Site became almost like a daily ritual. Without you, there is no us. Suki kim is the author of without you there is no us my time with the elite a memoir. It comes out in october you. Michael lewis talks about the rest of highfrequency traders in the start market and discusses how they manipulate the workings of the market with help of big banks to shortchange regular investors. This hourlong program is next on booktv. Thank you for coming. I wanted to start by explaining why it is i have the pleasure of interviewing michael this evening. [laughter] i, i have a theory, i have a grand, unified Michael Lewis theory, and i thought that we would start there. I havent heard it, id love to hear it. And im going to, this is going to be i would like to see whether you, whether you get the theory, so im going to give you an opportunity to answer. Youll see. The theory [laughter] the preamble to the theory is that you are principally a moralist. In fact, i believe you are americas leading nonfic
Take on what happened but also a look at the politics at the time that made the troops stay overseas in world war ii. Host lissa warren, you mentioned youre an acquiring editor. How long is the process of getting the book on the shelfs to the time you acquire it . Guest its just like having a baby, it takes about nine months from hand you script through the man you script, the copy editing process and then the cover design. I would have, at point, 20 children if i was having babies instead of publicizing books because ive been doing this for 20 books now. To write it, it usually takes a year or two, sometimes three if its a long book or one that requires a lot of research. They are pretty knee deep in evaluating copy edit suggestions that have been made. That can take several weeks. Occasionally a month or two, but we dont always have that long. We also need to keep books in the season that theyve been slotted, and so we have to keep the schedule, and the authors get some time with the
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[laughter] i, i have a theory, i have a grand, unified Michael Lewis theory, and i thought that we would start there. I havent heard it, id love to hear it. And im going to, this is going to be i would like to see whether you, whether you get the theory, so im going to give you an opportunity to answer. Youll see. The theory [laughter] the preamble to the theory is that you are principally a moralist. In fact, i believe you are americas leading nonfiction moralist. What do you mean by that . Well, you re someone whocc. And as proof, i would like to point out that in five of your bestsellingj a financial ark. Perfect. [laughter] okay, so, but flash boys is, its the most perfect biblicallal gory of all. Which one is it, do you know . No idea. [laughter] its jesus and the money changers this the temple. Ooh. My Fathers House is a place of prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves, jesus said. Flash boys [laughter] [applause] i was looking, i got the book, and i was, like, whe
Northeast Ohio native and Round Room Live Senior Producer Josh Blackburn is late for our call. Considering the conversation was going to be about Sesame Street Live! “Say Hello,” which comes to Cleveland for a show April 24 at Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State Theatre, odds are he was handling some backstage issue involving the beloved […]