Slate Money - The Frack You Edition
Slate News
Slate Podcasts
4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2016
⏱️ 61 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cath O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann are joined by the New Yorker's James Surowiecki.
Topics discussed on today’s show include:
-“Drop a tear for those who own non-voting corporate stock.”
-The US oil industry goes bottom-up.
Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.
Slate Money is brought to you by Wunder Capital. Invest in large-scale solar projects across the U.S. by investing in Wunder Capital’s solar funds. Create an account for free at Wundercapital.com/money. Do well and do good.
And by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. Casper mattresses come with free delivery and returns within a 100-day period. And get 50 dollars toward any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com/slatemoney and using the promo code SLATEMONEY.
And by Harry's, the shaving company that offers German-engineered blades, well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door. Visit Harrys.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code MONEY.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Slate Money is brought to you by Wonder Capital. Invest in large-scale solar projects across the U.S. |
| 0:06.9 | by investing in Wonder Capital's solar funds. Create an account for free at wondercapital.com |
| 0:13.3 | slash money. That's Wonder with a U. Do well and do good. And by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. |
| 0:24.2 | Casper mattresses come with free delivery and returns within a 100-day period. And get $50 towards |
| 0:30.7 | any mattress purchased by visiting casper.com slash slate money and using the promo code, |
| 0:36.7 | Slate Money. And by Harries, the shaving company that offers German engineers, slash slate money and using the promo code slate money. |
| 0:43.0 | And by Harries, the shaving company that offers German engineered blades, well-designed handles, and shipping rate to your door. |
| 0:45.8 | Visit Harries.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code money. |
| 0:55.5 | Hello and welcome to the Thrac U edition of Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance |
| 1:06.0 | news of the week. |
| 1:08.1 | I'm Felix Salmon of Fusion. |
| 1:10.1 | I'm joined as ever by the one and only Kathy O'Neill, |
| 1:13.7 | Math Babe, extraordinaire, blogger, data scientist in general all-around hug provider. |
| 1:19.6 | It's true. It's true. Thank you. I'm so glad to be here. And I am joined by not one but two |
| 1:25.8 | Slate Moneybox columnists. |
| 1:27.6 | We have, of course, Jordan Weissman. |
| 1:30.2 | Hello. |
| 1:31.0 | But we also have the OG Moneybox, |
| 1:34.1 | the man who created the storied franchise, |
| 1:38.0 | the man who basically set the bar |
| 1:40.6 | which no one has subsequently hurtled. |
| 1:43.5 | Thanks, Felix. Thanks. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.