Hello, welcome to the ironic Normcore trifle episode of Slate Money, or guide to the

Business and Finance News of the Week.

I am Felix Salmon of Axios.

I am here with Emily Peck of Huffpost.

Hello.

I'm here with Anna Shamansky of Breaking Views.

Hello.

And rather excitingly, we are here with one of the most English people you will ever hear on this show,

and one of the smartest people you will ever hear on this show,

the great polymath, Mr. Ben Schott. Ben, introduce yourself. Who are you? And what do you do?

Wotto. I am a writer and a designer, a columnist for Bloomberg opinion, and, you know, a man about town when I'm allowed out.

You're also the second coming of PG Woodhouse.

Ah, yes, this is true.

I was granted permission by the Woodhouse estate to carry on the Jeeves and Worcester novels.

And Volume 2 is out in just under a month, I think.

Exciting.

I can, as someone who may have got a sneak peek of Volume 2, it's fantastic.

Ben has written a glorious piece of cultural criticism about bland. You will find out what blands are in

section three of this here podcast, which is one of the best sections we've recorded in many,

many episodes. So stick around for that. We are also going to talk about City Group and how it's doing. We're also going to talk about Citigroup and how it's doing. We're also

going to talk about Breed Awards, the parents versus non-parents fight that's going on at Facebook

and Twitter and more generally what kind of responsibility companies have to their employees

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