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Just one question on the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape of Donald Trump with Billy Bush: Are we watching a Greek tragedy or a Saturday morning cartoon?

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion; Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction; and Time correspondent Haley Sweetland Edwards talk about Haley’s new book on shadow courts, the current plight of active managers, and congestion pricing.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Shadow Courts: TheTribunals That Rule Global Trade by Haley Sweetland Edwards

-The merger of investment management groups Janus and Henderson

-Congestion pricing in London

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Christina Cauterucci discusses the case against an Iowa teen who may be facing child pornography charges for texting a non-sexual, non-nude selfie to her friend.

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Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Meg Wiegand and Nora Caplan-Bricker to talk about Lindy West's confident book Shrill.

Join us in November for a conversation about two books: Underground Airlines by Ben Winters and The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.

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Jacob Weisberg talks to Jon Ronson, author of the new Amazon Kindle single The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the "Alt-Right," about Alex Jones – the radio host who feeds Donald Trump his conspiracy theories.

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Phoebe Robinson recounts the tributes and trolling her book has prompted with its title, You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain.

On The Gist, Robinson wonders whether dreadlocks have really entered the mainstream (and are they ever acceptable on white guys?), and gives Mike a lesson in cultural sensitivity. Robinson is the goofball complement to her co-host Jessica Williams’ deadpan delivery on the 2 Dope Queens podcast. She is also the host of the interview podcast, Sooo Many White Guys. 

For the Spiel, the West Virginia governor race pits a wealthy Democrat against both coal and Cole.

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On this episode of Represent, Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to former Gawker editor–turned–TV writer Cord Jefferson, writer for the dearly departed the Nightly Show and upcoming Season 2 of Master of None.

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-Cord Jefferson on NBC: “When will moderate whites condemn dangerous White Culture?”-“The Racism Beat: What it’s like to write about hate over and over and over”-Will Smith’s best performance in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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On this episode of Represent, Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to former Gawker editor–turned–TV writer Cord Jefferson, writer for the dearly departed the Nightly Show and upcoming Season 2 of Master of None.

We want to hear from you!
Next week we’re going to discuss the very controversial awards season contender, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation. Are you planning to see it in theaters? If so, why? Or if not, why not? Record and send us a voice memo at [email protected] or leave us a message at 646-580-1748 and your thoughts might get shared on next week’s episode.

Check out:
-Cord Jefferson on NBC: “When will moderate whites condemn dangerous White Culture?”-“The Racism Beat: What it’s like to write about hate over and over and over”-Will Smith’s best performance in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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On The Gist, we look at the proliferation of fact-checking in the 2016 campaign. One empirical analysis found that Donald Trump is telling a falsehood every five minutes during his speeches. But why isn’t the aggressive fact-checking of the Republican making a difference? We called up Brendan Nyhan, a professor in the department of government at Dartmouth College and the former editor of Spinsanity, a nonpartisan watchdog site focused on political messaging.   

In The Spiel, the faltering cease-fire in Syria.  

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Plotz discuss Donald Trump's taxes, the yapping dog of the VP debate

and the Supreme Court's attempt to avoid ties with their cases this

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