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Get the latest from Slate Money and the entire Slate network's takes on the latest in the world of business and business news.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 786
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
What Next TBD: Inside Crypto's House of Cards
The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried marks the end of an era where crypto rose to dizzying, Super-Bowl-commercial heights. Where does the industry go from here?
Guest: Zeke Faux, investigative reporter f…
00:31:06 |
Sun 01 Oct 2023
What Next TBD: Who Will Pay For A COVID Vaccine?
After years of being a rare spot of universal, American-government-funded health care, this fall’s new COVID-19 vaccine is hitting the commercial market for the first time. So far, the rollout has be…
00:31:18 |
Sat 30 Sep 2023
Slate Money: Delta Sky Miles vs The Two-Percent
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are the two-percent! Well, not Emily, to be clear. They dig into what’s going on with all the changes to Delta Sky Miles, the newest lawsuit by the FTC …
00:52:03 |
Sat 30 Sep 2023
What Next TBD: Is Amazon a Monopoly?
Amazon evolved from a place to get cheap used books to the “everything store”—one encompassing warehouses, logistics and shipping.
But with the FTC now run by Lina Khan—who wrote the essay ‘Amazon’…
00:28:53 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
What Next: The Writer’s Strike Is Over: Who Won?
After five long months, the WGA and major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative agreement to end the strike—well, that one anyway. Who won what and where do the actors stand?
Guest: Michael Sch…
00:26:49 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
What Next TBD: What Instacart’s IPO Means for Tech
As other tech companies that rode the pandemic to success started sinking, Instacart managed to stay above water—they turned a profit and even made it to an IPO. But a stubbornly static stock price h…
00:26:26 |
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Slate Money: What is Your Face Worth?
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Kashmir Hill to talk about her new book, Your Face Belongs to Us. They dig into the way facial recognition technology is used in unexpecte…
00:55:40 |
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Political Gabfest: Who’s Winning The Autoworkers Strike?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the UAW autoworkers’ strike against the Big Three automakers, talk with Yoel Roth about social media trust and safety, and weigh teac…
01:01:24 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
ICYMI: Inside the MLM to Life Coach Pipeline
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by Jane Marie, the host of the award-winning podcast The Dream which recently released it’s highly-anticipated third season all about life coaches. The …
00:41:33 |
Wed 20 Sep 2023
What Next: The UAW Enters the Ring
Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off the line at Midwestern auto plants Friday, putting an exclamation mark on a summer where labor—from screenwriters to UPS drivers—flexed its …
00:27:45 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
How To!: Follow Your Small Business Dream
Sarah is a part-time pet groomer who dreams of opening up her own business. Having worked long hours for low wages, she can’t help thinking that she could earn more money and control her schedule if …
00:35:28 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Slate Money | Criminals: TheraNOPE
In this episode of the Criminals series, the gang talks with Rebecca Jarvis, host of “The Dropout” about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Who were the real victims of Holmes’ crimes? How did her lofty …
00:41:58 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
What Next TBD: Can Politicians Keep Kids Safe Online?
The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act has noble-sounding intentions, but has been called one of the most dangerous bills in years by the digital rights group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Gue…
00:30:41 |
Sat 16 Sep 2023
ICYMI: AI-Generated Books are Tarnishing Authors’ Reputations
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim are joined by Jane Friedman, author of The Business of Being a Writer and the publisher of Hot Sheet, a newsletter about the publishing industry. …
00:49:47 |
Sat 16 Sep 2023
Slate Money: Old School Union, New School Strike
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the auto workers strike and how the UAW is using some tactics it's never tried before. They’ll also get into how things went down wit…
00:38:54 |
Sat 16 Sep 2023
What Next TBD: Google Makes Its Case
A trial a decade in the making has started, as the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google and its unrivaled position as the top search engine begins. Is this the beginning of the gov…
00:32:59 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
ICYMI: The Orwellian World of Vintage Fast-Food Training Videos
On today’s show, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton are joined by Slate business and tech writer Nitish Pahwa to describe his recent piece on the deranged world of vintage fast-food training videos. In…
00:41:02 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Hear Me Out: It’s Time To End The Engagement Ring
On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… popping the question.
By The Knot’s estimates, we’re officially entering peak wedding season. And we know there are many, many controversial opinions we could tack…
00:32:17 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
ICYMI: Are Green Powders a Pyramid Scheme?
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice field a listener question about Bloom, the green powder nutrition company that’s popping up all over TikTok. They’re joined by health and wellness writer Juli…
00:52:16 |
Sat 09 Sep 2023
Slate Money - Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Coco Krumme to discuss her book Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization.
In the Plus segment: The story in Felix…
00:41:08 |
Sat 09 Sep 2023
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