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Slate Money: Succession, S2E6, “Yuppie RoboCop”

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🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous night’s episode with spoiler-filled glee. This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Taffy Brodesser-Akner of the New York Times. They discuss Rhea’s role in the whole succession question, the meaning of “Argestes” and the many reasons to love Gerri.  Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Roman’s Quirky Sits on Succession? by Megh Wight Let’s Talk About the Clothes on “Succession” by Rachel Syme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On BBC A

0:02.0

I am doing life a few more years means nothing to me

0:06.0

I'm pregnant

0:08.0

to just go easy I'm pregnant women

0:10.0

I've been all my electricity that's all

0:12.0

don't think I should even be in here.

0:14.0

A new series of the Bafter Award winning time.

0:18.0

You tell anyone and I mean anyone about me I will kill you starring Jody Whitaker tomorrow Lawrence and

0:26.0

Bella Ramsey time watch on BBC I player the following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Arjustis edition of Slate Money Succession.

0:57.0

Episode 6, everything goes sideways.

1:01.0

We thought we had a deal. Maybe we didn't have a deal. I am Felix salmon of Axios. I'm here with Emily Peck of Huffpo.

1:08.0

Hello. And guess what people? Oh, Huff Post. Sorry. I'm not allowed to call it the Huffington Post anymore, so now I'm calling it

1:15.2

half over, but apparently it's half post.

1:17.2

Sidebar.

1:18.2

Introduce our amazing guest.

1:19.2

Taffy Brodessa Agna.

1:20.2

Hello.

1:21.2

Needs literally no introduction because she's the most famous person in the world. Hello. more like celebrity profiles under her belt than most of us have had hot dinners.

1:34.8

She is an expert on all things.

1:38.4

Wealth and society, I would say.

1:41.4

So, and most importantly for the purposes of our current conversation

1:45.9

she is a massive succession stand and specifically a Jerry. Jerry, I live or die by Jerry. So let's just start there

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