Some More News: The High Cost of Convenience
Some More News
SomeMoreNews | PodcastOne
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Hi. Today we're looking at modern conveniences that have a higher cost than we'd like to admit. Amazon, Netflix, Airbnb, Doordash – all require exploiting labor, screwing over customers, and making parts of our society just a little bit worse. Is there a better way?
Hosted by Cody Johnston
Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by Shawn Depasquale
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Edited by Gregg Meller
Post-Production Supervisor / Motion Graphics & VFX - John Conway
Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
Graphics by Clint DeNisco
Head Writer - David Christopher Bell
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hi again. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome back from the ads and things. |
| 0:11.0 | Cody, news guy. |
| 0:13.0 | Ties. Beards. Did we do this part already? |
| 0:16.0 | Sorry, I'm a little distracted because I ordered something I really, really need, |
| 0:20.0 | and it says it's nine stops away, but it said that for the last like three hours. |
| 0:25.0 | Whatever, it's still fine. |
| 0:26.9 | I can't complain, right? |
| 0:28.1 | Everything is so convenient these days. |
| 0:30.0 | Thank you, capitalist Mr. Clean. |
| 0:33.0 | Hot dog! |
| 0:34.4 | It is now eight stops away. |
| 0:36.7 | Cool. |
| 0:37.1 | We really are finally living in the rad future that we were promised. A world where we can get anything we want with a touch of a button. Groceries, rides, late night booze, laundry detergent, a Super Mario DVD I'm not sure which one, and a guy who will pay cash for your old lottery tickets. I don't |
| 0:55.5 | know why it was an intriguing ad and he responded very quickly. Pretty soon you won't |
| 1:00.6 | even have to press a button anymore. You will press a button to press the button for you. Oh |
| 1:06.0 | wait, we did that too. It truly is a time of wonders. |
| 1:11.0 | But hey, here's some news. |
| 1:13.4 | Hold on. |
| 1:14.8 | Nine stops away. |
| 1:18.1 | Again? |
| 1:26.0 | The high cost of Modern Convenience |
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