Making Money, Making Law, and Making Television

On today’s show: ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein talk about “The Wall Street Money Machine,” their Pulitzer Prize-winning series that examines how some hedge funds and banks worsened the financial crisis while making a hefty profit for themselves. Peter Mountford talks about his debut novel, A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism. A legal scholar explains what we can learn about justice from the plays of William Shakespeare. Plus, “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator Phil Rosenthal discusses his documentary about developing a Russian version of his hit sitcom.