Slate Money

This week on Slate Money: Travel, Felix talks to Charles Read of the Economist about why First Class cabins are giving way to Business Class and private jets. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, Felix, Emily and Anna discuss why you might be missing the point when talking about Operation Varsity Blues, argue about the Deutsche Bank/Commerzbank merger and talk about the growing concern around Boeing planes. In the Slate Plus segment: Remembering Alan Krueger. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck, Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Slate Money: Travel, Felix talks to Ron Lieber, the ‘Your Money’ columnist for The New York Times, about whether or not credit card rewards programs are really worth the hassle--not to mention the potentially hefty annual fees. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmonPodcast production by Jessamine Molli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, David Wallace-Wells joins Emily, Felix, and Anna to discuss his new book "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming” and, frankly, freak everyone out about global warming.In the Slate Plus segment: Aerosols and other geoengineering. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeckPodcast production by Jessamine Molli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week 'Slate Money: Travel' welcomes it’s most travelled guest to date: Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Katherine talks about what it’s like to travel 200 days out of the year for work, her tips for making economy comfortable and all the reasons she fully nerds out about public transit. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmonPodcast production by Jessamine MolliListen to Slate Money via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, Katherine Maher, Executive Director of Wikimedia, joins Emily, Felix, and Anna to discuss the information spectrum: from Wikipedia and academic journals to Zuckerberg’s pivot to privacy.Medium: Elizabeth Warren: Here’s How We Can Break Up Big TechNature: Huge US university cancels subscription with ElsevierFacebook: A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social NetworkingIn the Slate Plus segment: the way Wikipedia is used by for-profit companies.Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck, @krmaherPodcast production by Max Jacobs.Listen to Slate Money via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hospitality columnist Colin Nagy joins Felix to talk about creativity, brands, and ghosts as they relate to hotels, on episode three of this new mini series from Slate Money all about travel. Skift: On Experience Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmonPodcast production by Max Jacobs.Listen to Slate Money via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, Rob Cox from Breakingviews joins Emily, Felix, and Anna to discuss Teslas finally being cheaper, Kraft & 3G, Facebook’s Content Moderation Failures, and the political scene in France.[ul]CNN:Tesla debuts long-awaited $35,000 Model 3The Verge: The Trauma FloorVanity Fair: Men are Scum: Inside Facebook’s War on Hate SpeechThe Atlantic: Workism Is Making Americans Miserable[/ul]In the Slate Plus segment: is work the new religion? Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck, @rob1coxPodcast production by Max Jacobs.Listen to Slate Money via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.This episode is brought to you by Transferwise. Check them out today at transferwise.com/money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Airline loyalty program expert Jay Sorensen joins episode two of this new mini series from Slate Money all about travel. Felix and Jay talk all about the history of airline miles and the fascinating relationship between traveler, bank, and airline.Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmonPodcast production by Max Jacobs.Listen to Slate Money via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, Mehrsa Baradaran joins Anna, Emily, and Felix to discuss black banks and the racial wealth gap.In the Slate Plus segment: Mehrsa’s talks about the Push Coalition Wall Street Project and the conversations she’s had with the Reverend Jesse Jackson about the racial wealth gap. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck, @MehrsaBaradaranPodcast production by Max Jacobs.Listen to Slate Money via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.This episode is brought to you by Transferwise. Check them out today at transferwise.com/money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices