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

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Cathy O’Neil is back! She joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Anna Szymanski to explain why COVID-19 models are confusing, talk about the media world’s big reckoning with its own racism, and the Ford Foundation’s new bonds plan.

In the Slate Plus segment: A tech startup that’s trying to detect women’s orgasm.

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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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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