Listen to Episode No. 72 of Slate Money:

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On this episode of Slate Money, host Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss the outrageously terrible, and surprisingly good, news of the week.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

• How Turing pharmaceuticals gouged the price of the HIV drug Daraprim
• Volkswagen admits its cars fooled regulators, which may have caused deaths
• The beauty of Kickstarter's new business model

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Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter:  @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Production by Audrey Quinn.