The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees Cover
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The Antisocial Network The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

Ben Mezrich

Named a Best Book of the Year by New York Post! Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliate group of private investors and internet trolls on a subreddit called WallStreetBets took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the f...

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The hosts noted that the title was slated to become an MGM movie about the 2021 GameStop frenzy, even though it had not been written at the time of the recordings. They highlighted that it was being authored by the writer of the source material for "The Social Network," and mentioned it as an upcoming project rather than a finished work.

Episode: The Needle And The Doses Done

This book, which has not yet been written, will be the basis for an MGM film about the GameStop stock market events of 2021. It is being written by the author of the book that the movie "The Social Network" was based on.

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One is from MGM and it's based on a book called The Anti-Social Network that hasn't been written yet. It's by the guy who wrote the book, the social network was based on.

On with Kara Swisher

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The book was referenced in two episodes as the source material for the movie "Dumb Money" that dramatized the GameStop meme‑stock frenzy. In the Reddit CEO interview, the author introduced himself and the title, while in the Elon/Twitter discussion Kara Swisher described it as a Hollywood‑styled retelling of the tech‑focused story. Both mentions highlighted its relevance to the GameStop saga without offering a strong endorsement.

Episode: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on the IPO

Ben Meserick, the author of "The Anti-Social Network", which was adapted into the movie "Dumb Money", is mentioned in the context of the GameStop stock frenzy and the rise of WallStreetBets.

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Hi, I'm Ben Mesric, I'm the author of the Anti-Social Network, the book that was made into the movie Dumb Money.

Episode: How Elon Broke Twitter — and Twitter Broke Elon —...

It was mentioned as a book (later adapted into a movie) that focused on the meme stock phenomenon surrounding GameStop and other companies. It was described as a Hollywood-y version of the tech stories covered by tech reporters.

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Dumb Money, which was a movie that came out about the meme stock thing around GameStop and others.

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