Hello and welcome to the next cove Julius episode of Slate Money Succession.

We are back, people.

Succession is back. Succession back succession is back succession season three is coming

next week on hbo and of course i felix salmon of a a a alexis will be watching every episode

as will be emily peck of fund rise hello I'm so excited. I can't wait.

We are going to be watching every episode.

We're going to be talking about it right here on Slate Money.

And to set the scene, we have the most insightful succession observer that I think probably exists outside the walls of the succession writing room itself. Rebecca Meade from the New Yorker, welcome.

Thank you. Delighted to be here. You wrote a fantastic piece about Jesse Armstrong and

calling him the real CEO of Succession. He runs this show.

He runs a really tight ship, controls more or less everything about the show.

This is normal in television, by the way.

The showrunner does this on shows.

But you had some amazing insights.

So we're going to talk to you about season one, season two,

and although none of us have actually seen any of the episodes,

season three of the best show on TV,

all coming up on Slate Money Succession.

Rebecca, there has been, I believe the technical term is a fuck ton written about succession in every single publication that

I subscribe to. But you win the prize for the best succession article. It's amazing in the New York.

So we needed to have you on to kick off this season of Slate Money Succession. I know nothing

about season three. I have no idea what

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