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Slate Money | Money Talks: Selling The American...
Jane Marie joins Emily to deep dive on MLMs.
37 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Paid to Care: The Magic, a...
Nannies, home health aides, and other professional caregivers share the emotional and economic reality of being paid to care.
43 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Paid to Care: The Magic, a...
Nannies, home health aides, and other professional caregivers share the emotional and economic reality of being paid to care.
43 min
4
What Next TBD | Bitcoin Takes the White House
Cryptocurrency folks see the future, and with Trump returning to office, it looks like a giant pool of money.
20 min
5
Slate Money | The Business of Lively vs Baldoni
Blake Lively sues Justin Baldoni, net neutrality is over, and Mexico is sitting on too much tequila.
45 min
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What Next TBD | Musk vs. MAGA
Elon Musk and the base discovered their opinions on immigration are actually pretty far apart.
22 min
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Hang Up | Who Gets Christmas: The NFL or NBA?
The franchises are battling it out for who gets to be the main event while viewers open presents.
55 min
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What Next TBD | The Cost of Suicide Prevention ...
Is this the best way to address an urgent mental health crisis? The data isn’t there yet.
24 min
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Slate Money | The Truth Behind Donald Trump’s T...
Paul Krugman joins to talk us through tariffs, Biden’s economic legacy, and more.
45 min
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Slate Money | Money Talks: Can Math Really Crac...
Planet Money host Mary Childs joins Felix to discuss stock prices, the mathematics of investing, and the nature of the universe.
45 min
11
Slate Money | From Behind the Money: Why Northv...
The story behind the Swedish start-up’s ambitious rise and massive downfall
29 min
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What Next TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer
When everyone’s aiming for the same target, some convergence seems inevitable.
27 min
13
Slate Money | Who Elected Elon?
Elon Musk tweets away a bipartisan spending bill, Brazil’s economy is in trouble, and Starbucks and Amazon workers strike.
51 min
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What Next TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!
Everyone please calm down.
19 min
15
What Next | Can More Grocery Stores Fix Food De...
If you build it, they still might not come.
22 min
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What Next | How Trump Got ABC to Pay Up
With Disney’s backing they could’ve fought this—so why didn’t they?
26 min
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What Next TBD | The Surveillance State Trump Is...
Expanding surveillance under the guise of security is a bipartisan issue. Who will defend our rights?
21 min
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Slate Money: Why Netflix is Reducing Parental L...
Cryptobros are convinced they’re being targeted, Netflix walks back its generous parental leave, and Spotify is profitable and acting like it.
43 min
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What Next TBD | Elon Musk and Trump’s Shadow Tr...
Rich tech guys are finally having a say in how the world works.
23 min
20
Well, Now: Is Longer Life Really Possible?
A surgeon’s journey out of what he calls America’s “disease-care system.”
30 min
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Slate Money Talks: The Synapse Scandal
Hugh Son joins to explain the complicated mess left in the wake of a fintech failure and how users were left holding the bag.
32 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Betting on America: Two Ga...
In this episode, we talk to two men who gambled on the presidential election: “Mike,” a Latino Democrat who bet $10,000 on Kamala Harris winning, and Jordan, a white conservative who risked $60,000 on Trump's victory.
35 min
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What Next | Why United Healthcare Is Easy to Hate
Many Americans responded with scorn, not sympathy, to CEO Brian Thompson’s death.
23 min
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What Next TBD | Spotify Trapped
How to unwrap your musical taste from the algorithm
23 min
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Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses
The UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death has highlighted healthcare outrage, South Korea and France have government meltdowns, and headlights are too damn bright.
49 min