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How Neoliberalism Scammed America
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by legal scholar Mehrsa Baradaran, author of The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Will New DEA Rules Light Up the Weed Business?
This week: A new DEA designation for cannabis means high times for pot smokers, but what about the industry? Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth …
1 year, 10 months ago
Money Talks: How to Get Fit Like the 1%
Too busy running the rat race to…run? Former Wall Street Journal fitness columnist Jen Murphy has some advice. She chats with host Emily Peck about m…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Rich People Restaurant Crisis
Correction, April 29, 2024: In the audio of this podcast, Emily Peck originally misstated that the FTC sued to block the Penguin Random House–Simon a…
1 year, 11 months ago
Tesla’s Toxic Relationship With Musk
This week: Elon Musk wants his colossal, court-blocked pay package, and Tesla’s board wants to give it to him. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabet…
1 year, 11 months ago
Money Talks: Felix Wins His Crypto Bet
Five years ago, tech investor Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz bet our own Felix Salmon a 100-year-old bottle of wine that 10% of Americans would …
1 year, 11 months ago
Why America’s Internet Sucks
This week, Slate Money hacks the mainframe! Washington Post tech writer Shira Ovide joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers to discuss w…
1 year, 11 months ago
EVs Need a Charge-Up
This week: Americans are less revved up about EVs. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss if Elon Musk’s mischief has played a role i…
1 year, 11 months ago
Money Talks: How to Escape the Invisible Factory
For this edition of Money Talks: Are you feeling trapped in Zoom/Teams/Slack purgatory? Author Cal Newport’s book Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of …
1 year, 11 months ago
How Do You Bribe a President? Meme Stocks.
This week: Truth Social is the latest meme stock, and buying it could win favor with a president. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers disc…
1 year, 11 months ago