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EP11: Gaming the Stock Market (w/ Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House)
EP11: Gaming the Stock Market (w/ Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House)
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
For a moment, all the eyes of the world were on GameStop. It’s unexpected, meteoric rise. It’s inevitable fall. The saga became a rorschach test for our politics. Was it a revolutionary moment, the many pushing back against the few? Was it an old school pump and dump, just folks out to make some money? And who was against whom, exactly?
Well, it was…a spectacle. That’s for sure. We dive into the wild world of stocks, the bubbles of present and the past, and the spectacularized social media environment that is distorting our very understanding of true politics. Abandon all hope, ye who enter.
Released:
Feb 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (99)
EP8.1: Bantering with Bannon: In this bonus episode, host Gordon Katic speaks with Ben Teitelbaum, author of a fascinating new-ish book called War for Eternity. He spent over 20 hours with Steve Bannon, as well as a wider network of far-right thinkers and strategists. Honestly, by Darts and Letters