Slate Money is obsessed with Succession , HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family. So, every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous night’s episode with spoiler-filled glee. To kick us off after a long wait for season 3, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by The New Yorker's Rebecca Mead to talk about her piece, " The Real C.E.O of 'Succession '", how sorry we should feel for the Roy "children," and the mic drop ending of season 2. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth...
Oct 11, 2021•38 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael are joined by Robin Wigglesworth to talk about his new book Trillions . They get into active investing, what’s going on with Tether, and the art company Masterworks. In the Plus segment: Snacks. Mentioned In the show: “ Why Masterworks is worth $1 billion ” by Felix Salmon “ Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions? ” by Zeke Faux “ Former Pepsi C.E.O. Indra Nooyi on the Truth of Corporate Responsibility ” by David Marchese “ You’re snacking more ...
Oct 09, 2021•50 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael are joined by Max Chafkin to talk about his new book The Contrarian . They get into the life and drama of Peter Thiel, insider trading, and the Ozy Media scandal. In the Plus segment: What will Peter Thiel do with all his money? Mentioned in the show: “ Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong ” by Ben Smith “ Most Americans Today Believe the Stock Market is Rigged, and They’re Right ” by Liam Vaughan Email:...
Oct 02, 2021•57 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about the precarious position of the huge Chinese real-estate company Evergrande, the debt ceiling and revolving door of tax policies, and the foreign policy dustup over submarines. In the Plus segment: Corruption in the Treasury Department. Mentioned In the show: “ Understanding Evergrande, the Chinese Real Estate Conglomerate That’s Nearing Collapse ,”by Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway for Bloomberg’s Oddlots Axios Capital Newsl...
Sep 25, 2021•40 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about vaccine mandates and the spread of vaccine misinformation (ahem, Nicki Minaj), the New York magazine piece on delivery workers in New York City, and the Treasury Department’s report on U.S. child care. In the Plus segment: The crypto carry trade. Mentioned In The Show: “ Revolt of the Delivery Workers ,” by Josh Dzieza for New York Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Shortages in the Child Care System “ Wh...
Sep 18, 2021•45 min
Historian and author Adam Tooze joins Felix Salmon and Emily Peck to talk about his new book Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Econom y and his Substack piece on the sanctions on Afghanistan. In the Plus segment: Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @EmilyRPeck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 11, 2021•47 min
Joseph Bernstein of Buzzfeed News joins to talk about his Harper’s cover story on antidisinformation , the big OnlyFans porn debacle, and the rise of shoplifted items being sold on Amazon. In the Plus segment: Renaissance Technologies. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @EmilyRPeck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 04, 2021•47 min
Eliot Brown of the Wall Street Journal joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael to talk about his book The Cult of We about the wild rise of WeWork under its eccentric founder Adam Neumann, attempting to answer their many questions such as, “Why?”. They talk blitzscaling, founder control, and why we keep giving white men with good hair so much money. In the Plus segment: Unpublished tidbits from Eliot’s book. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitt...
Aug 28, 2021•44 min
This week, cryptocurrency expert Maya Zehavi joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael to answer all their questions about the world of crypto. (And they have a lot.) In the Plus segment: CBDCs. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @s_m_i , @EmilyRPeck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 21, 2021•56 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss the effects of the Delta variant, rising gas prices, and the rise of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ fintech. In the Plus segment: Mr. White Hat. Mentioned in the Show: “ How the Pandemic Now Ends ’,” by Ed Yong for the Atlantic “ Biden’s OPEC Plea Is Really Directed at Anxious Drivers ,” by Liam Denning for Bloomberg “ How Sweden Became the Silicon Valley of Europe ,” by Colm Fulton and Supantha Mukherjee for Reuters Email: slatemoney@sla...
