Devin Fergus - #1770-2

Tom Barnard Podcast

News, Comedy

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Economists and historians alike have long lamented the decline of the middle class. Everyone seems to have their theories as to why it's happening, but some theories tend to be pretty self-explanatory. Like the fact that getting a four year degree is considered something you must do, but college has become exponentially more expensive over the years. It doesn't help that the internet mob that is cancel culture seems to almost exclusively target people with neither the money nor power to defend themselves. Probably a coincidence.

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0:00.0	I'm Bradley Trainer.
0:01.1	And I'm Don McLean.
0:02.3	We have a podcast called Blinded by the Item.
0:04.4	A blind item is gossip about a celebrity with her name left out.
0:07.3	It's a guessing game.
0:08.2	And you can play along.
0:09.4	The item might be like, this A-List star carries a Birken bag worth more than the average person's house to the gym to work out.
0:16.4	Pretty sure that's J-Lo.
0:17.9	And P.S.
0:18.8	The person behind all of this is Chris Jenner. LLC. We drop a new
0:23.2	episode every weekday so the fun never ends. Blinded by the Item, listen wherever you get podcasts,
0:28.5	and watch us on the Blinded By the Item YouTube channel. Welcome to the Family with...
0:34.6	Time Payman.
0:36.2	Co-host, Catherine Brandt.
0:37.7	And Andy Mark Bernard.
0:39.6	We'll be right back for our special guest, Dr. Devin Fergus, promoting the book Land of the Fee,
0:46.3	Hidden Cost and the Decline of the American Middle Class.
0:49.3	Ooh, this ought to be really, really interesting.
0:51.6	Dr. Fergus joins us right up to this with the family.
0:54.5	Tom, here for my friends at Walzer Automotive Group with some exciting news. Walzer is rolling out Walzer Care on
0:59.6	new and most used cars they sell in Minnesota. Well, Walzer Care is a power train warranty with
1:03.9	coverage for 10 years or 150,000 miles. Power train coverage is like major medical coverage
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