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The Smartest Guys in the Room

Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind · 2003

Mentioned 6 times across 6 podcasts · 2018–2025

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Mention timeline6 mentions

20182025

Where it's mentioned

2025

#818: John Arnold with Dr. Peter Attia — The Greatest Energy Trader of All Time on Lessons Learned, Walking Away from Wall Street, and Reinventing Philanthropy

The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2025 · 42:25

“i mean i remember reading the book the smartest guys in the room two thousand six or whenever it came out and being like completely fixated on this thing ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s

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2023

Rapid Response: Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, with co-authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean

Masters of Scale · Nov 2023 · 4:11

“bethany was co author of the smartest guys in the room the definitive enron book ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s

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This Hedge Fund Manager Got Away With Insider Trading… Then Made Billions

My First Million · Oct 2023 · 47:51

“this is why there's a book called the smartest guys in the room because apparently everyone was like oh they'll be fine ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

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2022

Enron

Acquired · Nov 2022 · 6:23

“you read the smartest guys in the room right by bethany mclean yep ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

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2020

#85 Bethany McLean: Crafting a Narrative

The Knowledge Project · Jun 2020 · 1:53

“which was the smartest guys in the room ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s

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2018

Bethany McLean - Business Gone Bad and the Art of Persistence - [Invest Like the Best, EP.96]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Jul 2018 · 2:13

“from enron which became the famous book and documentary the smartest guys in the room ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

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