Slate Money

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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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Nerd EGOT

Slate Money talks Janet Yellen, Simon & Schuster, and United Way Worldwide.

“Dear Jay” Letter

Slate Money talks Steve Mnuchin, Affirm, DoorDash and Airbnb.

Self-Loathing Postmodern Hypebeasts

Jacob Weisberg joins the hosts to discuss Pfizer’s vaccine, Megaphone, and Supreme.

The Fiscal Genie

Slate Money talks the election, the Ant IPO, and Visa.

All Policies Are Economic Policies

Slate Money talks the Trump economy, dual interest rates, and Chewy.

Little Googlettes

Slate Money talks Google, Quibi, and Purdue Pharma.

Comfortable Pants Auction

Slate Money talks Vista Investment Group, performance reviews, and auctions.

China’s Gilded Age

Professor Yuen Yuen Ang joins the podcast to discuss corruption in all its forms.

Razzle-Dazzle to Juke the Algos

Slate Money talks Trump’s taxes, Coinbase, and spoofing.

Who’s Exercising?

Slate Money talks money laundering, getting COVID-19, and the exercise industry.

Ban Facebook

Slate Money talks Snowflake, Facebook, and the NVIDIA-Arm merger.

Ironic Normcore Trifles

Ben Schott joins Slate Money to talk Citigroup, workplace breeder wars, and “blands.”

Ecomagination

Slate Money on the U.S. labor market, Steve Mnuchin, and GE.

Rolling Dice

Slate Money talks monetary policy, direct listings, and Felix’s dice game.

Finders Keepers

Slate Money on the USPS, retail in the pandemic, and Citigroups’s big blunder.

Y/N/FU

Edmund Lee joins to talk about Fortnite, statistics, and Sumner Redstone.

The Riches of This Land

Jim Tankersley visits to talk about his book on America’s middle class.

The Salmon Legacy

Thomas Harding on the unusual financial history of the Salmon family.

The Bad Pac-Man

Lee Buchheit and Mitu Gulati return to discuss emerging markets and COVID-19.

Ghosting the News

Margaret Sullivan joins to talk about the decline of local news.