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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
- 782
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Purple Reign | The Story of Manischewitz
How did an immigrant rabbi use modern technology to dominate the millenia-old market for matzoh? And how did an almost undrinkably sweet wine manage to become the taste of Judaism?
Podcast producti…
00:23:11 |
Fri 18 Dec 2020
Kingpins | The Business of Pinterest
Pinterest is an online destination frequented by crafty moms and brides-to-be. But former employees allege that its internal culture is far from woman-friendly.
Podcast production by Jess Miller an…
00:27:15 |
Fri 11 Dec 2020
The Tithes Are Turning | The GoFundMe Story
GoFundMe turned charitable giving into another form of social media. Should we be concerned that Silicon Valley is profiting off of our most selfless intentions?
Podcast production by Jess Miller, wi…
00:22:49 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Unforgiven | Wells Fargo
The name Wells Fargo conjures up images of old western stagecoaches and pioneers. But when scandal hit, was this feel-good history enough to deflect attention away from the bank’s present-day trouble…
00:33:37 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
The Shocking True Story of the National Enquirer
The National Enquirer played a large role in the 2016 election. Four years later, the paper has been merged with a company that sells corkscrews, umbrellas, and hand sanitizer, and its CEO has been o…
00:25:31 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Stroller Derby | UPPAbaby and the Battle for Sidewalk Supremacy
For certain parents, a stroller isn’t just a product—it’s a lifestyle signifier. For the past 100 years or so, one stroller brand at a time seems to reign supreme, until it’s dethroned by the next up…
00:22:46 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Mama Don’t Take My Kodak Loan Away
Eastman Kodak revolutionized amateur photography, but after failing to embrace digital, it fell on hard times. Then, a lifeline came in the form of a loan from the federal government--to make not cam…
00:31:11 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Brooks Brothers | A Button-Down Bankruptcy
For more than a century, Brooks Brothers defined fashion for a certain kind of east coast, American elite. It’s been the clothier to nearly every US president. So how did its madras start to bleed so…
00:20:46 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Overnight Billionaires | Airbnb
Airbnb transformed the experience of travel by turning ordinary neighborhoods into tourist destinations, and ordinary people into backdoor innkeepers. These people’s small businesses are the backbone…
00:37:56 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
Queasy Rider | The Uncertain Future of Harley-Davidson
There are few more iconic pieces of Americana than a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. But its singular Americanness - the thing that has kept the brand popular for decades - may now be a harbinger of its …
00:24:41 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Fly the Unfriendly Skies | The Story of Ryanair
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary says things about customers and competitors that you wouldn’t expect him to get away with -- but he does. He takes business risks that others wouldn’t dream of -- and they a…
00:21:43 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Croc of Ages | The Strange Staying Power of a Cheap, Ugly Clog
Crocs once teetered on the verge of total ruin, but after a long, bumpy journey, the instantly recognizable plastic clogs are back. The fact that people hate them may very well be what saved them.
Po…
00:22:33 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Boss Fights | Tim Sweeney, Epic Games, and the Quest to Slay the Mobile Duopoly
A lot has changed since we first reported on Epic Games and its smash hit, Fortnite. This week, we bring you new reporting on how the little start-up that changed the world of gaming could permanentl…
00:26:12 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
A Man for All Sazones | Bob Unanue and the Future of Goya Foods
Goya CEO Robert Unanue recently praised Donald Trump at the White House, resulting in a call to boycott Goya from the political left and endorsements from the political right. Did Unanue do this to j…
00:26:00 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
A Tuna Tale | Starkist, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, and the Sinking of Seafood Empires
A few years ago, the Department of Justice started looking into business practices in the canned tuna industry. What unfolded was a price fixing story so dark and disruptive, it threatened to upend a…
00:23:29 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Thinking Inside the Box | The Story of Domino’s
Its chief digital officer called it “an e-commerce company that sells pizza.” Tasters across the country once said its products tasted like cardboard. But by cornering the delivery business early on,…
00:24:44 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Kings of Consulting | McKinsey & Company
Since its founding in the 1920s, McKinsey has become the gold standard for management consulting. But as its business grew, so did America’s wealth gap. Is that a coincidence?
Podcast production by H…
00:34:48 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
The Fortnite Founder | Tim Sweeney and Epic Games
Epic Games changed the world of gaming with its smash hit, Fortnite. But for founder Tim Sweeney, Fortnite was a culmination of everything he had learned since he received his first computer at age 1…
00:21:37 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Swan Thong | The Rise and Fall of Victoria’s Secret
Although it’s known for making products for women, Victoria’s Secret was created as a shopping experience for men. It hit its stride in the 1990s, with stores in malls across America and a brand buil…
00:22:37 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
Sanity and Sanitizer | The Story of Purell
Before this pandemic, the story of Purell was mostly about innovation -- inventing something people needed before they realized they needed it. Now, it’s a story about something every business execut…
00:19:45 |
Fri 29 May 2020
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