The Make Something New Edition

On this week’s episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Jim Ledbetter of Inc and the Inc Uncensored podcast discuss: -So you want to implant a baby -Verizon's $4.4 billon bid for that company that used to send you cd's for the internet -Dumb ways to spend your money on pretty things   Slate Money is sponsored by Dropbox, trusted by people in over 4 million businesses worldwide to keep their files safe, synced, and easy to share with anyone. Try Dropbox for Business free for 14 days at dropbox.com/business. And by Quickbooks. If you work for yourself, try QuickBooks Self-Employed. It helps separate your business and personal expenses, estimate your federal quarterly taxes and more. See what QuickBooks Self-Employed can do for you with a free thirty-day trial at http://tryselfemployed.com/money.   Today’s guest James Ledbetter hosts a podcast on the Panoply Network about tech, business, startups, and entrepreneurship. It’s called Inc. Uncensored and you can listen to the latest episode here: https://soundcloud.com/panoply/inc-uncensored-ep-13-verizon-buys-shingy-and-aol-and-the-backbone-of-the-on-demand-economy/s-7LHWz    Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices