Slate Money
A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.Want more Slate Money? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free l...
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- Elizabeth Spiers4 eps
- Emily Peck4 eps
- Nadira Goffe2 eps
Also: Felix Salmon, Adriel Bettelheim, Dr. Leanne ten Brinke, Bridget Armstrong, Daron Acemoglu, Mary Childs, David Epstein, Scott Smith, Brendan Greeley, Beth Gardiner, Stacy-Marie Ishmael, Alvin Roth, Edmund Lee, Soumaya Keynes, Chad P. Bown, Salomon Aaron, Scarlet Fu
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- 🇺🇸United States · InvestingHOME#5061K to 322K
- 🇮🇩ID · Investing#422K to 119K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Investing#692.3K to 12K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Investing#562.2K to 12K
- 🇮🇳India · Investing#622.0K to 11K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
100K to 526K🎙 ~2x weekly·829 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
199K to 1.1M🇺🇸61%🇮🇩23%🇬🇧2%+7 more - Active Followers
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109K to 579K
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| 10/17/26 | Banana Prices Stay Sane | This week: Inflation is going bananas (unless you’re talking about the actual fruit.) First up, hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers dig into what is causing inflation and why bananas should actually cost more than they do. Then, Meta wants everyone to play with its new A.I. model but is the cuteness covering up something sinister? Finally, why Kelly Clarkson really doesn’t get that Brooklyn magic shop’s whole deal.Mentioned in the episode:‘America’s Favorite Fruit Is Being Bruised by the Iran War’, from The New York Times‘What If New York Just Loves a Fancy, Complicated Bird?’, from Vulture‘With flying Roadster, Tesla waves goodbye to the car business’, from AxiosPodcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth.In the Slate Plus episode: Not a Girl, Not Yet A LawyerWant to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 49m 50s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 | The Specter of Puerto Rico’s Debt | When Puerto Rico’s debt crisis ballooned into the largest governmental default in U.S. history, Congress stepped in with an unprecedented solution. Felix Salmon is joined by David Skeel, who served as chair on the oversight board that helped the island regain economic stability and detailed the saga of this debt crisis in his book Promise Land. They discuss the ins and outs of government debt, the idea of state bankruptcy, and what lessons can be learned for future legislation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 43m 08s | ||||||
| 10/10/26 | DiscoDance | This week, we’re talking about a mega-merger, Spain, and artificial intelligence. First up, hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers go deep on the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger. They unpack David Ellison's calculus, the potential ripple effects, and more. Then they look to Europe at the economic woes in Spain and France. Finally, Silicon Valley really, really wants A.I. in schools. But pretty much everyone else is unconvinced.In the Slate Plus episode: Stocks for Kids!Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 56m 06s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | The Personal Finance-sode | Adam Auriemma, author of the Bloomberg Money newsletter, brings his personal finance expertise to the show. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck pick Adam’s brain about how we should think about budgeting, his thoughts on renting and buying in the current housing market, and his take on financial advisors and planners. In the Slate Plus episode: Annuities Are So Hot Right NowWant to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 47m 12s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | Money Talks: Chasing Ambulances on Wall Street | In this Money Talks: Emily Peck interviews reporter Ellen Gabler about her New York Times investigation into how Wall Street investors are making money on personal-injury lawsuits that drag on for years—with unsettling consequences for plaintiffs. Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 31m 16s | ||||||