Aug 14, 2021•53 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. For the final episode of the season, author and Slate Money favorite, Taffy Brodesser-Akner returns to talk about Sense and Sensibility ….and, in a major plot twist, the JLo vehicle Maid in Manhattan ! They’ll discuss what these two films could possibly have in common, the villainization of gold diggers, and why Emily felt Sense and Se...
Aug 10, 2021•48 min
This week, Felix Salmon and Stacy-Marie Ishmael are joined by their fellow finance-blogging alum, Cardiff Garcia. Cardiff sheds some light on the current situation in Cuba, they discuss skewed incentives in investment banking, and the state of bookselling. In the Plus segment: The Fed chair decision. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @s_m_i Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 07, 2021•45 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Mary Childs of Planet Money joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, adapted by David Mamet from his play of the same name. They discuss toxic masculinity in the workplace, short-termism, and why this film kept Mary up all night. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @...
Aug 03, 2021•53 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, are joined by Cezary Podkul of ProPublica to talk about his in-depth article on unemployment insurance fraud , Robinhood’s IPO and ambitions of being a “super app,” and everything that’s going on with private companies in China and the stock market in Hong Kong. In the Plus segment: Payment for order flow. Mentioned in the show: “ How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic ” by Cezary Podkul for ProPublica “ U.S. SEC says Chinese IPO hopefu...
Jul 31, 2021•53 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Ben Smith, media columnist for The New York Times , joins Emily and Felix to discuss the urtext of business-themed movies, Orson Welles’ 1941 film Citizen Kane. They discuss Charles Foster Kane’s real life counterpart William Randolph Hearst, the portrayal of Jewish characters in the 1940s, and how much (or little) the media industry h...
Jul 27, 2021•44 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss the billionaire space race we saw this week, Johnson & Johnson’s “Texas two-step” plan, and two big workplace issues -- expenses and meetings. In the Plus segment: Private markets. Mentioned in the show: “ Are You a Bezos? ” by Jacob Bernstein for the New York Times “ Emergency Skin ” by N. K. Jemisin ‘ Just Expense It’ is Corporate Speak for ‘Our Policies Assume You’re Rich ’ by Stacy-Marie Ishmael for Fortune . “ Nasdaq G...
Jul 24, 2021•40 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Dodai Stewart of The New York Times joins Emily and Felix to discuss the stunning winner of the 2020 Best Picture Oscar, Parasite . They discuss class solidarity (or lack thereof), how the film’s themes translate to America, and why only the rich can afford luxuries like planning, trust and using all their senses. Email: slatemoney@sla...
Jul 20, 2021•52 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss the inflation spike, Felix’s favorite solution to the deadly deer problem , and Netflix getting into video games. In the Plus segment: French pastry. Mentioned in the show: “ How Do You Measure Inflation? ” on The Indicator by Planet Money “ How to Solve America’s Wild Deer Problem? Eat Them ” by Frank Hyman for the Wall Street Journal “ The Market Solution to the Deer Problem ” by Felix Salmon for Axios Email: slatemoney@slate...
Jul 17, 2021•41 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Michael Bierut, graphic designer and self-described “recovering Ayn Rand fan”, joins Felix and Emily to discuss the 1949 film adaptation of The Fountainhead . They cover the film’s remarkable architecture, the clunky, long-winded dialogue, and its surprising watchability--despite Ayn Rand’s insistence on controlling everything. Email: ...
Jul 13, 2021•47 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss Biden’s wide reaching new executive order, regulatory arbitrage in fintech, and China’s crackdown on Didi. In the Plus segment: The four-day work week. Mentioned in the show: “ Owning Chinese Companies Is Complicated ,” by Matt Levine for Bloomberg. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @EmilyRPeck , @s_m_i Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 10, 2021•52 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Katherine Bell, Editor in Chief of Quartz, joins to talk about The Hudsucker Proxy . They discuss the heightened depiction of corporate culture, circles, and yet another female reporter character who sleeps with her source. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @EmilyRPeck Hosted on ...
