Slate Money

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers sit around a table once a week and hash out whatever's happening in the world of money, business, and economics. Slate Money is a panel discussion podcast in the best sense -- three smart people with distinct perspectives having a genuine conversation, complete with disagreements, tangents, and the occasional moment where someone changes their mind on air. Felix brings financial journalism credentials and a knack for making complex market dynamics accessible. Emily covers labor, housing, and economic policy with sharp reporting instincts. Elizabeth adds media and tech industry perspective. The weekly format means they cover the biggest stories of the moment -- Fed decisions, corporate earnings drama, housing market shifts, tech industry upheaval -- with enough distance to offer analysis rather than just breathless reaction. Episodes run about 45 minutes to an hour, and with 895 in the archive, there's a deep catalog to explore. The show carries a 4.1-star rating with about 1,000 reviews, and the audience tends toward people who read the Financial Times or Bloomberg and want a podcast that matches that level of sophistication without being dry. Slate Money won't tell you which stocks to buy or how to set up your 401k. It will help you understand the forces shaping the economy you live in, explained by people who are clearly enjoying the conversation.