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What Next TBD: Why Does Matt Damon Want Me to Buy Crypto?
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19 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
A recent advertisement for crypto.com, featuring Matt Damon, was met with widespread mockery online. But Damon’s ad is only the most visible example of a much broader—and more insidious—trend of celebrity cryptocurrency endorsements. Is the partnership between crypto and Hollywood really dangerous? And what separates the trend from run-of-the-mill salesmanship?
Guests: Jacob Silverman, staff writer for the New Republic and Ben McKenzie, actor, writer, and director.
Host: Lizzie O’Leary
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Guests: Jacob Silverman, staff writer for the New Republic and Ben McKenzie, actor, writer, and director.
Host: Lizzie O’Leary
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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