Broke but Vibing: The Rise of Recession Pop!

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

History, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.3 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're joined by THE TikTok hot girl anthropologist, Hannah Brown! She’s giving us the ultimate breakdown on Recession Pop—because even when our bank accounts were empty, the bottle service was flowing. From the Great Depression to the 2008 financial crisis, history shows that when morale is low, pop music is at its peak. We also dive into the fashion and culture of the era (Tumblr nostalgia, anyone?). So grab your last $20 and let's party like we’re going to live forever! Created and produced by Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo For more RAM, where to follow us, merch, and updates go here. To subscribe to our premium subscription for $7.99/month for THREE bonus episodes, go here! Follow Hannah on TikTok HERE Listen to Hannah's podcast: Not Aspirational with Hannah Brown! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you.
0:03.0	I'm sorry. Welcome back to write answers mostly a podcast on what you didn't learn in history class, but you really wanted to.
0:31.3	My name is Tespalomo.
0:32.6	My name's Claire Donald.
0:34.4	And we have Friend of the Pod.
0:36.6	You know her.
0:37.2	You love her. You probably follow her on TikTok. And if you're not, pod. You know her. You love her.
0:38.1	You probably follow her on TikTok.
0:39.7	And if you're not, what are you doing?
0:40.9	Literally.
0:41.4	Hannah Brown.
0:42.1	Oh, my gosh.
0:43.0	Wait, Hannah, I just realized this is not the first time you've been on RAM.
0:46.4	Yes, Scandival.
0:47.4	That's when our friendship began.
0:49.0	Is that the first time we ever met on Zoom?
0:50.6	Yes.
0:52.0	That's right because then Claire logged off and then Hannah and I talked for like 10
0:55.9	minutes about our past trauma because we worked at the same place in LA. Wow. I know. I know.
1:00.9	That was like over a year ago. No, that was like two years ago. Oh my God. And I heard of
1:04.6	being like, they're really nice and cool. I hope we can stay friends. And we had the same thought. We were like, do you think she'd ever talk to us again?
1:11.0	Literally.
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