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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Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Jerry Maguire
You had me at “naked Tom Cruise”
44 min
127
This Year, Give Cash
Rory Stewart makes the case why philanthropy should be cash-based.
44 min
128
Slate Money Travel: Maybe We Should Walk
Craig Mod on why walking is the best way to experience a place
28 min
129
The Big Crazy at OpenAI
Slate Money talks drama at OpenAI, the Binance plea deal, and Argentina’s new president
48 min
130
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Dumb Money
Hold this episode until it gets up to the moon
45 min
131
How Salt Built America
Author Ed Conway discusses the seemingly mundane materials that gave rise to civilizations
59 min
132
Slate Money Travel: Jet-setting Like A Journalist
Being a foreign correspondent has its share of exciting moments
30 min
133
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
134
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: The Insider
Blowing the whistle on Big Tobacco
49 min
135
The Crypto Crimes of Sam Bankman-Fried
SBF is guilty. Does he deserve 110 years in prison?
56 min
136
Why Dimes Shouldn’t Exist
Slate Money is a cashless podcast now
45 min
137
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: BlackBerry
Remember when it was cool to get email on your phone?
36 min
138
The Cable Sports Apocalypse
54 min
139
SBF (Sweaters, Birkenstock, FTX)
The Sam Bankman-Fried trial got a little wild this week.
52 min
140
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Barbie
Our capitalist/anti-capitalist queen
37 min
141
Is Ozempic Eating Into Snack Profits?
34 min
142
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
143
What is Your Face Worth?
Facial recognition is coming for us all, and society probably isn’t ready for it.
52 min
144
Slate Money Criminals: TheraNOPE
Elizabeth Holmes went from optimistic founder, to convicted criminal.
38 min
145
Old School Union, New School Strike
The UAW is trying tactics it’s never used before.
35 min
146
Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimiz...
Coco Krumme joins Slate Money to discuss the false promise of optimization.
37 min
147
Slate Money Criminals: The $5 Billion Fraud
Jho Low stole billions and funded a Leonardo DiCaprio movie.
38 min
148
You Better Not Be Working
Slate Money checks in on the status of work ahead of Labor Day
48 min
149
Twelve Ways to Help Fix the World
A book provides a dozen ways to help the world’s poorest people. Will they work?
46 min
150
Slate Money Criminals: John Ackah Blay-Miezah
This one goes out to anyone who has tried to help a prince get his money
43 min