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Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies.Taffy Brodesser-Akner, journalist and author of the novel turned soon-to-be television show, Fleishman Is in Troublejoins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1990 dark comedy The Bonfire of the Vanities. They get into why Emily hated this movie, the differences between the movie and the book, and all the racism. Plus, there’s some behind-the-scenes industry talk.Email: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about what’s happening with Disney and the Reedy Creek improvement district, Elon Musk’s alignment with the far right, and the criminal charges filed against Archegos founder, Bill Hwang. In the Plus segment: All about tipping.Mentioned In the Show: “Let’s Be Clear About What It’s Like to Be Harassed on Twitter” by Elizabeth Spiers“Disney Strategy Is to Stay Silent to Soften Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Blow” by Robbie Whelan“Elon Musk Might Break Twitter. Maybe That’s a Good Thing” by The Ezra Klein Show Email: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna RothThanks Avast.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies.Cardiff Garcia, co-founder of Bazaar Audio, joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1999 cult classic, Office Space. They get into how office life has changed since the movie’s premier, whether Peter would actually make a good manager, and poor, poor Milton.Email: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the shakeup in the streaming world with Netflix considering ads and CNN+ folding, the end of the public transportation mask mandate, and inflation. In the Plus segment: Elon Musk, one more time.Mentioned In the Show: “Netflix, Facing Reality Check, Vows to Curb Its Profligate Ways” by Joe Flint“Inattention and Prices Over Time: Experimental Evidence from ‘The Price Is Right’ (1972-2019)” by Jonathan Hartley“Musk’s Twitter funding is secured” by Issie Lapowsky Email: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies.Former Slate editor Jared Hohlt joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1999 thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley…along with another movie! They get into the sexual politics of the movie and the furniture in it, how the movie stacks up against the Patricia Highsmith novel it’s based on, and get into the 1975 grift movie, Fox and His Friends. Email: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about whether or not Elon Musk will really take over Twitter, how AriZona Iced Tea holds inflation at bay, and why office perks are basically carnival prizes minus the fun.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies.Author and algorithmic auditor Cathy O’Neil joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1946 Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. They talk about whether Jimmy Stewart is too entitled to be this upset, the banks of the 1940s, and the finances of heaven. Email: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about Elon Musk taking a board seat on Twitter, a Staten Island Amazon warehouse’s successful unionization, and whether individuals sending money to Ukraine is helpful.  In the Plus segment: Felix is bad at hotdesking. Mentioned In the Show: “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace” by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld“Worker-to-Worker Organizing May Finally Have Its Moment” by Steven Greenhouse“Jamie Dimon to Work-From-Homers: You Win” by Holden Walter-Warner“Amazon Workers’ Union Victory is Turbocharging a New Labor Movement” by Emily Peck“How Governments Are Multiplying Aid to Ukraine” by Felix SalmonEmail: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Slate Money Goes to the Movies, a miniseries in which Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and a different guest each week discuss popular business-themed movies.Shazna Nessa of The Wall Street Journal joins Felix and Emily to talk about the 1963 Bengali film, The Big City. They talk about how the feminist themes resonate today, what makes it an “art house” film, and why the ending seems like a low point, but doesn’t feel like one.  Email: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna RothThanks Avast.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Slate Pay Dirt columnist, Elizabeth Spiers. They talk about how women (mostly college educated) might be doing okay in the workforce, and what happened when Barclays didn’t check the right box and Axie Infinity didn’t notice it didn’t have an SEC shelf registration. In the Plus segment: The inflation and war nexus with gas prices.Mentioned In the Show: “Young women earn more than men in 16 U.S. cities” by Emily Peck “Research: College-educated women did not leave labor force during pandemic” by Emily Peck “Understanding the economic impact of COVID-19 on women” by Claudia Goldin“Mississippi passes equal pay law with loopholes” by Emily Peck “Credit Suisse faces US probe after telling investors to ‘destroy documents’ linked to oligarch yacht loans” by Matt EganEmail: slatemoney@slate.comPodcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices