Podcasts about new third world

Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss the growing debt crisis in the Global South and the need for forgiveness and system change. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-uxyjIFqi4o&feature=youtu.be You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

Famed author and commentator Michael Lewis is on the show today.  He’s the author of a number of smash hits including The Big Short, Moneyball, Flash Boys, Liar's Poker, The Blind Side, and more. He shares his feelings on the financial crisis, the performance of the current administration, some needed changes needed in college athletics and more.  He also teases an upcoming podcast project he is working on and plans to release later this year. Danny breaks down the decision of Gary Cohn to leave the President’s economic council and upcoming changes to Dodd-Frank, while Ira provides an update on Harvey Weinstein’s pending legal situation. For more episodes go to BailStreet.com Follow Bail Street on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Follow Danny Moses on Twitter @dmoses34 Follow Mathew Passy on Twitter @mathewpassy   Links Referenced Goldman-Backed Circle Agrees to Buy Crypto Exchange Poloniex Liar's Poker The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World Michael Lewis on Fresh Air Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds   Show Notes 1:00 – Changes in Washington, specifically Gary Cohn stepping down             2:49 – Goldman-Backed Circle Agrees to Buy Crypto Exchange Poloniex 3:27 – Changes to Dodd-Frank 6:11 – Welcome to the show Michael Lewis             Liar's Poker             The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story             The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine             Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt 6:38 – When Michael met Ira 8:16 – Sergey Aleynikov – Michael Lewis connection 9:43 – Why the financial crisis didn’t lead to a lot of arrests             11:58 – Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World 16:04 – Michael’s take on the current administration and why the agency heads make him nervous             19:27 – Michael Lewis on Fresh Air 21:20 – Is Wall Street still running wild? 24:32 – NCAA and the latest round of violations and how it’s unfair to the student athletes 29:23 – Books that could be turned into movies for Michael             Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life (Will Farrell interested)             The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds             Flash Boys – Sony doesn’t think there are Asian actors to work on it 34:04 – Reforming the bail system 35:30 – Latest on Harvey Weinstein and the fight for jurisdiction in his case 36:30 – Future guest for BailStreet   Learn More For more episodes go to BailStreet.com Follow Bail Street on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Follow Danny Moses on Twitter @dmoses34 Follow Mathew Passy on Twitter @mathewpassy

Neal Rothschild is the founder of Rooster, a 6-minute daily podcast that updates you on all the news you need to know. Neal just launched Rooster at the beginning of this year and it was great to interview a founder just getting started on a really promising startup. Neal initially came up with the idea while walking back and forth to the school he was teaching at in Romania. Before Rooster, Neal was also a journalist with pieces published in the New York Times and USA Today.  listen on itunes listen on stitcher In this episode we cover: Why he decided audio is the most effective and efficient way to get information? How he landed on the name Rooster? Why critical feedback is the best feedback?  What the process is like producing a daily podcast? How he stays on top of all the news in the world? Hint: Twitter lists Neal’s Idols in New Media:  Ira Glass, This American Life Alex Blumberg, Gimlet Media Bill Simmons, The Ringer Deadspin.com Gawker.com Neal’s Favorite Books:  Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson  Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heinemann A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers The Goldfinch: A Novel by Donna Tartt

Originally aired October 2011 As the two countries play a high stakes game of chicken, it's a good time to see what Greece and Germany looked like in the aftermath of the global crash. Who better to be our tour guide than best-selling author MICHAEL LEWIS? Lewis's book, BOOMERANG: Travels in the New Third World is made up of articles originally published in Vanity Fair and picks up where 2010's THE BIG SHORT left off. Governments are the focus of this book. Mostly because they have taken on the bad debts of the too-big-to-fail banks, so now they are themselves at risk. Now politics and culture become much more important as to how they will deal with that risk. The book also profiles Ireland, Iceland, and California. Both Ira Glass and Malcolm Gladwell say today's guest is their favorite storyteller. In his books and magazine articles, Lewis writes about sports, business, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, political campaigns, fatherhood. Stuff that matters to a lot of people. He's smart and he has a sense of humor. Once a trader at Salomon Brothers, he wrote his first best-seller, LIAR'S POKER about the excesses of Wall Street during the 1980s. He continues to write about that world with his last two books, a column for Bloomberg, and articles in Vanity Fair. We also talk about the twisted path taken to get MONEYBALL into movie theatres.

Aired 10/16/11 Both Ira Glass and Malcolm Gladwell say today's guest is their favorite storyteller. In his books and magazine articles, Lewis writes about sports, business, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, political campaigns, fatherhood. Stuff that matters to a lot of people. He's smart and he has a sense of humor. Lewis was a trader at Salomon Brothers before he wrote his first best-seller, LIAR'S POKER about the excesses of Wall Street during the 1980s. He continues to write about that world with his last two books, a column for Bloomberg, and articles in Vanity Fair. His newest book BOOMERANG: Travels in the New Third World is made up of articles originally published in Vanity Fair and picks up where 2010's THE BIG SHORT left off. What happens after the meltdown of 07-08? Governments are the focus of this book. Mostly because they have taken on the bad debts of the too big to fail banks, so now they are themselves at risk. Now politics and culture become much more important as to how they will deal with that risk. Then there's the story of California which as a state ran up unsustainable debts during a series of bubbles and can't raise the taxes to pay for them. We'll also talk about the twisted path taken to get MONEYBALL into theatres. The film based on his 2003 book is now a popular and critical success. MICHAEL LEWIS received a BA in art history from Princeton University and a Masters in economics from the London School of Economics. He contributes to bloomberg.com and Vanity Fair. His other books include The Blind Side, Panic, The New New Thing, and Home Game.