mr. mezrich. i really enjoyed "sex on the moon," and i really enjoyed "bringing down the house," and i'm looking forward to "ugly americans." it should be interesting. i had a philosophical question for you about what you referred to as the gambling idea in wall street. i took a beating on lehman brothers, and my pension took a beating in the financial collapse, and i was sold lehman as the idea was 157-year-old or rock-solid company, not a casino. and i'm guessing, you know, you say you like to gamble. i wouldn't imagine that you'd take your parents' retirement fund to vegas to go gambling with. so if you could speak to the idea that these guys aren't gambling with their own money, they're gambling with money of vulnerable people. i'm in my late 50s, and my retirement fund has been beaten up by this whole thing. i know you're a happy guy, but i wonder you could respond to a serious question. >> guest: and i think it's a great question. you know what? i don't want to make it sound like people didn

mr. mezrich, what are your upcoming prompts and storylines? >> oh, well, that's a good question from michael. michael's in boston, right? i think i know michael. yeah, yeah, he's an incredible fashion designer who works, yeah, in boston. >> yeah, there's -- >> he wants me to tell secrets. i am working on a big, new project, but i'm not yet at liberty to say what it's about. it might be a female main character which would be very new for me. i've never written a female main character before. um, so if i write that book next, that will be it. but i'm not sure i'm going to write that book. i haven't really decided yet what my next book is. i'm also working on a couple television shows. i have a scripted show that i'm working on, and then i have a show, a really-type documentary show where i go inside stories every week which i've been working on sort of, like, you know how there's always macho guys on tv? i'm the opposite of that. so all those man v. wild, i'm the guy who doesn't succeed against the wild. [laughter] i go inside these stories -- i