Slate Money - Something Something Metaverse
Slate Money
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4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by management consultant and sports fan Robin Timothy of to talk about Facebook’s sudden loss of users and revenue, why the Olympics are both problematic and boring, and the Brian Flores NFL lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in coach hiring.
In the Plus segment: A big gold cube.
Mentioned In the show:
“Brian Flores’ NFL Lawsuit: Can He Prove Systemic Racism? What We Know About Claims of ‘Sham Interviews’ and Incentivizing Tanking, Plus What’s Next” by Kevin Seifert
“An Artist Placed a Cube Made From $11.7 Million Worth of Gold in Central Park – Protected By Its Own Security Detail” by Dorian Batycka
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| 0:13.0 | Hello and welcome to the Something-Something Metiverse episode of Slate Money, |
| 0:19.0 | Your Guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm Felix Hammond of Axiosios I'm here with Emily Peck who's also at Axios. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello! |
| 0:29.0 | And I'm quite excited about this. |
| 0:32.0 | My old mucker, Robin Pine Timothy, is here |
| 0:36.6 | joining from an undisclosed location somewhere in Madrid. |
| 0:40.2 | Robin, welcome. |
| 0:42.3 | Thank you so much, Felix and Emily. I feel honored and privileged to be here. |
| 0:48.0 | Who are you, Robin? Introduce yourself. |
| 0:51.0 | Unlike most of your other, of your illustrious guests, |
| 0:55.4 | I am fairly ordinary. |
| 0:57.8 | I like the fact that you're getting the man in the street |
| 0:59.8 | perspective. |
| 1:01.3 | It's not just a bunch of highfalutin types. I am ex-Bancher, management consultant, |
| 1:09.0 | is currently doing a stint in an undisclosed location. |
| 1:12.0 | But most importantly for our... a stint in an undisclosed location. |
| 1:12.8 | But most importantly for our purposes, |
| 1:15.4 | you are also a big sports fan. |
| 1:18.0 | I am a big sports fan, but if I'm your go-to sports person, |
| 1:23.2 | you are. |
| 1:23.7 | That's a bit of an indictment on your sports acumen, I have to admit. |
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