Slate Money - The Dubious Values Edition
Slate Money
Slate Podcasts
4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Slate Money, Silicon Valley O.G. Margit Wennmachers joins hosts Felix
Salmon of Fusion and Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org to talk corporate culture.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-Theranos faked it til they made it. Then unmade it.
-How Silicon Valley culture hurts everyone.
-How Germany became a net-exporting powerhouse.
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| 0:00.0 | Slate Money is brought to you by Harries, the shaving company that offers German-engineered blades, |
| 0:06.0 | well-designed handles, and shipping rate to your door. Visit Harries.com for $5 off your first purchase |
| 0:12.5 | with the promo code, Money. And by Ring. With Ring Video Doorbell, you can see and speak to anyone |
| 0:20.3 | at your door from anywhere in the world using your smartphone. |
| 0:24.2 | Slate Money listeners get free expedited FedEx shipping when you go to ring.com slash money. |
| 0:31.2 | With Ring Video Doorbell, you're always home. |
| 0:34.7 | And by Wonder Capital. |
| 0:36.7 | Invest in large-scale solar projects across the U.S. by investing |
| 0:40.6 | in Wonder Capital's solar funds. Create an account for free at wondercapital.com slash money. That's Wonder |
| 0:49.1 | with a U. Do well and do good. |
| 1:06.5 | Hello and welcome to the dubious values edition of Slate Money, your guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week and in an absolutely perfect confluence of events, |
| 1:14.5 | it just so happens that a huge week for news in Silicon Valley has coincided with the week, |
| 1:23.1 | kind of the best week of slate money ever. Because Jordan's not here? |
| 1:26.9 | Well, partly because Jordan's not here. |
| 1:28.7 | We love you, Jordan. |
| 1:29.5 | That was a joke. |
| 1:30.3 | Mainly because not only do we have Kathy O'Neill, the data scientist and blogger at mathbabe. |
| 1:37.7 | Hello. |
| 1:38.6 | But much more excitingly because we're all kind of used to Kathy at this point. |
| 1:43.7 | We have sitting in for Jordan Weissman. |
| 1:48.3 | The fabulous Margut Venmachers, Margaret, say hi. |
| 1:52.5 | Hello. |
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