Slate Money - The Sports Edition
On this week’s episode of Slate Money, we respond to listener suggestions for an all-sports edition. Host Felix Salmon chats with special guest Mina Kimes of ESPN The Magazine and co-hosts Cathy O'Nei...
31 Jan 201547min
Political Gabfest - The "Can You Buy a President for $889,000,000?" Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Koch Brothers' big bet on 2016, the Supreme Court's death penalty case, and the merits of Jonathan Chait's "Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say" pie...
30 Jan 201559min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - "Thank You," Not "Please"
Dahlia Lithwick talks to Andrew Pincus, the lawyer who brought a Supreme Court challenge this week to a law banning fundraising by judicial candidates. And she hears from the NAACP’s Sherrilyn Ifill o...
24 Jan 201533min
Slate Money - The Davos Edition
On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion travels to Davos, Switzerland for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. He and special guest Jenny Anderson of the New York...
24 Jan 201547min
Political Gabfest - The "Is It Rude to Fall Asleep During the State of the Union?" Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Obama's State of the Union address, the Supreme Court's next (final?) marriage equality case, and the controversy over the movie Selma.Show notes...
23 Jan 201556min
Slate Money - The "Crazy Currencies" Edition
On this week’s episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of Mathbabe.org and Slate's Jordan Weissmann discuss the Bitcoin’s sudden fall, the Swiss Franc’s sudden rise and some possi...
17 Jan 201539min
Political Gabfest - The Tom Hanks Went to Community College and So Should You Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the fallout from the French terrorist attack, whether Mitt Romney is really weighing a third presidential run, and Obama's ambition to make commu...
16 Jan 201557min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Super Lawyers
Dahlia Lithwick talks to Joan Biskupic, the author of a new Reuters study about the elite "one-percent" group of lawyers who bring most of the cases at the Supreme Court. She also hears from two of th...
10 Jan 201534min
