39 episodes
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis Pushkin
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- Society & Culture
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4.5 • 8.8K Ratings
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Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis takes a searing look at what’s happened to fairness in American life through the lens of people who depend on public trust. After exploring what’s happened to referees and coaches, the third season of Against the Rules tackles what’s happened to our trust in experts and expertise. An expert has probably saved your life more than once. So why is it so hard to judge who the real experts are? And why, once we’ve found them, do we struggle to listen to what experts have to say? In this season, we meet oceanographers and baseball writers, nurses and former gang members — people who don’t have a lot in common but the mixed blessing of their expertise.
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Episode 1: Six Levels Down
Athenahealth was just another healthcare provider facing the biggest problem US doctors face: not treating patients, but getting insurance companies to pay their bills. But then the company figured out how to fix the problem, by recognizing an overlooked expert toiling in the hospital basement.
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Episode 2: The Art of the Untold Story
Why can’t we see the experts right in front of us, even when they're saving our lives? Maybe it's because the specialized knowledge of many experts defies good storytelling. We hear from a nonprofit trying to elevate the esoteric work of government experts, and we hear from one of their nominees. His work has changed the survival prospects for many lost at sea, but even those survivors have never heard his name.
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Episode 3: Field of Ignorance
The right kind of expert, at the right time, can change everything. While working as a security guard at a pork-and-beans cannery in Kansas, Bill James started writing about baseball. But writing about it through the poetry of statistical analysis. It took a long time, but James's way of looking at the game changed more than just baseball.
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Episode 4: Respect the Polygon
Experts know more now than ever before. And we’re more critical of them than ever before, too. But one kind of expert really gets us riled up: the type who deals in probabilities. We hear from meteorologists, political forecasters, and even nurses about why calculating the odds is so hard, and why we all suffer the deadly consequences as a result.
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Episode 5: The Sanchez Problem
There’s one kind of expert whose role is enshrined in law: that of the expert witness, who’s called on to bolster one side of a case. But courtrooms are not great places for nuance. Overconfident expert testimony has been linked to countless wrongful convictions, especially in gang-related cases. Michael speaks with a new kind of expert witness: former gang members who struggle to counteract the testimony of police.If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm.
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Episode 6: The Overconfidence Game
In which several people, including Rebecca Solnit, Katty Kay, and Maria Konnikova, help Michael understand the not-so-secret power of men to offer themselves up as experts, when they clearly are not.
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Customer Reviews
White Collar Crime
I was mesmerized by this episode…so much I’d love to take the presenter’s class!
At the risk of joining the chorus on SBF, the presenter emphasized the clumsy, messiness of the FTX operation, suggesting one perspective is that a group of smart youngsters just didn’t do their homework and should be forgiven.
Hmmm let’s not forget that SBF was raised amidst dinner parties given by his two Stanford Law Professor parents attended by other members of the law school faculty. Later, his father was an active partner in FTX, even collaborating closely with his son in Nassau. Today he’s had the fortunate opportunity to be living with his attorneys!
The idea that SBF and his cohorts innocently wandered into the jungle without a clue lacks credibility.
Michael’s Great Voice
I was blown away by Michael’s voice when the song was sang! I think this episode showcases Michael’s bravery, the sounds he made while practicing with Eric is less then flattering & didn’t reveal the underlying talent. I have no before Eric voice to consider, but this episode equally displayed Eric’s incredible gift of coaching.
I really like the two seasons I’ve listened to so far. The only thing, it seems like a lot of wisdom is imparted on the listener without a sense of finality. I like a pretty little bow when listening to a series, & so far, I haven’t seen it with this podcast.
Another Lewis Hit
I’ve been a Michael Lewis fan for years. This podcast contains all the same elements that make his books such fun and informative reads. Big fan. Thank you for doing this Michael as this series is informative and something I look forward to.
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