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Another Day with Ana Marie Cox

Blame Walmart with Sarah Marshall

Another Day with Ana Marie Cox

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

News, Arts, Performing Arts, Business, Society & Culture, Politics

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week, host of the You’re Wrong About podcast, Sarah Marshall (@Remember_Sarah) joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) to talk about the only American holiday spookier than Halloween, Black Friday. Ana and Sarah discuss misconceptions about the history of the holiday, and how it turned into the capitalist dystopian hell we all know and love. Afterwards, they talked about the intersection of class and the division that the holiday creates. Finally, they talked about the science of crowd control, and why we need to pressure corporations to make ethical changes. Listen this week for some Black Friday tips on shopping and dealing with borderline angry mobs; Worst comes to worst, just start singing some Celine Dion and hopefully the crowd will calm down! Interested in articles Sarah talked about? Click here for Jdimytai Damour’s story. Click here for a story on the power of crowds. Have any questions about family and politics you want answered on the show? Email [email protected]! Thanks to our sponsors! Stamps.com brings all the services of the U.S. Postal Service right to your computer. Whether you’re a small office sending invoices, an online seller shipping out products, or even a warehouse sending thousands of packages a day, Stamps.com can handle it all with ease. There’s NO risk, with my promo code, FRIENDS, you get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage and a digital scale. No long term commitments or contracts. Just go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and type in FRIENDS. ThirdLove uses data points generated by millions of women who have taken their Fit Finder quiz, to design bras with breast size and shape in mind for a perfect fit and premium feel. More sizes than most other brands: ThirdLove offers more than 80 sizes, including their signature half-cup sizes. Go to THIRDLOVE.com/FRIENDS now to find your perfect-fitting bra… and get 15% off your first purchase!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Anna Marie Cox and welcome to With Friends Like These.

0:07.8

Today brought to you with an assist from fellow podcaster Sarah Marshall from one of my

0:13.6

very favorite shows you're wrong about.

0:16.8

Hey Sarah.

0:17.8

Hey Anna, how are you?

0:19.1

I am okay.

0:20.1

I'm really looking forward to talking to you.

0:22.9

Do you want to tell people who you are?

0:25.1

Oh yeah, good question.

0:26.5

I feel like right now I'm someone who just started selling martial art tote bags and

0:32.7

is feeling really grateful that there's speaking of shopping that there's a consumer base

0:39.1

for that.

0:40.1

A very small but passionate one that sends you selfies.

0:43.6

I started out as a fiction writer and then became a nonfiction writer and now I'm mostly

0:50.0

a podcaster.

0:51.0

I guess Mochofiladelfia.

0:52.8

I drove past a plaque about Billy Holiday when I was trying to park to record with you today

0:58.8

which I find very exciting.

1:00.4

I'm a person who feels history is all around us because it is.

1:03.7

You know what?

1:04.7

I love that you actually just really answered that question because I'm terrible when people

1:08.8

ask me how I am I think about it and say how I am.

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