Jul 06, 2021•40 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss Robinhood’s FINRA fine, the use and longevity of concrete following the tragic collapse of a Miami condo building, and AirBnB’s secretive (and well-funded) violent crime cover-ups. In the Plus segment: Krispy Kreme. Mentioned in the show: “ Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares Go Away ,” by Olivia Carville “ Convenience > Compassion ,” by Framing “ No, You Can’t Recycle a Bowling Ball (But People Sure Ke...
Jul 03, 2021•56 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Shane Ferro, former economics journalist and current public defender, stops by to talk about how Magic Mike is a film about the gig economy and the precarity of freelance work in a post Great Recession world. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @EmilyRPeck Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Jun 29, 2021•45 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss the apparently abusive conservatorship of Britney Spears, the failures of COVAX and worldwide vaccine distribution, and Peter Thiel’s shocking Roth IRA. In the Plus segment: Small businesses in the pandemic. Mentioned in the show: “ The Darker Story Just Outside the Lens of Framing Britney Spears ,” by Sara Luterman for the New Republic “ A Beautiful Idea: How COVAX Has Fallen Short ,” by Ann Danaiya Usher for the Lancet Email:...
Jun 26, 2021•51 min
Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies. Joanne Lipman, author and journalist, joins to talk about the 2005 film Thank You For Smoking. They discuss the terrible trope of female reporters sleeping with their sources, The Marlboro Man, and “moral flexibility.” Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Twitter: @felixsalmon , @EmilyRPeck Hosted on Acast...
Jun 22, 2021•52 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss Lina Khan and tech antitrust, Anna Wiener ’s New Yorker piece on Silicon Valley , and the New York Times investigation into working at Amazon . In the Plus segment: MacKenzie Scott gives again. Mentioned in the show: “ The Separation of Platforms and Commerce ,” by Lina M. Khan for the Columbia Law Review “ Does Tech Need a New Narrative ,” by Anna Wiener for the New Yorker “ The Amazon That Customers Don’t See ,” by Jodi Kanto...
Jun 19, 2021•49 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about the ProPublica report on the tax returns of US billionaires, how Uber prices are changing and what it means, and the consequences of Bitcoin becoming legal tender in El Salvador. In the Plus segment: UI fraud. Mentioned in the show: “ The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ” by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel for ProPublica “ We Ran the Treasury Depar...
Jun 12, 2021•50 min
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about AMC’s meme stock moment and the pros and cons of working from home. Then, Charles Duhigg of the New Yorker and Slate’s How To! podcast, joins to talk about his recent article on Chamath Palihapitiya . In the Plus segment: The latest Jobs Report. Mentioned in the show: “ Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home ,” by Anders Melin and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou for Bloomberg “ Commuting is Psychological Tortur...
Jun 05, 2021•52 min
Joe Weisenthal of Bloomberg joins Slate Money to talk about his take on inflation , Exxon’s new activist investors, and Amazon buying MGM. In the Plus segment: Joe on the importance of semiconductors. Mentioned in the show: " It’s Time to Talk About Something and Inflation Isn’t the Right Word for it ,” by Joe Weisenthal for Bloomberg “ What Scaremongering About Inflation Gets Wrong ,” by Rebecca L. Spang for the Washington Post " Daniela Gabor on the Critical Case Against Private Sector ESG ,” ...
May 29, 2021•49 min
Edmund Lee of the New York Times joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael to talk about AT&T's massive WarnerMedia-Discovery merger, this week’s Bitcoin crash, and burnout. In the Plus segment: Future media merger speculation. Mentioned in the show: “ U.S. Telecoms Decide Focusing on Pipes Isn’t So Dumb After All ,” by Nic Fildes, Anna Nicolaou ,and Sujeet Indap for the Financial Times “‘ Why the Bitcoin Crash Was a Big Win for Cryptocurrencies ,” by Jim Bianco for Bloomberg “...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 1 min
