Is Capital One’s Discover Deal Doomed?

Slate Money

English - February 24, 2024 08:00 - 42 minutes - ★★★★ - 922 ratings
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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers come with 0% interest and no fees! They discuss what the proposed merger between Capital One and Discover would mean for the rest of us and why the government probably won’t let it happen. Also: How long will Nvidia’s chip empire last, and why there are suddenly so many car washes everywhere. In the Plus segment: The gang reveals their all-time favorite kitchen gadgets.
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Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth.
Clips and references in the show:
“‘I’m gonna get totally and utterly X-ed.’: Constructing drunkenness”
1986 Discover ad
“Car Wash” by Rose Royce
Vintage car wash documentary
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our show every week. You’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work.

Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth.

Clips and references in the show:

“‘I’m gonna get totally and utterly X-ed.’: Constructing drunkenness”

1986 Discover ad

“Car Wash” by Rose Royce

Vintage car wash documentary

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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