How Boycotts Work (Or Do They?)

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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We have boycotts coming out of our ears these days, but did you know they go back a couple centuries? And that it’s named after the first poor sap to be boycotted? We follow the history of boycotts up today’s boycott superstars and ask how well they work.

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1:31.3	Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh and there's Chuck and it's just the two of us and we are doing an episode on boycotts
1:37.3	today because boy, boycotts really stick in your craw.
1:42.3	There's a lot of them. They seem to be overused in this era. And I
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