The White Collar Whine Edition
Slate News
Slate Podcasts
4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2015
⏱️ 38 minutes
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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: Hitting the wall, and then climbing the wall, at AmazonThe state of unpaid internships If a Yale commencement speech can change the way we think about our rat-race economy? Slate Money is sponsored by Trunk Club. Answer a few simple questions about your look, style, and size, and receive a trunk full of great looking clothes that fit perfectly and make you look amazing. Only pay for the clothes you keep, with no ongoing subscription, and shipping is free. Go to TrunkClub.com/money. 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 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. Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply.
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| 0:48.1 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:57.0 | Hello! contains explicit language. Hello, and welcome to the white-collar wine edition of Slate Money, your guide to the |
| 1:05.6 | Business and Finance News of the Week. |
| 1:08.4 | This week we are devoting the entire episode to the trials and tribulations |
| 1:15.1 | of the rich and privileged and how it's so hard to be, you know, a rich person in America |
| 1:22.5 | these days working for a living and that kind of thing. I am joined by Kathy O'Neill, the blogger at |
| 1:29.8 | MathBababre.org, and Kathy is not with us in person. Where are you, Kathy? |
| 1:35.6 | I am in Oakland, California. I like Oakland, California. It's one of my new favorite cities. |
| 1:41.8 | It's also the home to the Fusion Bay Area Bureau, which is a fun place to have for |
| 1:48.5 | Bureau. |
| 1:48.8 | I was there a couple weeks ago. |
| 1:50.6 | And, of course, Jordan Weissman. |
| 1:54.2 | Happy to be here. |
| 1:55.2 | Hello, Jordan. |
| 1:55.8 | Jordan is the Moneybox columnist here at Slate, and he is going to be talking about interns. |
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