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About the Show

A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Anna Szymanski.

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“Good News Is Good News” Territory

Slate Money talks Facebook ads, ESG investing, and the latest jobs report.

Get a Beer and COVID-19

Slate Money talks states reopening and reclosing, visas, and Wirecard.

Modern Monetary Theory

Professor Stephanie Kelton joins Slate Money to talk Modern Monetary Theory.

Good Science/Crap Science

Cathy O’Neil is back to talk COVID-19 models, the big media reckoning and The Ford Foundation.

Systemic Interventions

Stacy-Marie Ishmael joins the hosts to talk about the May jobs report, Black Lives Matter, and reparations.

Financial Therapy

Amanda Clayman joins the hosts to answer listener questions around finance and emotion.

The Facebook Pandemic

The Slate Money hosts talk vaccines, Facebook and work from home pay.

Seamless Is a Verb

A possible Grubhub-Uber merger, the threat to day care, and some unanswered questions from a recent Facebook Live event.

Cities and the Coronavirus

Richard Florida joins Slate Money to talk about how COVID-19 behaves in urban areas.

The Other Problem With Food Waste

Austin Bryniarski on the war on food waste.

How Is Boeing OK?

The Slate Money hosts talk reopening, big business amid COVID-19, and GDP.

Is the Future of Food Impossible?

Tad Friend on alternative meats.

Why Are Republicans Being So Mean?

The Slate Money hosts talk oil prices, PPP, and stimulus checks.

Eating the Whole Farm

Dan Barber of Blue Hill on sustainable food systems.

Giant Money Gun

The Slate Money hosts talk PPP, Amazon, and dividends.

The Reservations Game

Felix Salmon talks to Marissa Conrad about restaurant reservations.

Too Big to Be Small

The Slate Money hosts talk “the Bayesian crisis,” the Fed’s newest lending program, and the stock market surge

Racism, Capitalism, and Big Macs

Felix Salmon talks to Marcia Chatelain about fast food franchises and food deserts in African American communities.

Banana Disruptions

Slate Money talks about small business loans, the toilet paper shortage, and Trump’s market-moving oil tweet.

Paying Rent in a Crisis

A COVID-19 update from the hosts of Slate Money.