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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: A.I. Made to Fight Child Porn Ensnared an Innocent Dad
A father took a photo of his son for their doctor. He wound up being investigated by the police.
Guest: Kashmir Hill
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:58 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
How To!: Unbreak the News
About five or six years ago, host Amanda Ripley started noticing that her normal news diet left her feeling depleted and depressed. She tried mixing up her news habits, even avoiding it for awhile, b…
00:35:58 |
Tue 30 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: The Streaming TV Bloodbath
Shows are disappearing. Staff are getting axed. Is It greed, or necessary for the networks' survival?
Guest: Julia Alexander
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:57 |
Sun 28 Aug 2022
Slate Money: APE
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the Biden administration student loan debt forgiveness plan, the cancellation saga of Dan Price, and AMC’s “APE units”.
In the Plus…
00:45:59 |
Sat 27 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: The Hacker Blowing the Whistle on Twitter
Legendary hacker Peiter "Mudge" Zatko’s reputation in the cybersecurity world is unmatched. His allegations against Twitter’s security are all the more damning because of it.
Guest: Joseph Menn
Host:…
00:34:23 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: We're Expecting the Wrong Things From the CDC
There's no way to remove politics from public health.
Guest: Tim Requarth
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:55 |
Sun 21 Aug 2022
Slate Money: What is Flow?
This week, Felix Salmon, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Eric Newcomer to discuss his piece on Marc Andreessen’s surprising choice to back Adam Neumann’s new company Flow, the current VC landscape…
00:44:18 |
Sat 20 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: What All That Money for Green Tech in the Climate Bill Is Buying
The Inflation Reduction Act is spurring progress towards new climate technology that, at times, sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. Will it make a dent in the fight against climate …
00:26:51 |
Fri 19 Aug 2022
What Next: The Red States Punishing Green Businesses
State treasurers in red states have been banding together to punish companies that are trying to divest themselves from the fossil fuel industry. But it isn’t clear if, say, BlackRock needs West Virg…
00:24:09 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: Big Pharma’s Bet on Psychedelics
The psychedelic renaissance is here. But not everyone’s on board.
Guest: John Semley
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:25:30 |
Sun 14 Aug 2022
Slate Money: Digital Banks are Doomed
This week, Felix Salmon, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Edmund Lee of the New York Times to discuss why it’s so hard to understand what inflation actually is, why Goldman Sach’s Marcus and other …
00:56:44 |
Sat 13 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: Crypto Could Leave Texas in the Dark
Crypto mining is booming in Texas. Will the power grid be able to handle it?
Guest: Russell Gold
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:25:58 |
Fri 12 Aug 2022
What Next: The New Era of Child Labor
With an ongoing labor shortage, companies turn to third-party labor brokers to fill jobs. But with little oversight and a surge of immigrants, the line between “ recruiter” and “ trafficker” gets blu…
00:22:54 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: The Monkeypox Vaccine Monopoly
It makes intuitive sense for companies that develop a technology to hold its intellectual property rights. But in the case of vaccines and medical treatments, IP laws slow down manufacturing and dist…
00:27:45 |
Sun 07 Aug 2022
Slate Money: Not For Sale…Yet
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the merging of HBOMax and Discovery+, a new study on the effect of abortion restrictions on women’s wages, and people paying to be on…
00:36:41 |
Sat 06 Aug 2022
What Next TBD; The Homes We Forgot to Build a Decade Ago
The US has been in a housing shortage for decades. Can it ever be fixed?
Guest: Conor Dougherty
Host: Emily Peck
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00:27:33 |
Fri 05 Aug 2022
How To!: Be an Artist and Not Starve
Elaine picked up watercolor painting during her two year, cross country RV adventure with her family. She quickly fell in love with gorgeous nature scenes and found the creative process meditative an…
00:36:34 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
What Next TBD: The Dark Web of Online Spider Sales
Researchers have untangled a world of illicit trade that threatens ecosystems and endangers species.
Guest: Dr. Alice Hughes, Richard Stewart
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:21:40 |
Sun 31 Jul 2022
Slate Money: What Did Larry Say To Joe?
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the merits of the Inflation Reduction Act and Larry Summers’ role in moving it along, the low GDP numbers, and a listener question ab…
00:43:18 |
Sat 30 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Paging Dr. Bezos
In buying One Medical, Amazon is primed to be your doctor. Are they disrupting health care, or just collecting more data?
Guest: Rebecca Pifer
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:29:36 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
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