| 9/26/26 | Fabulous, Beautiful Debt | This week: The bond market continues to churn with yields spiking globally. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck are joined by Financial Times journalist Robin Wigglesworth, whose new book, A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World, feels particularly relevant right now. Robin recounts the research he did for the book and explains why the history of bonds is more interesting than you might think. They also discuss the state of theTreasury market now and, naturally, what makes debt beautiful.In the Slate Plus episode: The $60 Loaf of BreadWant to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 59m 18s | ||||||
| 9/19/26 | Avoiding the A.I. Apocalypse | This week: Everyone is talking about A.I. safety as OpenAI shares more alarming security breaches. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck examine the complicated reality of trying to slow down the A.I. frontier. Then, the hosts discuss Fed chair Kevin Warsh’s unexpected vote to raise rates—in defiance of Donald Trump. And finally, with the SEC opening the door to tokenized equities, they explain what it means for stocks to be traded like crypto—and why AMC is beefing with Robinhood over it. In the Slate Plus episode: Toilets, Toilets EverywhereMentioned in this episode: “Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety,” from The Verge.Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 52m 02s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 | Money Talks: The Zero-sum Mistake | In this Money Talks: Roy Swan joins Elizabeth Spiers to turn the assumption of a zero-sum economy on its head. Swan, the director of the Ford Foundation’s mission investments program, explains why the idea that someone has to lose in order for you to win is not just costing societally, but economically—and how positive impact and positive returns aren’t mutually exclusive. Swan’s new book is Positive Sum: How Zero-sum Thinking Broke Capitalism—and How We Can Fix It.Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 33m 49s | ||||||
| 9/12/26 | The Private Equity Confidence Game | 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, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck are joined by author William D. Cohan to talk about his reporting on Black’s investment empire and what it means for Wall Street to be dominated by private equity. They also get into Black’s tragic origin story, messy personal scandals, and strange friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.In the Slate Plus episode: Your $5K Check’s in the MailWant to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 50m 01s | ||||||
| 9/5/26 | A.I. investmentNvidia acquisition+3 | — | NvidiaHugging Face | — | NvidiaHugging Face+4 | — | 45m 35s | ||
| 9/1/26 | dinosaursfossils+3 | Salomon Aaron | Slate PodcastsSlate Plus+3 | Slate | dinosaursfossils+5 | — | 36m 12s | ||
| 8/29/26 | Meta settlementteen safety+3 | Scarlet Fu | MetaBloomberg Money | U.S.Canada | Metasettlement+5 | — | 42m 11s | ||
| 8/22/26 | AIbusiness+3 | Noah Brier | Slate PodcastsSlate Plus+3 | — | AINoah Brier+5 | — | 54m 29s | ||
| 8/18/26 | childcare subsidiesearly childhood education+3 | Martha Gimble | Budget LabYale+2 | — | childcaresubsidies+5 | — | 26m 12s | ||
| 8/15/26 | anti-corruptionshell companies+5 | — | Parmigiano-ReggianoTreasury Department+2 | L.A. LakersBroadway+1 | anti-corruptionshell companies+6 | — | 44m 03s | ||
| 8/8/26 | art collectiongenerational differences+3 | Elizabeth SpiersEmily Peck | Slate PlusSlate Money+3 | — | art boombaby boomers+5 | — | 55m 02s | ||
| 8/4/26 | sovereign debtlive event+3 | Lee Buchheit | The Library of MistakesSlate Podcasts+2 | — | sovereign debtFelix Salmon+3 | — | 42m 39s | ||
| 8/1/26 | Situational Awarenesshedge funds+3 | — | Situational AwarenessCitadel+1 | — | hedge fundCitadel+3 | — | 54m 05s | ||
| 7/25/26 | food poisoningPR flubs+4 | — | Taylor FarmsSupreme Court | Japan | explosive diarrheafood poisoning+4 | — | 46m 49s | ||
| 7/21/26 | plastic industryenvironmental impact+4 | Beth Gardiner | Plastic Inc.Big Oil+6 | — | plasticBig Oil+6 | — | 35m 48s | ||
| 7/18/26 | A.I. data centersenergy costs+3 | — | Slate PlusSlate Money+1 | — | A.I.energy bills+5 | — | 53m 55s | ||
| 7/11/26 | IPOlegacy brands+3 | Stacy-Marie Ishmael | AOLEvernote+2 | Milan | IPOlegacy brands+7 | — | 56m 03s | ||
| 7/7/26 | economicsmorality+3 | Alvin Roth | Slate PodcastsSlate Plus+4 | — | economicsmorality+5 | — | 52m 33s | ||
