Do You Have the Right to Repair Your Products? | Beyond the Scenes

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Daily News, Comedy, News

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

From iPhones and tractors to medical equipment, many products are designed to be unfixable by the average person. Host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with YouTuber and owner of the Rossmann Repair Group, Louis Rossmann, and Law Professor at the University of Michigan, Aaron Perzanowski to discuss how manufacturers limit customer’s repair options, the environmental impact of purchasing new products rather than repairing old ones, why it costs consumer’s more, and how the right to repair movement is hoping to fix this consumer issue. Original Air Date: April 18, 2023. Beyond the Scenes is a podcast from The Daily Show. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts, or watch at YouTube.com/TheDaily Show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:13.6	We'll go behind the scenes with legendary cast members from the season, plus here what
0:17.4	they've been up to since it ended.
0:19.1	Just because there's no challenge on TV right now doesn't mean we're going to leave
0:22.2	our podcast listeners hanging.
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0:28.8	Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.
0:33.6	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:37.0	What's happening here's a edition listener.
0:38.6	It's Roy Wood Jr. correspondent for the Daily Show.
0:40.8	You're about to hear an episode of one of our original Daily Show podcast beyond the
0:45.0	scenes.
0:46.0	Hosted by me, it's the show where we dive deeper into segments and topics from the show
0:50.1	with the show's writers, producers and experts.
0:53.1	In this episode, we're breaking down all the shady stuff these corporations do where they
0:56.8	make iPhones, tractors and medical equipment impossible to be fixed by the average person.
1:03.0	I sit down with YouTuber and owner of the Rossman Repair Group Lewis Rossman and law professor
1:07.5	at the University of Michigan, Aaron Persanowski to discuss how manufacturers limit customers
1:12.5	repair options and how the right to repair movement is hoping to fix this consumer issue.
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