Simon, Tobi, and Vaughn are joined by Felix Salmon from the Slate Money podcast to discuss the 2015 film The Big Short. We look at how the film depicts the events of the housing market crash of 2008 and discuss what the films gets right and what it gets wrong. And stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out what Vaughn thinks about trading water as a commodity.
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Ellen Schrecker Interview - The Lost Promise
Favourite Films and End of Year Awards
Professional Wrestling in America
Politics - Rudy Giuliani, JFK Jr., and Big Bird
Richard Nixon on Film
Los Angeles on Film
Politics - Vaughn's Return and the American Hellscape
Chicago on Film
John F. Kennedy and Religion – with Patrick Lacroix
George Soros and Hedge Funds – with Sebastian Mallaby
Philadelphia on Film
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War - with Louis Menand
July 4th, Joe Biden and Patriotic Films
The Fairness Doctrine - With Victor Pickard
Boston on Film
New York on Film
Walter Cronkite
The New Conservatives - With Joshua Tait
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