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680. Should You Choose Passion or Money w/ Bill Keenan and Alfredo Barrios Jr.

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Why did the filmmakers change the title to Bull Run, and what does it reveal about Wall Street's risks?

Bill Keenan and Alfredo Barrios Jr. discuss their film Bull Run, exploring themes of passion versus money in careers, the existential crises in investment banking, and how the movie reflects generational shifts in workplace identity. The conversation delves into personal anecdotes, the adaptation process, and the film's cultural relevance amid AI and pandemic changes.

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A finance story that keeps asking what success is for.

Bill Keenan and Alfredo Barrios Jr. use Bull Run to follow a familiar modern trap: a former hockey player steps into investment banking looking for meaning, then finds that prestige can start to feel like a gilded cage.

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A former pro hockey player trades the rink for investment banking, and the story follows what happens when ambition starts looking like a gilded cage.

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