Colleges today talk a big game about valuing diversity — so why are so many of them failing to retain first-generation students?We meet a homeless straight-A track star and her ad-hoc college application coach to look at why it’s so hard to ge

The Invisible Coach

1 May 5th, 2020 44m 11s

Credit card companies are making billions of dollars off of people who don’t understand the rules of the money game. Can a good coach help level the playing field? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omn

The Magic Shoebox

May 14th, 2019 53m 34s

Where is a millisecond worth a million dollars? The New York Stock Exchange. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Seven Minute Rule

Apr 9th, 2019 45m 58s

The government protects us from some dangerous products, but not from others that, over time, ruin countless lives.Michael has started a Go Fund Me campaign to help Katie finally be free of her student loan burden. If you would like to contribu

The Data Coach

Jun 2nd, 2020 36m 44s

We explore the quantitative, scientific, and data-driven new frontier of coaching. Major League baseball is undergoing a coaching revolution from old-school to new tech. We talk to players whose careers were turned around not by a charismatic

Don't Be Good – Be Great

1 May 12th, 2020 44m 31s

Michael revisits his high school days in New Orleans to tell the story of Billy Fitzgerald, the baseball coach who changed his life; and makes the case for the old-school, tough- love coaching that many parents find hard to take these days. Le

Ref, You Suck!

Apr 2nd, 2019 37m 15s

Rage at referees is all the rage in professional sports. Michael Lewis visits a replay center that’s trying to do the impossible: adjudicate fairness. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/l

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REBROADCAST: The Hand of Leonardo

Apr 26th, 2022 49m 8s

Season Three of Against the Rules continues in this feed next Tuesday. In the meantime, Michael Lewis has an update on one of the most popular episodes from his first season, about a painting that may or may not have been done by Leonardo.If y

Episode 1: Six Levels Down

1 1 Apr 5th, 2022 43m 48s

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

Aim Higher

Jun 16th, 2020 44m 29s

Can everyone be coached — or are some people beyond help?The transformative power of coaching is put to the test as Michael enlists a coach to help him tackle his greatest fear. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw

Baby Judge School

May 7th, 2019 39m 49s

Judges now want us to know they’re human. But maybe we’d be better off if we didn’t know. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Premonition

May 4th, 2021 34m 2s

In this special bonus episode of Against the Rules, Michael Lewis reads a chapter from his new book about the pandemic, The Premonition —available now wherever books are sold. This episode includes the voice of Charity Dean, former Assistant Di

The Unfair Coach

Jun 9th, 2020 34m 28s

Back when coaching didn’t do very much, it didn’t matter who got it and who didn’t. But coaching is clearly getting better and better, and spreading into more areas of life, which means it matters a great deal who gets it and who does not. And

Judging Sam: Nishad Singh Takes the Stand

1 Oct 17th, 2023 11m 16s

It was supposed to be a quiet Monday in court, but it turned out to be everything but. Nishad Singh, a former top executive at FTX, and a close personal friend of the Bankman-Fried family took the stand. Lidia Jean calls Michael Lewis from cour

Episode 4: Respect the Polygon

Apr 19th, 2022 33m

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 nur

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Live Interview 5/19/21: Michael Lewis and Geraldine Brooks

Jun 16th, 2021 47m 21s

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks interviews Michael Lewis about his new book “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.” They also discuss how Michael started his writing career and why growing up in New Orleans made him a better story

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Against the Rules Presents: A Slight Change of Plans

May 27th, 2021 43m 3s

Michael Lewis speaks to his friend, the cognitive scientist Dr. Maya Shankar, about her new podcast, A Slight Change of Plans. They discuss Maya’s own life change, why she decided to make a podcast, and what science can teach humans about how w

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Presenting: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

Apr 6th, 2021 11m 46s

I’m hard at work on the next season of Against the Rules, coming this fall. Until then, I wanted to share a new audiobook from my good friend, Malcolm Gladwell. The Bomber Mafia looks at one of the greatest moral challenges of the Second World

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Against the Rules Presents: Deep Cover

Jul 21st, 2020 40m 23s

Against the Rules presents Deep Cover: The Drug Wars. Marijuana, motorcycles, and mayhem. Deep Cover is the true story of an FBI agent in Detroit who goes undercover in an outlaw motorcycle gang and makes a series of bizarre discoveries that in

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Against the Rules Presents: Cautionary Tales

Jun 18th, 2020 24m 32s

Listen to the first episode of the new Cautionary Tales mini-season where host Tim Harford asks: Why did audience members fail to flee a deadly fire... despite being told to escape?Flames are spreading through a Cincinnati hotel. The staff know

The Coach in Your Head

May 19th, 2020 49m 3s

Just about anyone today can call themselves a coach. Michael traces this trend back to its source and finds out that the secret to effective coaching lies not in retraining the body, but the mind.We meet the original guru of “the inner game”:

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Bonus Against the Rules: Help in a Crisis

Mar 25th, 2020 19m 4s

While working on the next season of Against the Rules coming later this spring, Michael Lewis has had some conversations that we didn’t want to hold. Conversations with people who are helping others through the Covid-19 crisis. We’ll hear from

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Live Episode: Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell

May 21st, 2019 54m 2s

Around the launch of Against the Rules, Michael spoke with his friend and co-producer, the author Malcolm Gladwell, at the 92Y in New York. Hear them talk about podcasting, referees, and the magic of “conversational delight.” Learn more about

The Alex Kogan Experience

Apr 16th, 2019 41m 59s

Everyone hates grammar and ethics cops. Until they need one. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judging Sam: The Sentencing

22 days ago 49m 46s

Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy. Michael Lewis and Lidia Jean Kott were there in court. They talk about what happened with Judging Sam’s legal expert, Rebecca Mermelstein, a fo