The Bad Odds Edition

Slate Money

Slate Podcasts

Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss some questionable risks. Topics discussed on today’s show include: Fantasy sports: a game of skill? The Department of Justice wants to prosecute more white collar criminals The Broad tests a new model for art institutions Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Slate Money is sponsored 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 Ziprecruiter. With Ziprecruiter, you can post your job to over 100 job sites with a single click and an interface that's easy to use. Right now, you can try it for free! Go to ZipRecruiter.com/slatemoney. And by OPEN ACCOUNT, a podcast series created by SuChin Pak and Umpqua Bank. OPEN ACCOUNT explores, through honest and sometimes comical interviews, our uncomfortable silence around money. OPEN ACCOUNT is coming soon on iTunes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.4	post your job to over 100 job sites with a single click and an interface that's
1:00.9	easy to use.
1:02.5	Right now you can try it for free.
1:04.9	Go to zip recruiter.com slash slate money.
1:08.5	That's zip recruiter.com slash slate money. And by Open Account, a podcast created by Sue Jin Pac and Umqua Bank.
1:18.0	Open Account Explores through honest and sometimes comical interviews are in comfortable silence around
1:24.9	money. Open account is coming soon on iTunes.
1:28.6	Hello and welcome to the Bad Odds edition of Slate Money, your guide to the Business and Finance
1:40.6	News of the Week.
1:42.0	I'm Felix Salmon of Fusion and I'm joined as always by
1:46.7	Kathy O'Neill the data scientist and blogger at mathbabe.org.
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