Vibecession Vibes Session

Planet Money

NPR

Business, News

4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We're not in a recession, but why are the vibes feeling so off? We put the question to an economist and one expert on "vibes" and also hire a jazz band to take a pun way too far.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:04.3	Nicar Warren, professional vibraphonist.
0:08.9	Have you ever been in a vibe session?
0:10.8	A vibe session.
0:11.8	I've been in many vibe sessions.
0:13.9	No, no, no, no, no, but have you ever been part of a vibe session?
0:18.8	I'm going to go ahead and say yes again.
0:22.6	Maybe we should explain ourselves, Nicar, because when we say vibe session, we are referring
0:27.6	to this new idea that kind of describes our economy right now.
0:32.4	The idea is that the economic vibes are off, so off, they could actually lead to a recession.
0:40.4	So combine the words vibes, recession, vibe session.
0:44.6	What do you think?
0:45.6	It's like the metaphor, the brand-salina of economics, you know?
0:50.0	Gotcha.
0:51.0	Gotcha.
0:52.0	And the reason we invited you here today, Nicar, is that we love a pun.
0:56.1	And you played the vibraphone, aka the vibes.
1:00.1	Can you just play us a little, diddy?
1:03.1	Sure.
1:14.1	And a session in jazz, what does that mean?
1:16.1	A session is just when people get together and play.
1:18.8	It can be a recording session.
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