Slate Money podcast

Slate Money

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.

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.

 

#795

Trade or Treason?

This week: Just minutes before Trump posted about talks with Iran, oil markets saw a flurr... more

28 Mar 2026

46 MINS

46:50

28 Mar 2026


#794

Money On Film: Spirited Away

Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries! Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Fel... more

27 Mar 2026

29 MINS

29:05

27 Mar 2026


#793

Money On Film: Materialists

Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries! Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Fel... more

24 Mar 2026

27 MINS

27:04

24 Mar 2026


#792

Are the Billionaires Smothering HBO?

This week: The war in Iran has caused a dramatic spike in global oil prices. [Felix Salmon... more

21 Mar 2026

47 MINS

47:32

21 Mar 2026


#791

Money On Film: Margin Call

Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries! Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Fel... more

20 Mar 2026

27 MINS

27:47

20 Mar 2026


#790

Money Talks: Boilerplate Land Mines

In this Money Talks: UVA law professor [Mitu Gulati] (https://www.law.virginia.edu/faculty... more

17 Mar 2026

41 MINS

41:00

17 Mar 2026


#789

A.I. Is a Hyperobject

This week: We summoned technologist and journalist [Paul Ford] (https://ftrain.com/) to an... more

14 Mar 2026

48 MINS

48:01

14 Mar 2026


#788

The Burger CEOs Are Beefing

This week: The U.S. started a war in Iran. [Felix Salmon] (https://bsky.app/profile/did:pl... more

07 Mar 2026

40 MINS

40:45

07 Mar 2026


#787

Money Talks: ‘Industry’ Insanity

In this Money Talks: [Emily Peck] (https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck) is joined by Slate... more

03 Mar 2026

40 MINS

40:57

03 Mar 2026


#786

Permanent Temporary Tariff Regime

This week: We saw the fallout from the Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump’s tariffs were in... more

28 Feb 2026

46 MINS

46:00

28 Feb 2026


#785

Planet Money In Book Form!

This week: Beloved NPR podcast Planet Money is now a book too! Author and Planet Money con... more

21 Feb 2026

44 MINS

44:16

21 Feb 2026


#784

Money Talks: The Business of Black Markets

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

17 Feb 2026

29 MINS

29:01

17 Feb 2026


#783

100 More Years of Google

This week: Alphabet announced a rare 100-year bond issuance. [Felix Salmon] (https://bsky.... more

14 Feb 2026

41 MINS

41:59

14 Feb 2026


#782

Di-SaaS-ter Market

This week: Anthropic released an update that seems to have tipped the scales against Softw... more

07 Feb 2026

45 MINS

45:05

07 Feb 2026


#781

Money Talks: What Retirement Crisis?

In this Money Talks: [Emily Peck] (https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck) is joined by Andre... more

03 Feb 2026

46 MINS

46:49

03 Feb 2026