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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 and Emily Peck.

Hosts

  • Emily Peck is a veteran journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at national outlets like HuffPost, the Wall Street Journal, and the American Lawyer.

  • Felix Salmon is a host of the Slate Money podcast.

Expendable Men

Slate Money talks billionaires in space, Johnson & Johnson, and work issues.

Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Parasite

Slate Money covers the 2019 Oscar winning film.

Normalize Venison

Slate Money talks inflation, venison, and video games.

Slate Money Goes to the Movies: The Fountainhead

Breaking down the 1949 Ayn Rand adaptation.

Compliance Is a Journey

Slate Money talks Biden’s executive order, fintech compliance, and Chinese regulations.

Slate Money Goes to the Movies: The Hudsucker Proxy

Katherine Bell joins to talk about the 1994 Coen brothers movie.

Everything Is Concrete

Slate Money talks Robinhood, concrete, and AirBnB.

Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Magic Mike

This male-stripper movie is actually a disquisition on modern capitalism.

Free Britney!

Slate Money talks conservatorships, COVAX, and Peter Thiel.

Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Thank You for Smoking

Joanne Lipman joins to talk about the 2005 satire.

Hipster Antitrust

Slate Money talks Lina Khan, Silicon Valley, and Amazon.

The Weirdo Camp

Slate Money talks billionaire taxes, Uber, and Bitcoin.

Are SPACs Scams?

Slate Money talks AMC, WFH, and SPACs.

Win-Lose

Joe Weisenthal joins to talk inflation, Exxon, and Amazon/MGM.

Male Mass Hysteria

Edmund Lee joins to discuss AT&T’s big merger, crypto, and burnout.

The Blackmail Episode

Brad Stone joins to talk about ransomware and his new book on Jeff Bezos and Amazon.

Having Children Is Hard

Slate money talks the jobs report and birth rates, the Gates divorce, and Facebook bans.

Protection Money

Slate Money talks Big Tech, Basecamp, and the car market.

The Not So Super League

Peter Thal Larsen joins to talk Super League, Greensill, and COVID.

Wood-Pulp-Based Media

Michael Bierut joins to talk Coinbase, Madoff, vaccine passports, and print media.