| 7/4/26 | Comcast NBCUniversal mergerWorld Cup+3 | Edmund Lee | ComcastNBCUniversal+1 | — | ComcastNBCUniversal+5 | — | 54m 45s | ||
| 6/27/26 | Greenspan's legacyJPMorgan succession+3 | — | JPMorganSoftBank | — | Alan GreenspanJPMorgan+3 | — | 49m 42s | ||
| 6/23/26 | trade warinternational trade+3 | Soumaya KeynesChad P. Bown | How to Win a Trade War | — | trade warinternational trade+3 | — | 36m 00s | ||
| 6/20/26 | SpaceX IPOElon Musk+3 | Felix SalmonElizabeth Spiers+1 | SpaceXDonald Trump+4 | — | SpaceXIPO+5 | — | 49m 01s | ||
| 6/13/26 | inflationenergy prices+4 | — | iPhoneFederal Reserve+5 | — | inflationenergy prices+5 | — | 40m 54s | ||
| 6/9/26 | currency historyfinancial journalism+3 | Brendan Greeley | Slate PodcastsSlate Plus+4 | — | dollarcurrency+5 | — | 38m 32s | ||
| 6/6/26 | AI investmentindex funds+4 | Mary Childs | GoogleAlphabet+2 | Spain | index fundAI ventures+6 | — | 47m 16s | ||
| 5/30/26 | electric vehiclesFerrari Luce+5 | — | Ferrari LuceFerrari+2 | — | Ferrarielectric vehicle+5 | — | 41m 24s | ||
| 5/26/26 | limitationsbreakthroughs+3 | David Epstein | Slate PodcastsSlate Money+5 | — | limitationsbreakthroughs+5 | — | 39m 20s | ||
| 5/23/26 | Trump's tradinginvestment portfolio+4 | Felix SalmonElizabeth Spiers+1 | EverlaneShein+3 | — | Trumptrading frenzy+6 | — | 53m 20s | ||
| 5/16/26 | Federal Reserveinflation+4 | Elizabeth SpiersEmily Peck | Federal ReserveSlate Plus+3 | ChinaUS | Kevin WarshJerome Powell+6 | — | 43m 48s | ||
| 5/12/26 | risk-maxxingeconomics+3 | Scott Smith | Slate PodcastsAcast+3 | — | risk-maxxingeconomics+3 | — | 37m 30s | ||
| 5/9/26 | economyinvesting+5 | — | Strawberry Açaí Lemonade Energy RefresherSprite® Berry Blast+3 | — | economyGameStop+6 | — | 47m 10s | ||
| 5/2/26 | Google earningsAI boom+3 | — | GoogleAlphabet+1 | Wall Street | GoogleAlphabet+5 | — | 45m 29s | ||
| 4/28/26 | AI job apocalypsepro-worker technologies+4 | Daron Acemoglu | MITSlate Podcasts+2 | — | AIjob market+5 | — | 28m 35s | ||
| 4/25/26 | Tim Cook legacyApple CEO transition+5 | Adriel Bettelheim | AppleThe Onion+2 | — | Tim CookApple+5 | — | 45m 10s | ||
| 4/18/26 | AllbirdsA.I. infrastructure+5 | — | AllbirdsS&P 500+2 | — | AllbirdsA.I. infrastructure+6 | — | 46m 52s | ||
| 4/14/26 | psychopathysuccess+3 | Dr. Leanne ten Brinke | Poisonous People | — | psychopathybusiness success+3 | — | 33m 46s | ||
| 4/11/26 | retail investorsoil futures+5 | — | Universal Music GroupNew York Times+2 | — | memestocksretail investors+7 | — | 50m 45s | ||
| 4/4/26 | investmentmergers+4 | — | OpenAISpaceX+2 | — | OpenAISpaceX+6 | — | 41m 41s | ||
| 3/31/26 | reality televisionfashion industry+3 | Bridget Armstrong | Curse of: America’s Next Top ModelAmerica’s Next Top Model | — | America’s Next Top ModelBridget Armstrong+4 | — | 43m 36s | ||
| 3/28/26 | insider tradingoil markets+4 | — | SoraTrump administration+2 | — | TrumpIran+8 | — | 46m 50s | ||
| 3/27/26 | film analysisfinance+4 | Nadira Goffe | Spirited Away | Japan | Spirited AwayHayao Miyazaki+4 | — | 29m 05s | ||
| 3/24/26 | datingmoney+4 | Nadira Goffe | Materialists | — | moneydating+5 | — | 27m 04s | ||
| 3/21/26 | oil pricesinternational repercussions+5 | — | HBOParamount+2 | — | oil pricesHBO+7 | — | 47m 32s | ||
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Chart history for Slate Money
Peaked at #4 in ID, top 10 in 1 of 46 tracked markets, currently #4 in ID.
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| ID | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| VN | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| ID | — | #32 | #32 | — |
| PH | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| Ireland | — | #47 | #47 | — |
| TR | — | #47 | #47 | — |
| KE | — | #48 | #48 | — |
| United States | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| Canada | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| Sweden | — | #60 | #60 | — |
| Denmark | — | #62 | #62 | — |
| India | — | #62 | #62 | — |
| Finland | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #67 | #67 | — |
| Australia | — | #68 | #68 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| Norway | — | #71 | #71 | — |
| AT | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| CO | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| PL | — | #77 | #77 | — |
Chart Positions
46 placements across 35 markets.
Chart Positions
46 placements across 35 markets.