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Some More News · July 8 · 59 min

Some More News: Why Middle Class Doesn't Feel Middle Class Anymore

Hi. On today's episode of Some More News, we look at how everyone except the richest Americans are largely being priced out of things that used to be common middle class activities – Disneyland, movie tickets, sporting events – and how even when you can afford something, it probably kind of sucks now. Hosted by Cody Johnston Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Directed by Will Gordh Written by Jonathan Harris Produced by Jonathan Harris Edited by Gregg Meller Post-Production Supervisor / Motion Graphics & VFX - John Conway Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales Graphics by Clint DeNisco Head Writer - David Christopher Bell PATREON: https://patreon.com/somemorenews MERCH: https://shop.somemorenews.com YOUTUBE MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvlj0IzjSnNoduQF0l3VGng/join #somemorenews #middleclass #disneyland If you’re 21 or older, grab 35% all month long with code SMN at http://www.indacloud.co For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to https://hungryroot.com/smn and use code: SMN Sign up for your $1/month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/morenews Pluto TV. Stream Now. Pay Never. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 2:13 - Dude, Where’s My Middle Class? 7:38 - Why You’ll Never Take Your Family To Disneyland Again 14:02 - Stop Locking Everything Up, Walgreens 21:41 - AI Is Going To Make All of This Worse 29:02 - Remember the Running Man remake? 31:25 - Trump And The Billionaires Don’t Care 41:33 - Rich People Are Miserable Too 49:33 - Things Aren’t Totally F*cked… Yet. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hi. On today's episode of Some More News, we look at how everyone except the richest Americans are largely being priced out of things that used to be common middle class activities – Disneyland, movie tickets, sporting events – and how even when you can afford something, it probably kind of sucks now.


Hosted by Cody Johnston

Executive Producer - Katy Stoll

Directed by Will Gordh

Written by Jonathan Harris

Produced by Jonathan Harris

Edited by Gregg Meller

Post-Production Supervisor / Motion Graphics & VFX - John Conway

Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales

Graphics by Clint DeNisco

Head Writer - David Christopher Bell


PATREON: https://patreon.com/somemorenews

MERCH: https://shop.somemorenews.com

YOUTUBE MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvlj0IzjSnNoduQF0l3VGng/join


#somemorenews #middleclass #disneyland


If you’re 21 or older, grab 35% all month long with code SMN at http://www.indacloud.co


For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to https://hungryroot.com/smn and use code: SMN


Sign up for your $1/month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/morenews


Pluto TV. Stream Now. Pay Never.


Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

2:13 - Dude, Where’s My Middle Class?

7:38 - Why You’ll Never Take Your Family To Disneyland Again

14:02 - Stop Locking Everything Up, Walgreens

21:41 - AI Is Going To Make All of This Worse

29:02 - Remember the Running Man remake?

31:25 - Trump And The Billionaires Don’t Care

41:33 - Rich People Are Miserable Too

49:33 - Things Aren’t Totally F*cked… Yet.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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