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🗓️ 25 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week: Tiktok gets a stay of execution in America. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers speculate on the reasons Trump changed his mind on the TikTok ban and who will ultimately win the jackpot if an American company gets a stake. Then, in a move that’s sketchy at best, Trump launched a memecoin just as he became president again and the cryptobros aren’t happy. Finally, digital shoplifting is a thing. And if you’re a Gen Z or Millennial, you’re probably doing it. In the Slate Plus episode: Are Barack and Michelle the new Harry and Megan? Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the first slate money of the new Trump administration.
0:19.0	I'm Felix Salmon of Axios with Elizabeth Spires of New York Times
0:23.9	and places. Hello. With of course Emily Peck of Axios. Hey Felix. We are going to talk
0:30.3	about TikTok, which is up again and possibly illegally up again. We are going to talk about Trump's meme coin and all of the
0:42.1	fraught reaction there too. We are going to talk about shoplifting, but not the shoplifting
0:48.3	from real physical stores type, the digital type, which is apparently incredibly popular among
0:53.0	the youngs. We have a very tight and
0:58.1	coherent Slate Plus segment about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Michelle and Barack
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