Elon Backs Off

Slate Money

Slate Podcasts

Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week: The bond vigilantes are being summoned by Trump’s take bill. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the contents of the controversial bill and how the bond markets are reacting. Then, Julian Sanchez of the WatchCats podcast joins to discuss Elon Musk’s announcement that he’s stepping back from the government and break down what he did with DOGE. Then, has the rise of GLP-1s created a dilemma for group dinners? In the Slate Plus episode: Are We in The Slop Era? 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello!
0:10.7	Welcome to Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week.
0:17.0	I'm Felix Salmon of Axios.
0:18.5	I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios.
0:20.5	Hello. I'm here with Elizabeth Spires of Axios. Hello. I'm here with
0:21.7	Elizabeth Spires of New York Times and places like that. Hello. And we are going to talk
0:27.1	about taxes and the budget and bond vigilantes and deficits and all of those new sexy things.
0:36.8	We have a whole segment with Julian Sanchez of the Watchcats podcast on the legacy of Elon Musk at Doge.
0:44.8	We are going to talk about the fraught experience of going out to eat in the restaurant
0:50.9	when your dining companions are all on Ozempic.
0:54.4	We have a slate plus segment on Slop and I'm not going to give it away, but we come up with
1:01.1	the perfect verdict on what Slop is. You'll have to be a subscriber to find that one out.
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