There is tentative improvement in the difficulty here. The negotiation may not be like Israel and Hamas, but the outcome isn’t assured. While waiting for confirmation of a resolution, I will be listening to DJ Tom Hanks’ Halloween show on Boss Radio 66, tomorrow at 4 PM ET.
Episodes of the old Dragnet radio and TV series had titles with “Big” in them. This one is “The Big Grifter”.
With Sam Bankman-Fried on trial for various charges related to fraud, the timing of Michael Lewis’ latest book couldn’t be better for him or, for that matter, worse. Stopping short of accusing Lewis of Stockholm Syndrome, his reputation is taking a Big Hit for his fawning admiration of Bankman-Fried. As a former Wall Street trader, the author of The Big Short is a successful non-fiction writer, but he isn’t a journalist. If he were, once Lewis was up close and personal with Sam and FTX he would have sensed that “something’s wrong with the whole setup.”
Amazon is offering the Kindle edition of Lewis’ book about Bankman-Fried for less than ten bucks.
Even at that low price I won’t buy Going Infinite. The fact that Bill Clinton and Tony Blair embraced the boy wunderkind’s ambition — and short-lived money — doesn’t make me any more understanding that Lewis fell for Bankman-Fried’s obvious sales pitch. One of the people who saw through Bankman-Fried’s act, perhaps not surprisingly, is an actor who played a crusading comic book character on TV. Ben McKenzie has this review of the Michael Lewis book.
A classic Lewis protagonist—the aberrant thinker, the guy who can hear past the noise—has done it again. This is where things get squirrely in Lewis’ telling.
The Kindle edition of Ben’s book is also less than ten bucks. This is the expose of cryptocurrency and SBF that Lewis’ book should have been.
11 AM ET TODAY!
1 PM ET t’day, partner, on this thar playar, rat hare!
A surprise ALL COUNTRY show from Cowboy DJ Tom Hanks. Tomorrow at 1 PM, on Boss Radio 66!
I miss seeing Stephen Colbert, and I see a reason for late night hosts to be concerned. The longer the striking writers continue to walk the picket line, the tougher it’s going to be to get viewers back in the routine of watching late night shows. I don’t have a Spotify account, but if I did I’d listen to Strike Force Five.
https://youtu.be/fYc0QpQHA6o?si=gLqLCUe_p2MgUATX
“Wherever else you get your podcasts” isn’t correct, because if Strike Force Five were available on TuneIn, and it isn’t, I’d be able to embed a player here. Spotify doesn’t allow that, which is one reason why I don’t have a Spotify account.
The problem for striking writers and actors is the massive amount of content that’s available for streaming. For now, viewers aren’t feeling a loss of new programming.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/business/media/hollywood-strikes-old-shows.html
