{"podcast":{"title":"Slate Money","slug":"slate-money-319188","podcast_index_feed_id":319188,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/695ead68a32e86d775858194","website_url":"https://slate.com/podcasts/slate-money","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/695ead68a32e86d775858194/show-cover.jpg","author":"Slate Podcasts","episode_count":819,"summary":"A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon.Want more Slate Money? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit https://slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:20:00.486969+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-money-319188"},"episode":{"title":"Money Talks: The Business of Black Markets","slug":"money-talks-the-business-of-black-markets","published_at":"2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-money-319188/money-talks-the-business-of-black-markets","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-money-319188","url":"https://shows.acast.com/slate-money/episodes/6993911d8b7fe5457dfc3bc1","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/695ead68a32e86d775858194/e/6993911d8b7fe5457dfc3bc1/media.mp3","summary":"In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon is joined by journalist Mariana van Zeller , who has spent years reporting on black and gray markets around the world and has a new podcast, The Hidden Third , that delves into these powerful underground economies. They’ll get into what Mariana has seen embedded with criminal operators, from the surprisingly mundane to the darker side of working outside the system.    Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon is joined by journalist Mariana van Zeller , who has spent years reporting on black and gray markets around the world an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1741,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slate-money-319188/episodes/money-talks-the-business-of-black-markets/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-money-319188/money-talks-the-business-of-black-markets.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}