Slate Money

Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family. So, every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous night’s episode with spoiler-filled glee. To kick us off after a long wait for season 3, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by The New Yorker's Rebecca Mead to talk about her piece, "The Real C.E.O of 'Succession'", how sorry we should feel for the Roy "children," and the mic drop ending of season 2.

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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael are joined by Robin Wigglesworth to talk about his new book Trillions. They get into active investing, what’s going on with Tether, and the art company Masterworks. 

In the Plus segment: Snacks. 

Mentioned In the show: 

“Why Masterworks is worth $1 billion” by Felix Salmon

“Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions?” by Zeke Faux

“Former Pepsi C.E.O. Indra Nooyi on the Truth of Corporate Responsibility” by David Marchese

“You’re snacking more when working from home, too right ?” by Emily Peck

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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael are joined by Max Chafkin to talk about his new book The Contrarian. They get into the life and drama of Peter Thiel, insider trading, and the Ozy Media scandal.  

In the Plus segment: What will Peter Thiel do with all his money? 

Mentioned in the show: 

“Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong” by Ben Smith

“Most Americans Today Believe the Stock Market is Rigged, and They’re Right” by Liam Vaughan

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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about the precarious position of the huge Chinese real-estate company Evergrande, the debt ceiling and revolving door of tax policies, and the foreign policy dustup over submarines. 

In the Plus segment: Corruption in the Treasury Department. 

Mentioned In the show: 

“Understanding Evergrande, the Chinese Real Estate Conglomerate That’s Nearing Collapse,”by Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway for Bloomberg’s Oddlots

Axios Capital Newsletter, by Felix Salmon

Axios Closer Newsletter, by Courtenay Brown

“How Accounting Giants Craft Favorable Tax Rules From Inside Government,” by Jesse Drucker and Danny Hakim for the New York Times 

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

Twitter: @felixsalmon, @EmilyRPeck, @s_m_i 

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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about vaccine mandates and the spread of vaccine misinformation (ahem, Nicki Minaj), the New York magazine piece on delivery workers in New York City, and the Treasury Department’s report on U.S. child care. 

In the Plus segment: The crypto carry trade. 

Mentioned In The Show: 

“Revolt of the Delivery Workers,” by Josh Dzieza for New York 

Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Shortages in the Child Care System 

“Why the Stable Coin Users WIll Inherit the Earth,” by Joe Weisenthal for Bloomberg  

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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Historian and author Adam Tooze joins Felix Salmon and Emily Peck to talk about his new book Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy and his Substack piece on the sanctions on Afghanistan. 

In the Plus segment: Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis. 

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Joseph Bernstein of Buzzfeed News joins to talk about his Harper’s cover story on antidisinformation, the big OnlyFans porn debacle, and the rise of shoplifted items being sold on Amazon. 

In the Plus segment: Renaissance Technologies.

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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Eliot Brown of the Wall Street Journal joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael to talk about his book The Cult of We about the wild rise of WeWork under its eccentric founder Adam Neumann, attempting to answer their many questions such as, “Why?”. They talk blitzscaling, founder control, and why we keep giving white men with good hair so much money. 

In the Plus segment: Unpublished tidbits from Eliot’s book. 

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

Twitter: @felixsalmon, @s_m_i, @EmilyRPeck 

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This week, cryptocurrency expert Maya Zehavi joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael to answer all their questions about the world of crypto. (And they have a lot.) 

In the Plus segment: CBDCs.

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael discuss the effects of the Delta variant, rising gas prices, and the rise of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ fintech. 

In the Plus segment: Mr. White Hat.

Mentioned in the Show:

“How the Pandemic Now Ends’,” by Ed Yong for the Atlantic 

“Biden’s OPEC Plea Is Really Directed at Anxious Drivers,” by Liam Denning for Bloomberg

“How Sweden Became the Silicon Valley of Europe,” by Colm Fulton and Supantha Mukherjee for Reuters 

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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