Slate Money
A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.
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Antitrust, Boomer Style
The Money gang discusses Biden’s antitrust agenda, the state of work-from-home, and why oil prices are weathering the Middle East conflict.
39 min
27
Apple Maps is Finally Good
The Money crew chats about Boeing’s aircraft malfunctions, whether Apple Maps is finally better than Google, and Bitcoin’s ETF approval.
44 min
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Money Talks: Glossier’s Glamorous Girl Boss
Author and journalist Marisa Meltzer spills the tea on beauty entrepreneur Emily Weiss.
36 min
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Is Billionaire Charity a Sham?
Slate Money debates the value of philanthropy from the mega-rich, Joe Biden’s manufacturing push, and the private equity in healthcare.
44 min
30
America’s Boring Superweapon
Mundane bank protocols keep the world economy under the US thumb.
49 min
31
Our Surprisingly Great Year
Slate Money talks a strong year for the economy, the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger, and why more pedestrians are dying on the road.
45 min
32
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: This Is Spinal Tap
Slate Money turns it to 11 with music industry veteran Paula Scher
36 min
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Is Starbucks Still a Union Buster?
Slate Money talks the Fed’s falling interest rates, Starbucks’ labor woes, and star pitcher Shohei Ohtani’s lavish retirement plan.
41 min
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Slate Money Travel: Hotels That Don’t Rip You Off
Travel guru Pavia Rosati talks finding great hotels in the post-COVID age.
48 min
35
The War on Self-Checkouts
Slate Money talks high-tech Christmas shopping, airline mergers, and the podcast biz.
47 min
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Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Jerry Maguire
You had me at “naked Tom Cruise”
44 min
37
This Year, Give Cash
Rory Stewart makes the case why philanthropy should be cash-based.
44 min
38
Slate Money Travel: Maybe We Should Walk
Craig Mod on why walking is the best way to experience a place
28 min
39
The Big Crazy at OpenAI
Slate Money talks drama at OpenAI, the Binance plea deal, and Argentina’s new president
48 min
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Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Dumb Money
Hold this episode until it gets up to the moon
45 min
41
How Salt Built America
Author Ed Conway discusses the seemingly mundane materials that gave rise to civilizations
59 min
42
Slate Money Travel: Jet-setting Like A Journalist
Being a foreign correspondent has its share of exciting moments
30 min
43
The Bully of Bridgewater
Unraveling the myth of Wall Street legend Ray Dalio with author Rob Copeland. Plus the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and WeWork’s bankruptcy.
43 min
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Slate Money Goes to the Movies: The Insider
Blowing the whistle on Big Tobacco
49 min
45
The Crypto Crimes of Sam Bankman-Fried
SBF is guilty. Does he deserve 110 years in prison?
56 min
46
Why Dimes Shouldn’t Exist
Slate Money is a cashless podcast now
45 min
47
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: BlackBerry
Remember when it was cool to get email on your phone?
36 min
48
The Cable Sports Apocalypse
54 min
49
SBF (Sweaters, Birkenstock, FTX)
The Sam Bankman-Fried trial got a little wild this week.
52 min
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Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Barbie
Our capitalist/anti-capitalist queen
37 min