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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 <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

#835

Money Talks: Chasing Ambulances on Wall Street

In this Money Talks: [Emily Peck] (https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck) interviews reporte... more

Yesterday

31 MINS

31:16

Yesterday


#834

Fabulous, Beautiful Debt

This week: The bond market continues to churn with yields spiking globally. [Felix Salmon]... more

26 Sep 2026

59 MINS

59:18

26 Sep 2026


#833

Avoiding the A.I. Apocalypse

This week: Everyone is talking about A.I. safety as OpenAI shares more alarming security b... more

19 Sep 2026

52 MINS

52:02

19 Sep 2026


#832

Money Talks: The Zero-sum Mistake

In this Money Talks: [Roy Swan] (https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/big-ideas... more

15 Sep 2026

33 MINS

33:49

15 Sep 2026


#831

The Private Equity Confidence Game

This week: The new book [Money to Burn] (https://williamcohan.com/books/release/money-to-b... more

12 Sep 2026

50 MINS

50:01

12 Sep 2026


#830

The $12.93 Billion Emoji Joke

This week: Nvidia joined Silicon Valley’s A.I. investment frenzy and bought Hugging Face f... more

05 Sep 2026

45 MINS

45:35

05 Sep 2026


#829

Money Talks: The Dinosaur Economy

One-hundred-million-year-old bones are so hot right now. In this Money Talks, [Felix Salmo... more

01 Sep 2026

36 MINS

36:12

01 Sep 2026


#828

Canadian Beef

This week: Meta settles with the U.S. states suing the company over teen safety concerns. ... more

29 Aug 2026

42 MINS

42:11

29 Aug 2026


#827

P(doom) and Other AI Questions

This week: the Slate Money hosts ask all their burning A.I. questions to someone who can a... more

22 Aug 2026

54 MINS

54:29

22 Aug 2026


#826

Money Talks: Do Childcare Subsidies Pay Off?

In this Money Talks: [Martha Gimble] (https://budgetlab.yale.edu/person/martha-gimbel) , t... more

18 Aug 2026

26 MINS

26:12

18 Aug 2026


#825

What the Shell?

This week: The Treasury Department announced it’s killing an anti-corruption measure that ... more

15 Aug 2026

44 MINS

44:03

15 Aug 2026


#824

The Unwanted Art Boom

This week: On the heels of his recent story on the glut of [art that baby boomers are leav... more

08 Aug 2026

55 MINS

55:02

08 Aug 2026


#823

Money Talks: Live from the Library of Mistakes

In this Money Talks: [Felix Salmon] (https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APo9WbueZ4A/felix-s... more

04 Aug 2026

42 MINS

42:39

04 Aug 2026


#822

Too Situationally Aware to Fail

This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and... more

01 Aug 2026

54 MINS

54:05

01 Aug 2026


#821

Explosive You-Know-What

This week: The term “explosive diarrhea” captured the nation's attention, turning all eyes... more

25 Jul 2026

46 MINS

46:49

25 Jul 2026