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Slate Money
by Slate Podcasts · English
A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.Want more Slate Money? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit https://slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Money Talks: Policy That Fights P(doom)
AI risk and policy, focusing on misaligned incentives, “permission architecture” failures, privacy/security gaps, and why regulation may be reactive.
10 Nov 2026 · 36m · 19 chaptersPolitical Ad Splurge
The episode examines (1) why political ad spending in the midterms hit record levels and whether it changes election outcomes, (2) how election results affected markets—especially AI/data-center…
7 Nov 2026 · 57m · 25 chaptersANT, Man
The episode’s main focus is Anthropic’s IPO filing (ticker ANT) and what it signals for the AI market, plus a rapid-fire roundup of other business shocks: the collapse of law firm Weil Gotshal &…
31 Oct 2026 · 44m · 12 chaptersMoney Talks: Is it Time To Panic About A.I. Yet?
The episode debates whether investors and the public should “panic” about AI-driven cybersecurity threats and how the White House and lawmakers are responding.
27 Oct 2026 · 43m · 13 chaptersThe A.I. Billionaire Class
How “AI billionaires” are reshaping corporate control and politics: Meta’s plan to issue non-voting shares to avoid dilution while funding expensive AI, Elon Musk’s proposal to merge SpaceX and Tesla…
24 Oct 2026 · 41m · 15 chaptersBanana Prices Stay Sane
Why banana prices have stayed unusually steady despite rising costs and broader inflation; plus discussion of Meta’s agentic AI assistant “Muse,” and a viral Kelly Clarkson incident at a Brooklyn…
17 Oct 2026 · 50m · 22 chaptersThe Specter of Puerto Rico’s Debt
Bankruptcy-style restructuring of Puerto Rico’s debt under PROMESA, and what it teaches about future U.S. state/municipal crises.
13 Oct 2026 · 43m · 19 chaptersDiscoDance
The episode centers on (1) the Skydance-Paramount-Warner merger branding and its debt-driven business risks, (2) consumer confidence and European protests in France and Spain as symptoms of a…
10 Oct 2026 · 56m · 21 chaptersThe Personal Finance-sode
Personal finance fundamentals for retail investors: budgeting (including zero-based budgeting), how often to check investments, rent vs buy and housing affordability, and how to think about market…
3 Oct 2026 · 47m · 21 chaptersMoney Talks: Chasing Ambulances on Wall Street
Investigative discussion of how “consumer legal advances” (cash advances to injured plaintiffs) and securitization let Wall Street profit from personal injury lawsuits, potentially creating…
29 Sep 2026 · 31m · 14 chaptersFabulous, Beautiful Debt
The history and modern meaning of government bonds, arguing that debt is both liability and asset, and assessing today’s bond-market selloff (yields rising) without focusing on imminent defaults.
26 Sep 2026 · 59m · 18 chaptersAvoiding the A.I. Apocalypse
The episode debates AI existential risk (“P-doom”) versus more immediate, practical dangers (especially cybersecurity and economic disruption), then shifts to a surprise Fed rate hike, and finally…
19 Sep 2026 · 52m · 20 chaptersMoney Talks: The Zero-sum Mistake
Roy Swan’s book Positive Sum argues that zero-sum thinking (where someone must lose for others to win) has distorted capitalism, politics, and business incentives.
15 Sep 2026 · 34m · 14 chaptersThe Private Equity Confidence Game
Private equity’s “confidence game” risk, using Apollo (and its insurance arm Athene) as the example; how leverage and unregulated bank-like structures could trigger runs; and how Leon Black’s…
12 Sep 2026 · 50m · 23 chaptersThe $12.93 Billion Emoji Joke
The episode connects AI-driven wealth creation and M&A to soaring real-estate and bond yields, then pivots to prediction-market regulation (Kalshi vs.
5 Sep 2026 · 46m · 13 chaptersMoney Talks: The Dinosaur Economy
Felix Salmon interviews Sal Aran about the economics of dinosaur fossils, framed as a “new” market with “old” objects.
1 Sep 2026 · 36m · 9 chaptersCanadian Beef
Slate Money discusses (1) Meta’s $17–$18B settlement with states over alleged teen social-media addiction and the resulting Instagram/Facebook restrictions, (2) the U.S.-Canada tariff fight tied to…
29 Aug 2026 · 42m · 16 chaptersP(doom) and Other AI Questions
The episode is a wide-ranging AI business and risk discussion: whether current AI counts as “intelligence,” how model “tooling” (agents/harnesses) changes capabilities, what to make of “P-doom”…
22 Aug 2026 · 54m · 12 chaptersMoney Talks: Do Childcare Subsidies Pay Off?
Whether federal childcare subsidies “pay off,” and which subsidy designs most increase maternal employment and enrollment, using a general-equilibrium model that accounts for provider supply, wages,…
18 Aug 2026 · 26m · 14 chaptersWhat the Shell?
The episode examines (1) the U.S. beneficial-ownership reporting rules for shell companies—why Treasury is scrapping/pausing them and what that means for anti-corruption enforcement—and (2) “shells”…
15 Aug 2026 · 44m · 17 chaptersThe Unwanted Art Boom
“The Unwanted Art Boom” argues that a coming “great art transfer” from boomers to heirs will create a glut of hard-to-sell, low-demand “stuff,” because tastes shift and museums/galleries can’t absorb…
8 Aug 2026 · 55m · 19 chaptersMoney Talks: Live from the Library of Mistakes
A live discussion at Edinburgh’s Library of Mistakes on sovereign debt—why countries default or restructure, why “countries can’t go bust” is wrong, and how politics, inflation, and refinancing…
4 Aug 2026 · 42m · 11 chaptersToo Situationally Aware to Fail
The implosion of Leopold Aschenbrenner’s leveraged AI hedge fund (“situational awareness”), debated as either a targeted “pain trade” by rivals or a normal unwind; plus crack spreads and oil refining…
1 Aug 2026 · 54m · 23 chaptersExplosive You-Know-What
Branding the phrase “explosive diarrhea” to drive attention to a cyclospora foodborne outbreak; then a “Tariff Watch” update on new Trump tariffs and their legal/financial rationale; plus a segment…
25 Jul 2026 · 47m · 21 chaptersWe use cookies.They keep VO running smoothly and help us improve it. Privacy policy