How the Financial Crisis Broke Politics

How the Financial Crisis Broke Politics

November 25, 2025 · 44 min · Season 6 · Episode 7

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Michael Lewis interviews Elizabeth Warren and Steve Bannon about their differing responses to the 2008 financial crisis.

To wrap up our series on The Big Short, Michael Lewis speaks with two people who represent two very different responses to the financial crisis of 2008: US Senator Elizabeth Warren , an expert in bankruptcy law who became an advisor to the Obama White House before running for higher office in Massachusetts. And Michael interviews former Trump White House advisor and right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon , who talks about how the financial crisis radicalized him. Order The Big Short audiobook, now narrated by Michael Lewis, on Audible , Spotify , pushkin.fm/bigshort or wherever you get audiobooks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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