![]() ![]() I'll just describe what happened, because I think the way I drifted into is the way that most parents drift into it. It's this thing that has arisen in the middle of American life. ML: I am totally on the other end of the scam, but I don't think of it as a conscious scam. You're on the other end of the scam this time, I feel like. You were a little scammed by the youth sports industrial complex. ![]() How did it feel writing and then recording about you and your family? You don't mince words. Playing to Win operates within that framework, but is a more personal story than some of your other writings. You've written a lot about what the layperson would call a scam of some form, and in particular how people set up certain financial systems to take advantage of others, or just to make money in general. His new Audible Original, Playing to Win, is a fantastic rumination on his own experience with youth travel sports, softball to be specific, and how these after-school leagues have become big business, with more than a few unintended consequences for everybody involved. Audible Editor Kyle Souza here, and I have the pleasure of sitting down with Michael Lewis, author of literary and Hollywood sensations like Moneyball and The Big Short, but also a dear friend of Audible. Note: Text has been edited and will not match audio exactly. ![]()
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