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EPISODE · Feb 26, 2014 · 57 MIN

Episode 81: Kevin Roose

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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." Thanks to TinyLetter for sponsoring this week's episode. Show notes: @kevinroose kevinroose.com Roose 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

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