Episode 81: Kevin Roose

Published: Feb. 26, 2014, 4:10 p.m.

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.\n\n"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."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@kevinroose\nkevinroose.com\nRoose on Longform\n[3:15] The Unlikely Disciple (Grand Central Publishing \u2022 2010)\n[4:30] The Year of Living Biblically (A.J. Jacobs \u2022 Simon & Schuster \u2022 2007)\n[16:45] Young Money (Grand Central Publishing \u2022 2014)\n[30:15] Roose's New York Times archive\n[44:45] "Pursuing Self-Interest in Harmony with the Laws of the Universe and Contributing to Evolution is Universally Rewarded" (New York \u2022 Apr 2011)\n[54:00] "Go West, Young Bank Bro" (San Francisco \u2022 Feb 2014)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices