Slate Money: Succession, S2E6, “Yuppie RoboCop”

Slate Money

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Investing, Business

4.1 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 45 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	The following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Arjustis edition of Slate Money Succession.
0:27.0	Episode 6, everything goes sideways.
0:31.0	We thought we had a deal. Maybe we didn't have a deal. I am Felix
0:35.5	Simon of Axios. I'm here with Emily Peck of Huffpo.
0:38.5	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
0:45.1	Half over, apparently it's Half Post.
0:47.0	Please go on and introduce our amazing guest.
0:49.0	Taffy Brodessa Agna.
0:50.0	Hello.
0:51.0	Needs literally no introduction because she's the most famous person in the world.
0:55.2	She has a TV series.
0:57.1	She has a best-selling novel.
0:59.4	She has more like celebrity profiles under her belt than most of us have had hot dinners.
1:04.8	She is an expert on all things wealth and society, I would say.
1:11.4	So, and most importantly for the purposes of our current conversation
1:15.9	she is a massive succession stand and specifically a Jerry stand please Jerry I live or die Jerry, you stand. Please.
1:24.0	Jerry, I live or die by Jerry.
1:27.0	So let's just start there, shall we?
1:29.0	What is it about Jerry that you love so much?
1:31.0	I love that she is just trying to survive. I love that she, that like personal
1:37.8	information only comes out from her when, as a character, personal information only comes out when it's necessary, like when she's being blackmailed by Shiv at Shiv's wedding, and Shiv is like, you're my godmother and we're like, yeah, what?
1:55.0	And she's like, you were buried, don't you have any advice?
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