Slate Money
A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.
Want more Slate Money? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit https://slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen.
76
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
77
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: This Is Spinal Tap
Slate Money turns it to 11 with music industry veteran Paula Scher
36 min
78
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
79
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
80
The War on Self-Checkouts
Slate Money talks high-tech Christmas shopping, airline mergers, and the podcast biz.
47 min
81
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Jerry Maguire
You had me at “naked Tom Cruise”
44 min
82
This Year, Give Cash
Rory Stewart makes the case why philanthropy should be cash-based.
44 min
83
Slate Money Travel: Maybe We Should Walk
Craig Mod on why walking is the best way to experience a place
28 min
84
The Big Crazy at OpenAI
Slate Money talks drama at OpenAI, the Binance plea deal, and Argentina’s new president
48 min
85
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Dumb Money
Hold this episode until it gets up to the moon
45 min
86
How Salt Built America
Author Ed Conway discusses the seemingly mundane materials that gave rise to civilizations
59 min
87
Slate Money Travel: Jet-setting Like A Journalist
Being a foreign correspondent has its share of exciting moments
30 min
88
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
89
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: The Insider
Blowing the whistle on Big Tobacco
49 min
90
The Crypto Crimes of Sam Bankman-Fried
SBF is guilty. Does he deserve 110 years in prison?
56 min
91
Why Dimes Shouldn’t Exist
Slate Money is a cashless podcast now
45 min
92
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: BlackBerry
Remember when it was cool to get email on your phone?
36 min
93
The Cable Sports Apocalypse
54 min
94
SBF (Sweaters, Birkenstock, FTX)
The Sam Bankman-Fried trial got a little wild this week.
52 min
95
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Barbie
Our capitalist/anti-capitalist queen
37 min
96
Is Ozempic Eating Into Snack Profits?
34 min
97
Delta Sky Miles vs The Two-Percent
When everyone has a positional good, it loses its value. Hence, the terrible state of VIP travel lounges.
48 min
98
What is Your Face Worth?
Facial recognition is coming for us all, and society probably isn’t ready for it.
52 min
99
Slate Money Criminals: TheraNOPE
Elizabeth Holmes went from optimistic founder, to convicted criminal.
38 min
100
Old School Union, New School Strike
The UAW is trying tactics it’s never used before.
35 min