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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk the economics of 21st century products with Paul Ford (@ftrain), writer and co-founder of the digital product studio Postlight.

We break down Google search, the iPhone, and Amazon Prime. 

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On The Gist, the hosts of the podcast that has made the best use yet of the jazz drummer’s brush technique: Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu. The show picks up where the comedians left off when they stopped working in the same TV writers room. Bell hosts CNN’s United Shades of America, and returning guest Kondabolu is on tour with a new comedy album, Mainstream American Comic. 

For the Spiel, grilling Jill Stein. 

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Slate interns Laura Wagner, Catherine Piner, and Ian Philbrick reminisce about free munchies on the last day of their internship. 

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Enjoy this special bonus sketch from our friends at The Second City.

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Josh Levin speaks with long-time TV commentator and high-jump champion Dwight Stones about what’s wrong with NBC’s track-and-field coverage. Plus, David Epstein of ProPublica debunks the myth that Usain Bolt wins races because he decelerates slowly.

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On this episode of Represent, Slate Culture Writer, Aisha Harris talks to New Zealand journalist-turned-filmmaker, David Farrier, about his documentary, Tickled; and she discusses the “ethnic humor” in Seth Rogen’s animated food romp, Sausage Party, with guest co-host and one-half of the web series comedy duo A Brit and a Yank, John Raphael Oliveira.

Check out:

-A Brit And A Yank’s “SPICE GIRLS: The Untold Story”

-“Sausage Party”’s race problem: This “equal opportunity offender” is just plain offensive

-Why The Rape Scene In Sausage Party Wasn’t Funny

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On this episode of Represent, Slate Culture Writer, Aisha Harris talks to New Zealand journalist-turned-filmmaker, David Farrier, about his documentary, Tickled; and she discusses the “ethnic humor” in Seth Rogen’s animated food romp, Sausage Party, with guest co-host and one-half of the web series comedy duo A Brit and a Yank, John Raphael Oliveira.

Check out:
-A Brit And A Yank’s “SPICE GIRLS: The Untold Story”
-“Sausage Party”’s race problem: This “equal opportunity offender” is just plain offensive
-Why The Rape Scene In Sausage Party Wasn’t Funny

Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.

Email: [email protected]: Slate Represent

Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle

Production by Veralyn Williams

Are the nation’s most dangerous warheads secure if a rag-tag troika of peaceniks can break through the storage facility’s back door? On The Gist, Washington Post reporterDan Zak considers the good and not-so-good arguments for nuclear weapons. His book is Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age. 

For the Spiel, Jill Stein’s unforgivable comments on debt forgiveness.

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Contributor Frank Foer to discuss Paul Manafort's ties to Russia, the

violence in Milwaukee and political responses, and the return of

Juanita Broaddrick to the media spotlight. 

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Josh Levin speaks with ESPN The Magazine’s Mina Kimes about Ryan Lochte’s claim that he was robbed at gunpoint and why he might have lied about it. Plus, David Epstein of ProPublica explains how Jamaica is able to development so many great sprinters.

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