The Oh Sh*t Edition

Slate Money

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Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of, Weapons of Math Destruction, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weisman, summarize where we are post election. Topics discussed on today’s show: Why markets didn’t crash Trump’s proposed stimulus plan and how it might affect the country.This year’s polling data and why predictions were so far off. Come have a beer with us! Slate Money goes live for a special craft beer episode at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15 at Union Hall in Brooklyn. Tickets are $25. Go to slate.com/live for tickets and more information. Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Email: [email protected]: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann Production by Zachary Dinerstein Slate Money is brought to you by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. Get 50 dollars toward any mattress purchase by going to Casper.com/slatemoney and using the promo code slatemoney. And by ZipRecruiter. Post your job to all the top job sites with a single click. Try it for free by going to ZipRecruiter.com/money. And by Audible. Explore Audible’s unmatched selection of audiobooks, original audio shows, news, comedy, and more. Get a free audiobook with a 30 day trial at Audible.com/money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:33.4	Hello! And welcome to the Oh, shit!
0:38.6	And welcome to the Oh shit edition of Slate Money, your guide to the Business and Finance
0:48.8	News of the Week, which you know what that news is.
0:52.4	After a long and gruesome election campaign during which
0:59.1	we did an unbelievably good job of never mentioning this guy's name.
1:04.8	Maybe too good a job.
1:06.3	Because you didn't want us to and we, you know, it felt good to have a little Trump-free zone.
1:11.3	I don't regret it. No, it was a I think we gave everyone a much desired break in their week.
1:16.3	So yeah, so we are now, you know, unavoidable I'm, going to have to talk about the phrase which I still find quite hard
1:27.4	to get out of my mouth, President Donald Trump.
1:30.3	Voldemort has arrived. Anyway, yes, I am Felix Hammond Refusion.
1:35.0	I have here Kathy O'Neill, the author of Weapons of Math Destruction,
1:40.0	and Slate Moneybox Colon columnist Jordan Weisman.
1:43.0	Hello everyone.
1:44.0	And we are going to talk about
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