Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Anna Szymanski discuss Janet Yellen’s historic appointment to Treasury Secretary, Penguin Random House buying Simon & Schuster for more than $2 billion and why you might want to think twice before giving to United Way Worldwide on Giving Tuesday. 

In the Slate Plus segment: A Brexit check in. 

United Way Accused Of Retaliation Against Women Employees by Emily Peck for HuffPost

Is Dunkin’s $500 Tandem Bike Real? An Investigation. by Jillian Capewell for HuffPost

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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