Air Date: 9–24-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
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Ch. 1 - Intro, and quick follow up on bad satire
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Ch. 2 - The new culture of ‘buy now pay later’ and how these companies are manipulating the public to normalize the culture of overconsumption
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Ch. 3 - How companies pass the environmental toll of their products on the public, and the rise of “cute” debt
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Ch. 4 - The way heavy ‘buy now pay later’ marketing has dramatically changed people’s impression of how they spend their money
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Ch. 5 - Why poor voters are America’s swing voters and why that’s extremely important right now
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SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm: How we should address young boy’s anger
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REFERENCES:
Buy now, pay later usage for groceries nearly doubles as consumers struggle with food costs - Fox Business
Consumers Are Financing Their Groceries. What Does It Say About the Economy? - The New York Times
Inside the Manipulative “conspiracy” of consumption - Fast Company
The Rise of ‘Cute Debt’ - The Atlantic
The ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Bubble Is About to Burst - The Atlantic
Poor People Are America’s Swing Voters - Time
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