About this episode

The episode explores the theme of insatiable desire as depicted in The Wolf of Wall Street and its implications beyond just greedy capitalists.

I’m finally watching The Wolf of Wall Street because I’m doing research for my next book. It’s safe to say the movie is a study of excess. The characters want more, more, more. More money, more power, more prestige, more sex, more drugs. They are never satisfied. It’s easy to believe that’s only true for the likes of greedy capitalists, but not so.

Topics covered

• excess
• satisfaction
• greed
• capitalism
• power
• prestige

Keywords

• The Wolf of Wall Street
• excess
• greed
• satisfaction
• capitalism
• power
• prestige

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wolf of Wall Street

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