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Michael Calvey (on being wrongfully imprisoned in Russia)

2025/6/18
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Michael Calvey: 我在俄罗斯的经历非常复杂。我最初对俄罗斯的转型充满希望，并积极参与了该国的投资和发展。然而，我后来被卷入了一场商业纠纷，最终导致我被错误地监禁。在狱中，我亲眼目睹了俄罗斯司法系统的黑暗面和腐败现象。尽管如此，我仍然对俄罗斯人民抱有深厚的感情，并认为他们具有独特的文化和幽默感。我希望俄罗斯能够摆脱目前的困境，走向更加光明和繁荣的未来。我写这本书是为了记录我的经历，并反思我在俄罗斯所犯的错误。我也希望我的故事能够帮助其他人更好地了解俄罗斯，并避免重蹈我的覆辙。 Dax Shepard: 迈克尔的经历令人震惊，但也引人入胜。他的故事揭示了俄罗斯政治和商业环境的复杂性和危险性。同时，他的故事也展现了人性的光辉，以及在逆境中保持乐观和坚韧的重要性。我非常感谢迈克尔能够分享他的故事，并希望他的书能够引起人们对俄罗斯问题的更多关注。

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Dax Shepard and Michael Calvey discuss Calvey's background, including his upbringing in Oklahoma, his decision to pursue a career on Wall Street instead of politics, and his early experiences at Salomon Brothers, including the release of Michael Lewis's "Liar's Poker."
  • Calvey's upbringing in Oklahoma and his lack of an Oklahoma accent.
  • His initial interest in a political career.
  • His decision to work on Wall Street instead.
  • His experience at Salomon Brothers during the release of "Liar's Poker."

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Michael Calvey (Odyssey Moscow: One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State) is an investor, businessman, and author. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how the Soviet Union existed when he climbed the the matterhorn but had fallen by the time he came down, learning that contact lenses freeze inside one’s eyes in Russian temperatures, and being an early tech investor in the Russian during its big recession. Michael and Dax talk about his apartment being deliberately set on fire by rivals, being raided and arrested by armed men in the middle of the night, and feeling betrayed by believing so much in a country that wrongly imprisoned him. Michael explains discovering he had a malignant tumor in his leg while behind bars, what the average Russian citizen thinks of Putin, and why writing this book was both cathartic and cheaper than therapy.

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