A guide to smarter, more ethical shopping this holiday season
Apple News In Conversation
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🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Holiday spending is expected to reach record levels this year. That makes for a lot of packages — and a lot of returns, donations, and junk. On Apple News In Conversation, host Shumita Basu speaks with The Atlantic’s Amanda Mull, who reveals the strategies retailers use to get you to buy more stuff, and what you can do to have a more sustainable holiday.
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| 0:00.0 | This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shemeitha Bessu. Today, a guide to |
| 0:09.8 | smarter, more ethical shopping for the holiday season. |
| 0:13.0 | Oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm catching a live delivery. |
| 0:25.0 | Yesterday, five packages arrived at my house. |
| 0:31.0 | Separately. |
| 0:33.0 | That's probably for me. |
| 0:35.0 | So many packages these days. |
| 0:37.0 | Thanks a lot. |
| 0:38.0 | Take care. |
| 0:39.0 | Today, it's just been one so far. |
| 0:41.0 | That brings this week's delivery count up to nine. And if you can't tell, I'm kind of horrified. I'm one of those people who knows it's probably not great to do all of my shopping online. |
| 0:53.2 | But I'm having a baby in a few weeks, |
| 0:55.8 | and gifts are starting to roll in, |
| 0:57.8 | and it seemed like a good idea to buy myself |
| 1:00.0 | a comfy house robe and a few other things. Not to mention the holidays make this one of the |
| 1:05.4 | busiest times of the year for online shopping. All of this got me thinking about how we |
| 1:12.1 | shop, why we shop, and how so much of the stuff we buy for ourselves and for others ends up becoming junk. |
| 1:20.0 | Earlier this week, we asked you, our are listeners to tell us how you have |
| 1:25.2 | re-evaluated your shopping and gift-giving habits in recent years. |
| 1:30.4 | Hello my name is Robin Spencer. I'm Liz. Hi, my name is Julie Duncan. And I'm calling to |
| 1:35.8 | answer the question what's changed about my buying habits. Because I became |
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