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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 785
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Slate Money: Behind Britain’s Bonkers Election
This week, Felix Salmon, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Shira Ovide, who writes the newsletter The Tech Friend for the Washington Post, and Peter Thal Larsen of Reuters, who demystifies the wacky…
00:48:26 |
Sat 06 Jul 2024
What Next TBD: Elon Says Have More Babies
The world’s population has never been bigger, and it’s still growing. but there’s a movement of “pronatalists” who see the slowing birth rate in wealthy, educated populations as a doomsday scenario i…
00:23:14 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
Decoder Ring: Stuffed Animals Gone Wild
Axolotls. Narwhals. Llamas. Sloths. Every few years, it seems like American kids and parents collectively decide they cannot get enough of a creature that makes teddy bears seem impossibly quaint. In…
00:40:23 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Hear Me Out: Federal Job Training Doesn’t Work
On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: get back to work.
When your job becomes obsolete, is it the government’s job to teach you to do something else?
That’s the theory behind federal workforce traini…
00:46:43 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
What Next TBD: Why Are IUDs Still a Mystery?
The story of IUDs is a story of technology, reproductive rights, shortcomings in communication about women’s health, and politics.
Guest: Mia Armstrong-Lopez, managing editor at ASU Media Enterpris…
00:25:52 |
Sun 30 Jun 2024
Slate Money: SCOTUS Cracks the Sackler Shield
This week, Slate Money goes to court. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss two big Supreme Court rulings: One that stripped government agencies of regulatory power, and another that…
00:51:05 |
Sat 29 Jun 2024
What Next TBD: Why Extreme Weather Keeps Surprising You
Saying any one storm or heat wave or weather in general was “caused by climate change” is tricky—summer is, after all, usually pretty hot, and storms happen. But researchers are working on a model th…
00:30:31 |
Fri 28 Jun 2024
Well, Now: Psychedelics' Long Strange Trip to the Doctor's Office
For years, psychiatrists have been researching new methods to help people with treatment-resistant mental illness. These include severe cases of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other …
00:42:24 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Money Talks: Does Anyone Need Cookbooks?
For this Money Talks, Felix Salmon chats with food writer, podcaster, and cookbook author Matt Rodbard about the latest trends in the culinary biz. They discuss the Korean restaurant craze, the rise …
00:28:21 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
What Next: Is the Apprentice Movie Fired?
The Apprentice, starring Captain America’s Sebastian Stan and Succession’s Jeremy Strong, was financed in part by the widely-loathed former-Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder. But after the movie…
00:25:46 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
How To!: Make Bank at a Yard Sale
How To!’s senior editor Joel Meyer recently experienced a yard sale fail and wants to know what went wrong. He spent hours planning and organizing the items on his lawn, but when it was all said and …
00:38:42 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
What Next TBD: Is Your Phone Tracking Your Driving?
As cars get smarter, automakers - with the help of third-party apps - are leveraging the new data they’re able to collect on people's driving habits to influence drivers’ insurance prices. The proble…
00:25:18 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Slate Money: McDonald's Fast Food Price War
Fast food prices are sky high, but chains will take losses to get you in the door. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the economics of a new value meal trend. Also: millennials’ a…
00:50:23 |
Sat 22 Jun 2024
What Next TBD: Amazon Wants Your Handprint
Amazon has installed digital palm readers at Whole Foods. The reader scans your palm, collecting biometric data, and links it to your credit card to pay for your groceries. What does exchanging vein …
00:23:10 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Well, Now: Meet Gwyneth Paltrow’s Mold Guy
Everyone knows the quality of the air we breathe directly affects our health.
As the summer rolls along and more people seek reprieve from the heat indoors, it’s important to be sure our indoor air …
00:47:31 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
What Next: What's Eating the Economy?
The American economy has gotten more consolidated and more reliant on algorithms—while also, according to most people, getting more expensive, slower, and worse. Is there some causality in this corre…
00:23:01 |
Mon 17 Jun 2024
What Next TBD: The FBI Made a Phone Network. It Was A Trap.
In 2021, one of the largest global law enforcement operations took place. It was all thanks to an encrypted phone service known as Anom, which was secretly run by the FBI.
The program was a wild su…
00:33:00 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Slate Money: Is Tesla Even a Good Car Company?
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Tesla shareholders’ overwhelming support of Musk’s pay package, the return of the GameStop meme stock influencer, and why Governor Ho…
00:44:50 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
What Next TBD: Apple Goes Intelligent
On Monday, Tim Cook announced Apple was getting into artificial intelligence. Is Apple about to do for A.I. what it did for personal computers and smartphones?
Guest: Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter …
00:24:43 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
What Next: Wait, Is JUUL Banned or Not?
Two years ago, the FDA announced it was banning JUUL nicotine vapes from sale in the U.S.—and then quickly announced it was holding off on the ban to allow for review. How did regulating ecigarettes …
00:25:45 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
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