Slate Money - Money Talks: The Business of Black Markets
In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon is joined by journalist Mariana van Zeller, who has spent years reporting on black and gray markets around the world and has a new podcast, The Hidden Third, that del...
17 Feb 29min
What Next - Is She New Jersey’s AOC?
An activist and former political director for Bernie Sander’s presidential campaign shocked the field by winning a primary for a special congressional election. Now the favorite to win the solidly blu...
17 Feb 27min
What Next - Kids Sports Are Now Adult Driven—And Incredibly Expensive
Youth sports have grown into a $40-billion dollar per year industry, where eager parents shell out for private coaches, off-season practice, and travel leagues, in the hopes of giving their child a co...
16 Feb 19min
What Next - Trump Can’t Ruin These Olympics
The Olympics are touted as a moment for the world to come together and celebrate sport and achievement and check their politics at the door—yeah right.Guest: Justin Peters, Slate correspondent curren...
15 Feb 24min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Concentration Camp Next Door
The machinery to enable Stephen Miller’s darkest deportation dreams is both tangible and legal. In this week’s show, Dahlia Lithwick explores the statutory and regulatory foundations of the Trump admi...
14 Feb 1h 19min
Slate Money - 100 More Years of Google
This week: Alphabet announced a rare 100-year bond issuance. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, explain the calculation the tech giant is making here and how the market responded to the ...
14 Feb 41min
What Next - SchadenFriday: The Week MAGA Turned Cringe
There was a moment, when the tech CEOs and media moguls were lining up to kiss Trump’s ring, when it looked like almost all the demographic arrows were pointing right, where it looked like Trumpism wa...
13 Feb 5min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Senator Going After Data Centers
Data centers are a hot issue - tech companies say they need them, but communities don’t want to be anywhere near them. Senator Van Hollen stops by the show to share his plan to address the rising cost...
13 Feb 25min
