What Michael Lewis has said about National Institute of Standards and Technology
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 4, 2026
Michael Lewis, American nonfiction author of Moneyball, The Big Short, The Fifth Risk and Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State, has been quoted on National Institute of Standards and Technology 2 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on October 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lewis says Maranghides warned that NIST's fire-science knowledge resides in only one person.
“And he says, like, that knowledge that we created, it's one person deep”
Pod Save America: Deep State Rebels v. Trump (with Michael Lewis) (Oct 4, 2026) · Listen from 22:35
Lewis argues the market performs poorly on public safety and government fills that role well.
“The market, especially with public safety stuff, the market is terrible. And the government does all this great stuff”
Pod Save America: Deep State Rebels v. Trump (with Michael Lewis) (Oct 4, 2026) · Listen from 23:46
Episodes
Deep State Rebels v. Trump (with Michael Lewis)Pod Save America · Oct 4, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Jon Lovett interviews author Michael Lewis about his book Blockers, on federal employees who resisted DOGE and the Trump administration's reshaping of government.
Michael Lewis on other topics
- United States federal civil service · 3 quotes
- Department of Government Efficiency · 2 quotes
- United States Institute of Peace · 2 quotes
- Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State · 1 quote
- Office of Personnel Management · 1 quote
- Internal Revenue Service · 1 quote
- Government fraud and waste · 1 quote
- Wildland–urban interface fires · 1 quote