What is a credit card, and how does it work?
Million Bazillion
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Bridget gets to know her new co-host, Ryan, who has a lot of fun ideas but doesn’t know much about money. They’ll work together on a question that quite a few listeners were wondering about: What are credit cards, besides little pieces of plastic with chips in them? Together, we’ll learn how grown-ups use credit cards and some potential pitfalls of swiping. Then things really get out of hand when the ghost pirates show up.
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| 0:00.0 | Bye, Jed, we'll miss you! |
| 0:08.0 | While it turns out my old friend Jed packed up and is moving on to a new adventure, he's |
| 0:12.4 | going to be the first professional dirt biker to race on a unicycle. |
| 0:15.8 | He's going to have a great time. |
| 0:18.6 | Anyway, it means this show needs a new co-host. |
| 0:23.6 | We're here at the Warren Buffett Center for the Performing Arts, and one of these lucky |
| 0:27.9 | auditioners will be the next co-host of Million Bazillion. |
| 0:32.6 | And of course credit the fault slots were a major factor in the financial crisis of 2008. |
| 0:40.7 | Hmm, this is over my head. |
| 0:43.0 | Thank you, though. |
| 0:44.2 | Next. |
| 0:45.5 | 5, 6, 7, 8. |
| 0:47.8 | Cays in theory. |
| 0:52.4 | Dictates that aggregate demand. |
| 0:56.1 | Is an economy's main driving force? |
| 1:03.7 | Ah, also over my head, but you have a nice voice. |
| 1:07.0 | Next. |
| 1:09.8 | Uh, sorry. |
| 1:11.3 | What are you doing? |
| 1:12.5 | I'm mining the eternal tug of war between supply and demand. |
| 1:20.1 | Oh, sorry, yeah. |
| 1:21.6 | Mining doesn't really come through on a podcast, but love the effort. |
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