The Down to Earth Edition

Slate Money

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Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Wall Street Journal reporter and host of WSJ Heard on the Street Miriam Gottfried talks the highs and lows of this week’s business and finance news. Topics discussed on today’s show include: The Wall Street Journal’s college rankings list The state of Deutsche Bank’s financial health Elon Musk’s mission to Mars Also, here is the personality test Cathy mentioned: “The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction.” Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann Production by Veralyn Williams. Slate Money is brought to you by Betterment, the largest independent automated investing service. Learn how you can get up to six months of NO FEES by going to Betterment.com/slatemoney. And by Blue Apron. Blue Apron’s meal kits are delivered right to your door, and make cooking at home easy. Get your first THREE meals FREE by going to BlueApron.com/money. And by HP. Their Business line of products are travel tested and perfect for on-the-go or in the office. Go to hp.com/slate and enter code slate at checkout for 30 percent off select HP Business products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:33.2	Hello! And welcome to the down to earth edition of Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week.
0:50.0	I'm Felix Salmon of Fusion. I am joined as ever by Kathy O'Neill, the author of Weapons of Math Destruction,
0:58.0	fresh off the boat from the country with which I used to associate myself.
1:03.4	Wow that's a long oh yes no I just got back from London.
1:07.2	Hi everybody and and yeah I'm never going back not since that vote.
1:11.6	It's nice there.
1:14.0	Meanwhile, Jordan has disappeared off to that random arm pitiful city known as Paris
1:21.0	for reasons which only he can hazard a guess at.
1:25.0	Which means the great and exceptionally awesome news of the week
1:30.6	is that Miriam Gottfried is here.
1:33.2	Yay!
1:34.4	Hi guys.
1:35.1	Hi.
1:36.0	You work at the Wall Street Journal?
1:37.6	I do.
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