Michael Lewis and Maya Talk “The Other Side of Change”

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Pushkin. [singing] Hey, everyone. It's me, Maya. I recently had the pleasure of launching my new book, The Other Side of Change, with literary royalty, Michael Lewis. Michael, it seems, knows only how to write bestsellers that also tend to get turned into big-budget movies like Moneyball, The Big Short, and The Blind Side. He's a star through and through. Needless to say, I was honored that he wanted to host this conversation. I've known Michael for over a decade, and so when we took our seats in front of a live audience in San Francisco, we immediately defaulted to our normal state when hanging