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The Private Equity Confidence Game

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This week: The new book Money to Burn goes deep on private-equity behemoth Apollo Global Management and its billionaire cofounder and former CEO, Leon Black. Felix Salmon

Sep 12
50 min

The $12.93 Billion Emoji Joke

This week: Nvidia joined Silicon Valley’s A.I. investment frenzy and bought Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss what t

Sep 5
45 min

Money Talks: The Dinosaur Economy

One-hundred-million-year-old bones are so hot right now. In this Money Talks, Felix Salmon is joined by Salomon Aaron, director of an antiquities gallery specializing in

Sep 1
36 min

Canadian Beef

This week: Meta settles with the U.S. states suing the company over teen safety concerns. Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Scarlet Fu of the new Bloomberg Mo

Aug 29
42 min

P(doom) and Other AI Questions

This week: the Slate Money hosts ask all their burning A.I. questions to someone who can actually answer them. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck sit down wit

Aug 22
54 min

Money Talks: Do Childcare Subsidies Pay Off?

In this Money Talks: Martha Gimble, the Executive Director of the Budget Lab at Yale, joins Elizabeth Spiers to explain their recent report on early childhood education a

Aug 18
26 min

What the Shell?

This week: The Treasury Department announced it’s killing an anti-corruption measure that requires shell companies to identify their beneficiaries. Felix Salmon, Elizabet

Aug 15
44 min

The Unwanted Art Boom

This week: On the heels of his recent story on the glut of art that baby boomers are leaving to younger generations, Felix Salmon talks with Elizabeth Spiers and Emily Pe

Aug 8
55 min

Money Talks: Live from the Library of Mistakes

In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon sits down with Lee Buchheit for an in-depth chat on sovereign debt at a live event hosted by The Library of Mistakes. Join Slate Plus

Aug 4
42 min

Too Situationally Aware to Fail

This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped in. Felix Salmon, E

Aug 1
54 min

Explosive You-Know-What

This week: The term “explosive diarrhea” captured the nation's attention, turning all eyes toward the company linked to a major cyclosporiasis outbreak. Felix Salmon, Eli

Jul 25
46 min

Money Talks: Plastic, Plastic Everywhere

In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers talks to journalist Beth Gardiner about her expose of the plastic industry, Plastic Inc. They’ll get into the unsettling history beh

Jul 21
35 min

What’s A.I. Doing to Our Energy Bills?

This week: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put a statewide moratorium on building A.I. data centers. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss the decision and ho

Jul 18
53 min

You’ve Got IPO

This week: The company buying up legacy brands like AOL, Evernote, and Vimeo had a huge IPO with shares immediately surging by 40%. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and gu

Jul 11
56 min

Money Talks: The Economics of Repugnant Transactions

In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon is joined by Nobel Prize winning-economist Alvin Roth to discuss his new book, Moral Economics, which uses controversial topics—like pro

Jul 7
52 min

Synergy’s Must-Watch Final Episode

Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck are joined by Reuters Media Editor Edmund Lee to revisit their 2016 predictions for the Comcast/NCBUniversal merger, now th

Jul 4
54 min

The Greenspanaissance

This week: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan passed away at the age of 100. Today: Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck examine Greenspan’s legacy

Jun 27
49 min

Money Talks: The Art of Trade War

In this Money Talks: Emily Peck sits down with Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown, co-authors of How to Win a Trade War, to discuss how recent conflicts have changed the rul

Jun 23
36 min

Investing in SpaceX’s Future on Mars

This week: We saw just how many people are willing to invest in Elon Musk. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, look at what makes SpaceX’s massive IPO so stra

Jun 20
49 min

We Hate the Inflation

This week: Inflation hit its highest rate in three years thanks to skyrocketing energy prices. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, parse through what the vari

Jun 13
40 min

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What listeners say

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Don’t know why Slate makes Felix share airtime with the other hosts. He’s interesting, informed, and open to being wrong. Emily is colorful, relatable, and asks questions of Felix that he seems to assume we all know but obviously don’t and need explained. The two of them are a solid pair and would make a good 2-person show with maybe an occasional guest.

Yattdbfjdga · May 2025

One of my favorite podcasts. Great discussion on business and financial news. However, I can’t stand Felix’s constant mansplaining and insistence that he is right, he is the expert, and the other (female) hosts are just window dressing. He is incredibly condescending. I can’t believe this is tolerated but the other host or by Slate. The episodes where Felix was recently on sabbatical were far and away better.

Realprideandjoy · Dec 2024

I’ve listened to this show for years. I can tolerate the banter though Felix is sometimes heavy handed. But the female co-hosts (Elizabeth and Emily) give it right back to him. That’s okay with me. The problem still is 2-fold: Felix is too in love with his opinions. It can stunt dissent and exploration. and The newest faux pas is them talking about things about which they know little. Southwest Airlines? They never fly them. Get someone on who actually knows the experience. Snack food is fine as a meal replacement? Really? Are they sociologists, nutritionists and physicians… in addition to being financial experts? It weakens their statements when they speculate in areas about which they know very little. The be-all and end-all for important topics is not just money. Just be honest about your myopic perspective and actually include some experts beyond economics. Maybe do just one topic per show so you can get a fuller perspective on not only the economic things. Embrace the complexity and stop trying to make snack size digestible podcast experiences.

egizzi · Sep 2024

A very informative program in a clear and entertaining format. Definitely recommend it. My one negative is Felix is almost constantly critiquing every sentence out of his cohosts mouths. Otherwise well worth listening to.

skeptisarous · Jun 2024

Ironically I sought this podcast out because of Felix Salmon and his talents as a financial journalist. I was excited to have found myself a niche podcast about a topic I follow in media. However, after listening to only 4 episodes, I am unfollowing the show. Felix Salmon is intolerably rude and constantly cuts off his co-hosts (who are often mid-sentence on an interesting point). He will then take a 30 second to 1 minute tangent to toot his own achievements, name-drop about some famous person he has interviewed, answer his own question, or ask yet another question. What a mess. My personal favorite behavior I’ve observed- his strange antagonism with one of the co-hosts, Elizabeth Spiers. He constantly argues with her over points that seem insignificant or unnecessary, all so that he can cut her off and make his point over hers. And this is happening all while Felix shows a clear favoritism toward Emily Peck. Elizabeth is talented and should join (or start) a competing financial podcast given the interpersonal mess. The dynamics among the co-hosts interfere with a great concept for a podcast. It’s a shame they can’t seem to work things out.

Peter_Chicago · Mar 2024

Couldn’t even make it through one episode of listening to this insufferable male host interrupt and contradict nearly every valid point brought up by the female cohosts. JFC! Who wants to listen to two intelligent women get bulldozed by the arrogance of Felix’s ego-centric dialogue every episode?! I’d love to listen more. The topic are so interesting. I love the cohosts, but I will not listen again while Felix is at the microphone. Truly intolerable to listen to.

Cie Hunz · Jan 2024

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