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🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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This episode originally aired in January 2021 The story of how GameStop went from the verge of a bankruptcy to a $15 billion market value isn’t an easy one to wrap your head around. But it helps to go back to the beginning; almost three years ago, in a subreddit called r/wallstreetbets. Guests: Brandon Kochkodin, reporter at Bloomberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've entered the Rick and Morty multiverse so many times at all for that I don't know whether I'm Rick, Morty.
0:07.3	Oh myself.
0:08.5	Am I Rick?
0:09.6	Am I Morty?
0:10.7	Am I me?
0:11.9	Am I Rick?
0:12.9	Am I Morty?
0:14.0	Am I me?
0:15.2	I don't know.
0:16.4	Watch now on all four.
0:18.0	The UK's biggest free-streaming service.
0:20.4	Watch and rewatch.
0:21.5	Watch and rewatch.
0:22.2	Watch and rewatch.
0:22.8	Go for me.
0:23.6	Compare Channel 4.com slash verify.
0:26.6	This week we're revisiting one of my favorite episodes of the year.
0:31.0	It's a story that somehow feels very true to this year's DNA.
0:35.6	It's chaotic, it's weird, there are memes.
0:39.3	And it might not have happened if a bunch of people weren't working from home.
0:43.7	This story is about how GameStop, the video GameStore,
0:47.1	became both a hot stock and a cultural shorthand for systems that don't make sense anymore.
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