EPISODE · Aug 4, 2023 · 28 MIN
#358 - Ben McKenzie on EASY MONEY
from The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals · host Trey Elling
Austin native & actor Ben McKenzie chats with Trey Elling about EASY MONEY: CRYPTOCURRENCY, CASINO CAPITALISM, AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF FRAUD. Topics include: Finally releasing a book that was nearly two years in the making (1:00) How "The Emperor's New Clothes" & cannabis inspired the book (1:43) What clued him in on crypto as a scam (3:32) Being a skeptic in a sea of crypto hysteria at SXSW 2022 (5:32) Visiting the largest crypto mining facility in the US (10:02) Seeing the effects of El Salvador making Bitcoin a legal tender (14:55) Interviewing Sam Bankman-Fried in the summer of 2022 (19:22) A surprising aspect of the SBF/FTX/Alameda takedown (21:30) Ben testifying in front of the Senate Banking Committee (22:58) Is he considering a film adaptation? (24:30) What he loves about his hometown of Austin, TX (26:37)
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