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Fifteen-foot spoon goes missing: What's behind our urge to steal
Fifteen-foot spoon goes missing: What's behind our urge to steal
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Jun 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
When a 15-foot-tall, red spoon disappeared from outside a Phoenix Dairy Queen, it left many wondering why someone would take a spoon too big to eat with and how the thieves got away with such a large item. The spoon was ultimately found days later near a middle school baseball field.
Terrence Shulman of the Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending, and Hoarding explains how these tendencies can be treated as an addiction and why we're drawn to getting something for nothing.
Terrence Shulman of the Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending, and Hoarding explains how these tendencies can be treated as an addiction and why we're drawn to getting something for nothing.
Released:
Jun 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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