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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this Money Talks: Emily Peck is joined by journalist and author Adam Chandler to discuss what he discovered about how Americans think about work while writing his book 99% Perspiration. They’ll get into America's often misguided and misinformed obsession with rugged individualism, the long-term effects of de-emphasizing community, and of course, Emily in Paris. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Money Talks, a special extra podcast from Slate Money, where we chat with
0:14.8	brilliant and interesting people. I'm Emily Peck. I'm a correspondent and Axios and co-host
0:19.9	of Slate Money.. I'm here today with
0:21.9	Adam Chandler. He's the author of the new book 99% Perspiration, a new working history of the
0:28.0	American Way of Life. And it's a book that looks at what he says is one of the foundational myths
0:34.3	of the United States, that hard work will lead to success, which is sad
0:38.0	because I worked hard to bring you this podcast today. Welcome, Adam. Thank you for having me.
0:42.5	I can't wait to talk about the foundational myth and maybe just talk about how we're feeling
0:47.9	and how people are feeling right now about overwork. And that's all coming up after the break
0:52.2	on Slate Money Talks.
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