Podcast Episodes

What Next: TBD | Dupes!

There’s an entire economy devoted to seeing what products are trending—clothing, skin care, even Greek Islands—and delivering you a cheaper knock-off to buy. 

Guest: Mia Sato, reporter for The Verge

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Slate Money | DORKs Are Cool Again

This week: The redditors have found a fresh batch of meme stocks. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck examine the so called DORK stocks – Krispy Kreme (DNUT), Opendoor (OPEN), Rocket Mortg…

Published on 4 weeks ago

ICYMI | Calico Critters Are Beefing Thanks To TikTok

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay investigate the disappearance of SylvanianDrama. The creator behind the account gained millions of followers for role-playing salacious narratives with the fuzzy Calico C…

Published on 4 weeks ago

What Next: TBD | A Colbert Report

Was the Late Show too unprofitable, or too political?

Guest: Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and media analyst, Knight Chair, Journalism and Media Ethics, Washington & Lee University.

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Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Slate Money | Money Talks: Contemplations on Consumption

In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers is joined by Emily Mester to discuss her book American Bulk: Essays on Excess. They’ll get into the dopamine-driven appeal of haul videos and Costco, the comfort…

Published on 1 month ago

What Next: TBD | When Bots Go Nazi

It’s kind of strange that Grok, Elon Musk’s chatbot, went full Nazi a few weeks ago, and is just…still out there. But, then again, how are you supposed to hold an LLM accountable?

Guest: Drew Harwell…

Published on 1 month ago

Slate Money | Which Coke's For You?

This week: A judge has blocked a Biden era rule that would prevent medical debt from affecting credit scores. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss the logic behind the proposed rule…

Published on 1 month ago

ICYMI | “Gen-Z Stare” and the Log-In Epidemic

Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim parse through the annoying practice of logging in and downloading apps. From hiking in the woods to brushing our teeth, it seems like we can’t do anything online these da…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

What Next: TBD | When A.I. is Sycophantic

He started using ChatGPT to help with spreadsheets. But their relationship took a turn, and before long it was telling him he could leap off a 19-story building and fly.

Guest: Kashmir Hill, feature…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Slate Money | One Big BS Bill

This week: Trump's supersized “One Big Beautiful Bill” is now one big BS act. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers the economic ramifications of congress passing the controversial megabill. …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago