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Bonus: How Are We Distracting Ourselves?

The hosts discuss what they’re doing to keep from doomscrolling

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Episode Notes

This week was a long, anxiety-inducing, and full of poor social media consumption choices. Emily Peck, Elizabeth Spiers, and Anna Szymanski discuss what they did to keep their cool and keep off their phones. From learning Hebrew to binging bad horror films, they share what has kept their minds off reality.

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About the Show

A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers.

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Hosts

  • Emily Peck is the co-host of Slate Money and a markets correspondent for Axios.

  • Anna Szymanski is a columnist at Reuters Breakingviews. She previously worked in emerging markets investment and is a CFA charterholder.

  • Elizabeth Spiers is Slate’s Pay Dirt columnist. She was the founding editor of Gawker and the former editor in chief of the New York Observer. Prior to Gawker, she was a financial analyst.