Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker, Moneyball) takes a searing look at what’s happened to fairness. It feels like there's less of it every day—whether it comes to lending practices, college admissions, professional sports, or psychological well-being. Who are the people trying to level the playing field, and are they making an impact? Lewis interviews referees (Season 1) and coaches (Season 2) from many walks of life, bringing his trademark insight and wry humor to their stories of (in)equality today. Sign up for email updates on Against the Rules and other shows from Pushkin Industries at pushkin.fm.
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 coach, but by data, and the techies who coach them. We see how data coaching is creeping into the workspace with a computerized conversation coach that has pinned the successful sales pitch down to a science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 2, 2020 • 00:42:04
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 get into college while rural, poor, and uncoached. We go deep with coaches and students at a non-profit called ScholarMatch, founded by novelist David Eggers, to find out just what it can take to get first-generation college students over the graduation finish line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 27, 2020 • 00:47:25
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”: Timothy Gallwey, author of the 1974 classic, “The Inner Game of Tennis.” We find out how mental skills coaches only need one coaching toolkit to work with everyone from New York City firefighters, youth softball players, professional musicians, and even writers with a podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2020 • 00:54:23
| Episode | Time | Released | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Be Good – Be Great | 00:49:51 | May 12, 2020 | |
| Against the Rules Presents: Michael Lewis in Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg | 00:37:08 | May 7, 2020 | |
| The Invisible Coach | 00:49:31 | May 5, 2020 | |
| Introducing Against the Rules Season 2 | 00:02:04 | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| Bonus Against the Rules: Help in a Crisis | 00:22:25 | Mar 25, 2020 | |
| Against the Rules Presents: Cautionary Tales | 00:38:04 | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| Bonus Live Episode: Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell | 00:57:37 | May 21, 2019 | |
| The Magic Shoebox | 00:57:09 | May 14, 2019 | |
| Baby Judge School | 00:43:25 | May 7, 2019 | |
| The Neutral | 00:42:49 | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| The Hand of Leonardo | 00:46:29 | Apr 23, 2019 | |
| The Alex Kogan Experience | 00:45:35 | Apr 16, 2019 | |
| The Seven Minute Rule | 00:49:33 | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| Ref, You Suck! | 00:40:50 | Apr 2, 2019 | |
| Introducing Against the Rules with Michael Lewis | 00:02:28 | Mar 21, 2019 |