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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The pandemic has put immense strain on the global supply chain. Everything from basic food items like chicken wings to critical tech components like computer chips is running low. Recode’s Rebecca Heilweil (@rebheilweil) and Vox’s Terry Nguyen (@terrygtnguyen) join Recode Daily to discuss how this could impact your year-end shopping plans. References: Read Terry’s article here Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes) Producer: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza (@ardzes) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for this episode comes from Contentful.

0:03.8

In today's digital first world content is the customer experience, but to build those

0:08.8

experiences digital teams need an intelligent solution that can keep pace with their business

0:13.2

goals.

0:14.2

Enter Contentful.

0:16.0

Contentful empowers digital teams to scale and launch experiences quickly and efficiently.

0:20.9

Their composable content platform makes it easy to create, collaborate, manage, and deliver

0:25.8

content across all of your channels all from one place.

0:29.2

Contentful.

0:30.2

Where content drives business momentum, get started at contentful.com.

0:43.2

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the global supply chain was thrown into chaos.

0:48.3

Shoppers are stocking up in what some are calling pandemic hoarding 2.0.

0:53.4

Coles and Woolworths have placed temporary limits of four packets of toilet paper per customer.

0:58.6

The cost of chicken wings is way up and local restaurants are feeling the heat.

1:03.0

Lumber has never been more expensive.

1:05.8

Two by fours are more than three times their typical price.

1:09.6

Eighteen months later, it's still a mess.

1:14.2

And now we're running low on everything from computer chips to oxygen, as factory shutdowns

1:18.9

and new restrictions in other countries lead to more shortages, which cause even more shortages.

1:29.6

Recoz Rebecca Hywell has been following the semiconductor shortage and how it's impacting

1:34.4

the automotive and electronics industry.

1:36.6

She's here to tell us more.

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