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That movie everyone's raving about, we have thoughts.

That chart-topping hit, we have thoughts. That viral trend you can't escape.

Oh, we definitely have thoughts. At Slate, we don't just consume culture. We think about it,

interrogate it, debate it, and when necessary, roast it. On Culture Gap Fest, we break down

what media is worth your time and what isn't.

On Hit Parade, we think about why Pop's biggest hits take off and what keeps them stuck in our head.

And on my show, Decoder Ring, we unravel the cultural mysteries you didn't even know you cared about.

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Hello and welcome to Money Talks from Slate Money, the program where we talk to the smartest,

most brilliant, most astute and generally most fabulous people on the planet about interesting

and important things that

are going on. And I went down that list and I thought to myself, who do I know who ticks all of

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