a show they made out of it. He's also the co-creator of Billions.
Whoa.
I don't think I brought that up in the interview.
Did you know that? I didn't know that.
No. He's got his little fingers and everything. He has a new book that is out right now called 1929 Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History and How It Shattered a Nation. This is, as he says, and I think we all agree, we all know about the great collapse and stock market crash, but we don't actually, we don't know anything. We just know what happened on that day.
Yeah.
And there's a lot of juicy stuff surrounding it.
Yes. And it's a thick book. He really gets into it. Before we get into the episode, we have merch coming. Oh, I'm wearing a merch right now. Yes, you're wearing a really cute merch shirt.
Yeah, it's two cherries holding. I think they're holding hands.
Yeah, I think they're holding hands and they're happy.
They might be in a parade, like a cherry parade.
Yeah, it's really cute. We got some really, really good merch coming your way on... November 14th. November 14th. Incredible quality. Can't get over the quality.
No, the quality is outrageous.
And the fit is nice.
I'm just realizing. What? For the first time, this very sim. You know who has a cherry festival? Traverse City, Michigan.
Wow. Why aren't we invited to that?
I was just thinking, where would there be a cherry parade? And by God, I know where there would be a cherry parade. And as you may recall, I went there one time in seventh grade in the summer between eighth. And I won a cherry seed spitting contest.
It's just one of those things when you look back in life and it all makes sense, you know?
I was on the news and I'm telling you, that was the greatest. Were you ever on TV as a kid?
Yeah. Well, in high school.
For the cheer.
Yeah.
Isn't it great?
Yeah, it's great. It's really fun.
I couldn't believe it. I felt like I was living in someone else's life.
We got to get into the app.
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I feel a little bit more on with it.
Caffeinated?
No.
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I love you for this. We know each other well. Yeah, we do. It's good.
He touched Jennifer Aniston's hair.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–31:37
2
How did Andrew Ross Sorkin get his start in journalism?
31:37–58:57
3
What are the implications of journalistic integrity in today's media?
58:57–1:01:01
4
How does Andrew Ross Sorkin critique the New York Times review of his book?
1:01:01–1:01:52
5
What does Andrew Ross Sorkin suggest about the current state of journalism?
1:01:52–1:04:08
6
How does the conversation transition to discussing personal accountability in storytelling?
1:04:08–1:47:46