{"podcast":{"title":"Remember Shuffle","slug":"remember-shuffle-5585594","podcast_index_feed_id":5585594,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/746c0164/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://twitter.com/RememberShuffle","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/19432353/19432353-1670009780857-f8df3b2069b4b.jpg","author":"Remember Shuffle","episode_count":125,"summary":"Remember the 2000s? A podcast about the dumbest decade in western history. So dumb most of it passed right through us without leaving us anything to think about, until now! We look at the most popular movies, subcultures, political movements, books, and video games of the decade and wonder what made them so popular to audiences in the 2000s, and how their legacy can still be seen today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T14:18:45.904510+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-5585594"},"episode":{"title":"The Big Short E118: Short Kings | The Great Recession Part 2","slug":"the-big-short-e118-short-kings","published_at":"2026-05-09T13:36:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-5585594/the-big-short-e118-short-kings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-5585594","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/remembershuffle/episodes/The-Big-Short-E118-Short-Kings--The-Great-Recession-Part-2-e3j4fj4","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/746c0164/podcast/play/119733284/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-9%2F8e5de858-4fe6-6aa1-a426-d1d4b241f399.mp3","summary":"In episode two of their ongoing series on The Great Recession, the Shuffle Bois turn to the folks who profited from the collapse of the housing market, as described and immortalized in Michael Lewis' book \"The Big Short\" and its 2015 film adaptation. After describing the major characters of this story, they then turn to a plot summary of the film, peppering in some digressions on 2000s culture and the nature of sub prime lending companies. Then, as always, they turn to their themes and big ideas, including the enrichment of the contemptible and the noxious social effects of Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy. Check out our website to search for episodes at: ⁠remembershuffle.com⁠ ⁠ Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. And be sure to check out our ⁠Patreon⁠ ! Bibliography: Bethany McLean and Joseph Nocera, All the Devils are Here (New York: Penguin), 2011 Gregory Zuckerman The Greatest Trade Ever Made (New York: Crown Business), 2010 Michael Lewis, The Big Short (San Francisco: Hyperink), 2012","meta_description":"In episode two of their ongoing series on The Great Recession, the Shuffle Bois turn to the folks who profited from the collapse of the housing market, as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5255,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/remember-shuffle-5585594/episodes/the-big-short-e118-short-kings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-5585594/the-big-short-e118-short-kings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}