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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weisman are joined by ProPublica financial reporter Jesse Eisinger to discuss:

- The practice of paying economists large sums to promote mergers

- Facebook, Google and fake news

- India's demonetization

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Virginia Heffernan guest hosts today's Trumpcast to talk to Jonathan Chait, a columnist at New York Magazine, about Donald Trump's latest additions to his administration – Steve Bannon, Ret. Gen. Michael Flynn, and Senator Jeff Sessions. The two discuss how these selections are bringing a whole new type of racism to the highest offices.

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Hillary Clinton was supposed to have the most sophisticated digital ground game ever, while all Trump had was a ramshackle data bunker in San Antonio. We all know how that turned out. Sasha Issenberg is a Bloomberg contributor and author of The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns. He says there are many explanations for what happened, including the Clinton campaign’s inadvertent encouragement of Donald Trump voters in states like Florida. 

In the Spiel, it’s a Lobstar week. Oh yes, it’s a Lobstar week. 

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The Gist host Mike Pesca with your three things: President-elect Donald Trump's picks for national security adviser and attorney general, and a dogged poop-scooper in Pennsylvania. 

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On this episode of Represent, Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Comedian and Actress Kathy Griffin about her start, how she handles rejection and criticism in an industry that’s especially harsh to women, and her new book, Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z index.

Check out:

-Kathy Griffin’s New Bravo Special Sets Guinness World Record

-From Johnny to Jimmy: The History of Politics in Late Night TV

-Aisha’s conversation with writer-director Paul Haggis about Crash.

-Soul food on the boondocks

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Jacob Weisberg talks to Paul Waldman of The Washington Post about how Donald Trump will use his presidency enrich himself and his family.

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Wait, can Donald Trump really give his entire family national security clearance? It’s complicated, says Fred Kaplan, the author of Slate’s War Stories column. Kaplan also discusses the reasons to be wary of putting your family members in the White House. 

Also, David Bowie liked his art to be as haunting as his music—even if the effect, at first, was off-putting. The Gist’s art correspondent Mary Lane tells us what’s intriguing about Bowie’s private collection, which was broken up at auction this week. 

In the Spiel, what is the “new message” Democrats need to send to voters?  

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz and John Dickerson discuss the potential influence of Trump's cabinet picks, how to decide whether to serve or not to serve and the seriousness of fake news.

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Three things spotted by Mike Pesca, host of The Gist: 1) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conditional comments to President-elect Donald Trump, 2) Austria's run-off presidential election, and 3) Cracking down on fake diplomas. 

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Noreen Malone and June Thomas are joined by Clare Malone to discuss the women who voted for Trump, followed by an interview with Neera Tanden, and then a chat about Melania Trump and the fashion industry.

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