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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
- 787
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
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
ICYMI: What is "Hitting the Strip"?
On today’s show: more scams! Rachelle is joined by Daily Beast entertainment editor and former Slatester Allegra Frank; the two discuss the launch and social media rollout of the new multi-level mark…
00:34:15 |
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Decoder Ring: The Mall is Dead (Long Live the Mall)
What do we lose if we lose the mall? 70 years into their existence, these hulking temples to commerce are surprisingly resilient and filled with contradictions. In this episode, Alexandra Lange, the …
00:43:25 |
Tue 26 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Smart City: Dumb Idea?
Toronto’s Quayside project is a telling example of how smart cities have failed. Could it also show how to make them better?
Guest: Ben Green, Jennifer Keesmaat
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:28:19 |
Sun 24 Jul 2022
Slate Money: There Shouldn’t Be So Many Yachts
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical, the complications of start-ups offering loans to employees against their stock options, and Evan…
00:46:26 |
Sat 23 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Europe Is Burning
The continent's deadly heat wave is only the tip of the melting iceberg.
Guest: Henry Grabar
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:07 |
Fri 22 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Silicon Valley's Hidden Discrimination
Thenmozhi Soundararajan was scheduled to give a talk at Google for Dalit History Month. It led to vicious attacks against her from some of its employees.
Guest: Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Host: Lizzie O…
00:24:15 |
Sun 17 Jul 2022
Slate Money: Multibillionaire Toddler
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Elon Musk vs Twitter, the big banks getting big texting fines, and the ethically questionable academic study funded by Uber.
In the…
00:50:13 |
Sat 16 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Can Twitter Sue Elon Musk Into Submission?
Dysfunction is nothing new to Twitter. But Elon Musk pulling his offer to buy the company adds a new layer of chaos.
Guest: Alex Kantrowitz
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:28:33 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Paxlovid's Mysteries
There's still a lot unknown about COVID's new wonder drug.
Guest: Rachel Gutman-Wei
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:25:26 |
Sun 10 Jul 2022
Slate Money: Them's The Breaks
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss this week’s good jobs report versus the bad economic vibes, Boris Johnson’s ousting as Prime Minister, and the stark decline in the q…
00:50:34 |
Sat 09 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Can FEMA Keep Up With Climate Change?
Climate change is causing unprecedented severe weather. Is the agency prepared for it to get worse?
Guest: Craig Fugate and Ashley Nerbovig
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:48 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: The Good Hackers
According to the Justice Department, there’s a right way — and a wrong way — to be a hacker.
Guest: Josephine Wolff
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:24:37 |
Sun 03 Jul 2022
ICYMI: Daily Harvest Is Crumbling
In the past month, customers of the meal delivery service Daily Harvest have been suffering from gastrointestinal distress after eating the company’s French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, and some have even…
00:30:16 |
Sat 02 Jul 2022
Slate Money: RIP Coupons
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the repercussions of states banning abortions, Lydia DePillis’ piece in The New York Times about the decline of coupons, and the artw…
00:39:59 |
Sat 02 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers
Social media makes mental health information accessible. But it's not a perfect solution.
Guest: Lindsay Lee Wallace
Host: Mary C. Curtis
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00:29:14 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
What Next TBD: Does Crypto Investment Need to Be Regulated?
Fidelity made headlines when they announced you could invest your retirement savings in Bitcoin. Then the crypto market crashed.
Guest: Anthony Lee Zhang
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:21:11 |
Sun 26 Jun 2022
What Next TBD: Can the Law Keep Up With the Internet?
The openness of the internet is its greatest strength. Or a glaring weakness, depending on who you ask. Does something need to change?
Guest: Jared Schroeder
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:23:31 |
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Slate Money: Bubblicious Crypto
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the Fed raising interest rates by 75 basis points, the crypto crash, and Revlon filing for bankruptcy.
In the Plus segment: Kraken …
00:48:40 |
Sat 18 Jun 2022
What Next TBD: Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
She wanted to be an icon for working women. What went wrong?
Guest: Sheera Frenkel
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:28:31 |
Sun 12 Jun 2022
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