The Drug that Debunks Free Will
Slate Money
Slate Podcasts
4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week, former Slate Money host Cathy O’Neill joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers to discuss the technical glitch at the New York Stock Exchange. They also talk about a new study that found the IRS disproportionately audits Black taxpayers, and about Ozempic, a shockingly effective – and expensive – weight loss drug.
In the Plus segment: a debate over Slack etiquette.
Podcast production by Anna Phillips.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the drug that debunks free will episode of Slate Money. |
| 0:21.5 | Your guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week. I'm Felix |
| 0:24.5 | Herman of Axios. I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios. Hello hello? I'm here |
| 0:29.1 | with Elizabeth Spires. Hello. And most excitingly I have some frab just news view coming in on very short notice to be amazing as ever. |
| 0:41.0 | We have the great Kathy O'Neill. Welcome. Thanks Felix, great to be here. |
| 0:46.7 | Kathy, welcome back. You are the OG co-host of Slate Money. You know these facilities very well. |
| 0:54.0 | Do you know, it's like the first time I visited a while where I'm not talking about a sex toy. |
| 0:58.0 | Unless you want to talk about a sex toy. I mean, that's fine too. |
| 1:01.0 | We, it's true. |
| 1:03.0 | We do a bunch of Kathy O'Neill stuff on this episode. |
| 1:06.4 | We talk about weight loss, we talk about algorithms, |
| 1:11.0 | we have a whole Sleep Plus segment on etiquette and whether you can DM people in the middle of the night |
| 1:17.7 | You and I are right about this Emily and Elizabeth wrong |
| 1:21.5 | Wrong facts that checks out that checks out and Elizabeth wrong. Wrong. Facts. |
| 1:23.0 | That checks out. |
| 1:24.0 | That checks out. |
| 1:25.0 | We also have a segment on the New York Stock Exchange and flashgrashes and what's going on right there. |
| 1:32.6 | But yeah, it's just amazing to have Kathy back. |
| 1:35.1 | Welcome back. |
| 1:36.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:37.1 | And bring me back any time. |
| 1:39.1 | And we will bring you back soon. |
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