The Pisco Sour Edition

Slate Money

Slate Podcasts

Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann get saucy. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -French hottie, and rogue trader, Jérôme Kerviel can do no wrong. -Peruvians are pretty good at vulture funds. -Scotland wants to make it a little harder for chavs to get their cheap booze. Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Slate Money is brought to you by Texture, the mobile app that gives you full access to more than 150 of the world's most popular magazines, anytime, using your phone or tablet. Read Vogue, People, Esquire, Time—and hundreds more—from back issues to the one currently on the newsstand. Right now, try Texture for free at Texture.com/slatemoney. And by Harry's, the shaving company that offers German-engineered blades, well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door. Visit Harrys.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code MONEY. And by Open Account, a podcast that gets personal about making, losing, and living with money. Created by Umpqua Bank and hosted by SuChin Pak, download and subscribe to Open Account wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.8	Hm. Hello! Hello and welcome to the Peace Go Sour edition of Slate Money, your guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week.
1:06.7	I'm Felix Salmon of Fusion.
1:09.0	I am joined as ever by Slate Moneybox Columnist Jordan Weisman
1:14.0	Hello Felix.
1:15.2	Also by International Business Class Traveler Kathy O'Neill
1:19.3	who's been jetting off to Paris and hanging out with Monica Lewinsky and generally being fabulous.
1:26.5	Fabulous, that's the right word. Veal and foie gras.
1:30.5	I confess.
1:31.5	Wait, so did you hang with Monica?
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