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#698

The Consequences of Getting on Europe’s Bad Side

This week: The US is weakening ties with its biggest ally while embracing an old enemy. [F... more

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#697

Money Talks: The Disappearing Databases

In this Money Talks: [Lizzie O’Leary] (https://slate.com/author/lizzie-oleary) , host of [... more

18 Feb 2025

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30:55

18 Feb 2025

#696

Is Bribery Back?

This week: Trump has signed an order suspending the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Pra... more

15 Feb 2025

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15 Feb 2025

#695

The Trade War That Never Was

This week: Trump almost started a trade war with our nearest neighbors. [Felix Salmon] (ht... more

08 Feb 2025

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08 Feb 2025

#694

Money Talks: Capitalism Extremists In the Trump 2.0 Era

In this Money Talks: Historian Quinn Slobodian’s 2023 book [Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Ra... more

04 Feb 2025

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04 Feb 2025

#693

The Federal Employee ‘Buyout’ Makes No Sense

This week: The Trump administration offered a resignation deal to millions of federal empl... more

01 Feb 2025

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01 Feb 2025

#692

Trump’s TikTok Backtrack

This week: Tiktok gets a stay of execution in America. [Felix Salmon] (https://www.axios.c... more

25 Jan 2025

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25 Jan 2025

#691

Money Talks: The Cost of Caring

In this Money Talks: When his intellectually disabled brother-in-law suddenly came under t... more

21 Jan 2025

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21 Jan 2025

#690

Oligarchy in the USA

This week: In his farewell address, President Biden warns of a looming oligarchy in Americ... more

18 Jan 2025

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18 Jan 2025

#689

The Dire Costs of the LA Fires

This week: Los Angeles continues to try and fight back its most devastating wildfire ever.... more

11 Jan 2025

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11 Jan 2025

#688

Money Talks: Selling The American Dream

In this Money Talks: Jane Marie has spent years reporting on the tangled web of multi-leve... more

07 Jan 2025

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07 Jan 2025

#687

The Business of Lively vs Baldoni

This week: The Lively/Baldoni PR war has become a legal battle. And it’s not just reputati... more

04 Jan 2025

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52:24

04 Jan 2025

#686

The Truth Behind Donald Trump’s Tariff Talk

This week: Paul Krugman may have ended his iconic New York Times column but he’s still goi... more

28 Dec 2024

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28 Dec 2024

#685

Money Talks: Can Math Really Crack the Stock Market? (Encore)

The “Fama–French model” is a Nobel laureate-designed tool for predicting the stock market.... more

24 Dec 2024

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24 Dec 2024

#684

From Behind the Money: Why Northvolt Failed to Become Europe’s Battery Champion

This week, we’re bringing you an episode from the FT’s [Behind the Money] (https://podcas... more

23 Dec 2024

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23 Dec 2024

#683

Who Elected Elon?

This week: Elon Musk posted enough misinformation on social media to get a bill blocked an... more

21 Dec 2024

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21 Dec 2024

#682

Why Netflix is Reducing Parental Leave

This week: Crypto companies are being debanked but they’re not the only ones. [Felix Salmo... more

14 Dec 2024

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14 Dec 2024

#681

Money Talks: The Synapse Scandal

In this Money Talks: The collapse of Synapse and resulting fallout highlights how regulato... more

10 Dec 2024

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