Kevin Roose, a writer at New York, has contributed to The New York Times, GQ and Esquire. His latest book is Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits.

"Google will give you away. I feel like one undercover book is all you get these days before the jig is up. ... Unless, like Barbara Ehrenreich, you legally change your name. I was not quite prepared to go that far."

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Show notes:@kevinroosekevinroose.comRoose on Longform[3:15] The Unlikely Disciple (Grand Central Publishing • 2010)[4:30] The Year of Living Biblically (A.J. Jacobs • Simon & Schuster • 2007)[16:45] Young Money (Grand Central Publishing • 2014)[30:15] Roose's New York Times archive[44:45] "Pursuing Self-Interest in Harmony with the Laws of the Universe and Contributing to Evolution is Universally Rewarded" (New York • Apr 2011)[54:00] "Go West, Young Bank Bro" (San Francisco • Feb 2014)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices