Slate Money - The Rent is Still Too Damned High
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🗓️ 27 January 2024
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Summary
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss record-breaking rents that see most renters forking over more than 30% of their dough. Also: Infant apparel brand Kyte Baby’s maternity leave scandal, and why Josh wine is such a hit. In a British Slate Plus segment: An American professor says to put salt in our tea; Felix cries foul and explains how to make a proper English cuppa.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to sleep., your guide to the business and finance news of the week. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Felix Hammond of Axios, with Elizabeth Spires of New York Times and Faces. |
| 0:22.0 | Hello? With Emily Peck of Axios. Elizabeth Spires of New York Times and Places. |
| 0:22.6 | Hello? |
| 0:23.6 | With Emily Peck of Axios. |
| 0:25.6 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:26.6 | And we are going to talk about rent this week and why it's so high and what might be causing it to be coming down and the |
| 0:37.1 | sheer astonishing amount of money that people are spending on rent these days. |
| 0:41.2 | We are going to talk about parental leave and the whole michug us around what |
| 0:46.8 | happened in Texas this week. We are going to talk about Josh Wine. What is it and why is it so popular? We have a frankly |
| 0:56.8 | awesome slate plus segment on T. It's a good one this week. It's all coming up on Slate Money. |
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