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Slate Money - Q&A Aug 24, 2019

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Slate Money has been asking for your all your business and economics questions for weeks. And now it’s finally time to get some answers! Like are CDs actually useful to anyone? Are RSUs a fair form of compensation? Is the Gold Standard a dated concept? What exactly is Anna’s political philosophy?

Plus: Slate Money: Succession guest Ryan McCarthy joins for a discussion of podcast recommendations!

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What Next - The Dangerous Idea Behind the World’s Unrest Aug 23, 2019

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Over the past several months, tensions have escalated in Hong Kong, Kashmir, and the United States. Each for their own reasons. But what if all these headlines are connected?

Guest: Josh Keating, international editor at Slate

For more information about this episode please read:

• “The Next Jimmy Aldaoud” by Chris Gelardi

• “India’s Great Disenfranchisement” by Namrata Kolachalam

• “Crossing a Line in Kashmir” by Nitish Pahwa

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Political Gabfest - 1619 Aug 23, 2019

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the New York Times Magazine’s "1619 Project" examining slavery in the U.S. (with guest Wesley Morris), corporate responsibility, and the policy changes niche groups are scoring federally.

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John talk about what the U.S. should buy since Greenland isn’t for sale.

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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What Next - The Next Housing Crisis Aug 22, 2019

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Henry Grabar fills in as host, surveying how the Democratic presidential candidates would try to fix the housing affordability crisis. What kinds of local policies have given rise to the crisis in the first place?

Guest: Jenny Schuetz, a fellow at Brookings.

Podcast production by Sam Lee with help from Danielle Hewitt.

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - When Your DNA is Public Information Aug 21, 2019

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Aaron Mak learns about how law enforcement is using public genealogy websites to crack cold cases. His guest is Nila Bala, Associate Director of Criminal Justice Policy at the R Street Institute, which is a think tank whose mission is to find solutions to complex policy problems. Bala is also a former public defender. She says while it’s great that criminals are being brought to justice, there should be more rules in place to limit false positives and prevent privacy violations.

After the interview, Shannon Palus joins the show for this week’s edition of Don’t Close My Tabs.

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What Next - The Danger Around the Corner Aug 21, 2019

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When it comes to pedestrian deaths, the Sun Belt is the most dangerous area in the country. Six of the 10 most dangerous metro areas for pedestrians are located in Florida. Nineteen of the top 20 are in the Sun Belt. How is the way we build our cities and suburbs contributing to the problem? And what can be done to try to reduce traffic deaths across the country?

Guest: Angie Schmitt, writer Streetsblog USA

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What Next - Writing the New Playbook for Political Women Aug 20, 2019

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Activists invigorated by the Women’s March and the Me Too movement are expanding the definition of what it means to be a female political leader. Meet one woman who’s coaching them along the way.

Guest: Chris Jahnke, speech coach to women working in politics.

Podcast production by Samantha Lee with help from Danielle Hewitt.

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What Next - Delaware Could Elect the Nation’s First Trans State Senator Aug 19, 2019

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Sarah McBride made waves at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 as the first transgender person to speak at a major party convention. Three years and many political successes later, McBride is trying to add another win to her résumé. One that would make her the first elected openly transgender state senator in America’s history.

Guest: Sarah McBride, candidate for Senate District 1 in Delaware.

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Slate Money - Slate Money: Succession S2E2: “Don’t Be an A**hole. You Don’t Have Principles.” Aug 19, 2019

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Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous night’s episode with spoiler-filled glee. This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Ryan McCarthy - who, as the former Editor in Chief of Vice, has a slightly personal connection to this episode.

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Slate Money - India Aug 17, 2019

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For a special India Edition of Slate Money, Felix, Emily and Anna are joined by economist Raghuram Rajan to talk about the economics of India and his new book The Third Pillar.

And in Slate Plus: More with Raghuram Rajan.

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