Podcast Episodes

Slate Money | ATM Scam Summer School

This week: We got more details on the ATM scam that swept New York City thanks to a teen summer job program and an infinite money glitch last month.  Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck di…

Published on 12 hours ago

ICYMI | ChatGPT Has Ruined the Em Dash

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay get into the war between em dashes and artificial intelligence. Back in 2024, what started as a developer question became an all-out grammar war, with the use of em dashe…

Published on 13 hours ago

What Next: TBD | The CDC Under Fire

Two weeks ago, a gunman fired over 500 bullets at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta. Between the anti-public health rhetoric coming from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the …

Published on 1 day, 14 hours ago

Slate Money | Money Talks: Fixing A Broken Monetary System

In this Money Talks:  Elizabeth Spiers is joined by professors Matt Sekerke and Steve H. Hanke, coauthors of Making Money Work: How to Rewrite the Rules of Our Financial System. They’ll lay out how t…

Published on 4 days, 12 hours ago

Slate Money | Money Travels: How Much Would You Pay to Not Wait in Line?

In this special episode of Slate Money Travels, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers discuss what extras are really worth paying for when you travel. Airlines, especially want to nickel and …

Published on 5 days, 14 hours ago

Down the Text-Scam Rabbit Hole

The scam du jour arrives via a text message, offering you a job. What happens when you accept?

Guest: Alex Sammon, Slate features writer. 

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Published on 6 days, 14 hours ago

Slate Money | Digital Cash. IRL Wrenches.

This week: Trump continues to involve himself in the operations of large US companies. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss this slide toward state capitalism, which seemingly goes …

Published on 1 week ago

What Next TBD | Trump Dips into NVIDIA’s Chips

Jensen Huang, cofounder of NVIDIA, finds himself president of a $4 trillion company, at the forefront of A.I. technology, and, consequently, something of an international diplomat, as he charms Presi…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

What Next: TBD | Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop

It’s hard to make money in the music industry. But if you could flood every streamer with hundreds of “original” songs without having to, you know, write or produce it yourself, there’s money there—a…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Clickbait?

On today’s episode, hosts Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate staff writer Aymann Ismail to discuss the controversial YouTube channel, Jubilee. A video of political commentator Mehdi Has…

Published on 2 weeks ago