William Cohan

Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World

• UNABRIDGED (30 hrs and 5 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By Rob Shapiro
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From the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Last Tycoons and House of Cards, a revelatory history of Goldman Sachs, the most dominant, feared, and controversial investment bank in the world. William D. Cohan has constructed a vivid narrative that looks behind the veil of secrecy to reveal how Goldman has become so profitable - and so powerful.

Why Wall Street Matters

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 14 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By Rob Shapiro
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William D. Cohan is no knee-jerk advocate for Wall Street and the big banks. He's one of America's most respected financial journalists and the progressive best-selling author of House of Cards. He has long been critical of the bad behavior that plagued much of Wall Street in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, and because he spent 17 years as an investment banker on Wall Street, he is an expert on its inner workings as well.

House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street

• UNABRIDGED (25 hrs and 16 mins)
• By William Cohan
• Narrated By Alan Sklar
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In March 2008, Bear Stearns, a swashbuckling 84-year-old financial institution, was forced to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase for an outrageously low price in a deal brokered by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who was desperately trying to prevent the impending catastrophic market crash. But mere months before, an industry-wide boom had "the Bear" clocking a record high stock price. How did a giant investment bank with $18 billion in cash on hand disappear in a mere 10 days?

The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co.

• UNABRIDGED (32 hrs and 46 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By Robertson Dean
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Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were the weapons of choice at Wall Street investment bank Lazard Frères & Co. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.

A Little-Known Accounting Change Could Have a Big Impact

• UNABRIDGED (7 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By Keith Sellon-Wright

A tsunami of change is coming to the regulations that govern corporate America, if President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress get their way.

"A Little-Known Accounting Change Could Have a Big Impact" is from the May 12, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by William D. Cohan and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co.

• ABRIDGED (9 hrs and 5 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By David Aaron Baker

Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were the weapons of choice at Wall Street investment bank Lazard Frères & Co. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.

Politics; Jay Wright; Omar Saif Ghobash

• ORIGINAL (52 mins)
• By Charlie Rose, Dennis Berman, David Leonhardt, and others

Tonight on the program, a preview of President Trump’s address to Congress with guest host Dennis Berman; David Leonhardt of the New York Times and William Cohan, special correspondent for Vanity Fair and author of Why Wall Street Matters.

We continue with Jay Wright, head basketball coach at Villanova.

conclude with Omar Saif Ghobash, ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia and author ofLetters to a Young Muslim.

Documents Open Curtain on Boardroom Drama at Valeant

• UNABRIDGED (6 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By Corey M. Snow

It’s rare to get a peek behind the corporate curtain and to catch a glimpse of the real-time deterioration of the relationship between an activist investor and the chief executive he had long supported. But thanks to a recently released report by the Senate Special Committee on Aging, we have been offered a front-row seat to witness how the billionaire hedge fund manager William A. Ackman turned on J. Michael Pearson, the chief executive of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, and replaced him with Joseph Papa in hopes that Valeant’s miserable fortunes could be turned around. It’s like watching a car crash.

"Documents Open Curtain on Boardroom Drama at Valeant" is from the December 29, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by William D. Cohan and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Ackman Admits Mistake, but Chipotle Bet Could Be Another

• UNABRIDGED (6 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By Fleet Cooper

"Ackman Admits Mistake, but Chipotle Bet Could Be Another" is from the November 18, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by William D. Cohan and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Brass Foundry Is Closing, but Debate Over Degas’ Work Goes On

• UNABRIDGED (9 mins)
• By William D. Cohan
• Narrated By Kristi Burns

"Brass Foundry Is Closing, but Debate Over Degas’ Work Goes On" is from the April 04, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by William D. Cohan and narrated by Kristi Burns.