Ads are there for a reason — to sell you stuff
Million Bazillion
Marketplace
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Advertisers have lots of ways of persuading us to buy their stuff. Sometimes you might not even realize it’s happening … until you find yourself riding around town on an ice-cream-making scooter. (Don’t worry, we’ll explain.) This week on the show, we’ll learn how to spot an ad and identify the tricks they use to win you over. And we’ll learn how to defend against them — from our special guest, Captain Kimberly. Plus, this week’s Dollar Scholar shares great ways you can help out in your community. Don’t forget to send us your questions about money at Marketplace.org/million!
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| 0:00.0 | Oh boy, time to watch my videos. |
| 0:04.4 | I pull up the browser, search N. D. Texas. |
| 0:10.2 | Ooh, a new one. |
| 0:12.4 | What's he got? |
| 0:14.0 | What up y'all? Andy T Texas here. |
| 0:17.0 | Just chillin with my little cousins, |
| 0:19.0 | showing them my super dope new ride, |
| 0:21.0 | the Frosty freedom flyer. |
| 0:23.4 | Is that weird about makes ice cream? |
| 0:26.8 | That's right, got it yesterday and it is sweet. |
| 0:30.0 | Literally, I have been absolutely crushing some sick jumps and check it. |
| 0:35.2 | Mint chocolate chip, yo? |
| 0:37.2 | This is the best ice cream I've ever tasted! |
| 0:40.9 | You're like a superhero! Oh, you know it it little grasshopper now come on let's go run it over with my truck |
| 0:51.3 | Hitting it with the truck |
| 0:51.4 | Oh man I got to get that scooter. |
| 0:54.0 | Hey everyone, you're listening to Million Bazillion, where we help dollars make more sense. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm Jed. |
| 1:03.4 | And I'm Bridget. |
| 1:05.0 | Whoa, whoa, whoa, jed, what is this thing you're rolling around on? |
| 1:08.7 | Oh, just my super sweet frosty freedom flyer. |
| 1:11.8 | You like it? I just bought it. Is that a scooter that makes |
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