Slate Money - Can Threads Take Down Twitter?
Slate Daily Feed
Slate
3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers talk about Threads, the new competitor to Twitter. They also discuss Janet Yellen’s trip to China and what it means for American foreign policy. Finally, have tipping and service charges gone too far?
In the plus segment: Pregnant workers now have more workplace rights.
If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our show every week. You’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work.
Podcast production by Patrick Fort.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm Felix Salmon of Axios here with my colleague Emily Peck. |
| 0:22.7 | Hi. |
| 0:23.7 | We're here with Elizabeth Spires of the New York Times and other places. |
| 0:28.4 | We are going to talk about Threads, which is the new Twitter Killing app from Meta, a |
| 0:34.8 | K.A. Facebook. |
| 0:36.4 | We are going to talk about US-China relations, Janet Yellen, the Treasury Secretary, is |
| 0:42.8 | in China. |
| 0:43.8 | So we're going to talk about what she's saying and what it means and what's happening |
| 0:47.6 | to trade between these two countries. |
| 0:50.0 | We are going to talk about tipping and service charges and whether it is all out of control. |
| 0:56.3 | We have a Slate Plus segment on a new act that is protecting pregnant workers whenever |
| 1:04.1 | it works. |
| 1:05.1 | It's all coming up on Slate Money. |
| 1:10.7 | Want to build a bet you want in seconds with UniBet's Bet Builder, Yoron, Ad Shots, Corners, |
| 1:17.5 | Cards and more, and Increase your odds with Bet Builder Rackers, combining Bet Builders |
| 1:22.4 | across multiple games and sports. |
| 1:25.1 | Download the UniBet app or visit UniBet.co.uk and get a Bet Builder boost every day. |
| 1:31.4 | UniBet, Yoron, 18 plus B Gamblerware.org, pretty much owning Max State £10 minimum, combined |
| 1:37.8 | odds of 4 to 1 and 3 selections, season C supply. |
| 1:41.3 | Upgrading your gas boiler to an EDF air source heat pump could save on emissions and cash |
| 1:45.4 | in the future. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Slate and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.