WPR Episode 530 - Interview with Matt Stoller

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🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Last week the FTC surprised everyone when they actually took action towards stopping the Microsoft/Activision merger. So much so that Rob had to reach out to an expert to get into the nitty gritty about what this really means. He interviewed Matt Stoller, author of “Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy,” and they discussed the history of monopolies in the US, and how Microsoft history weighs heavily on the FTC’s decision. But first, Ren has stories to tell from her time playing way too much Dwarf Fortress, including a late breaking story of a young dwarf that just loves to carry gems around. Patrick’s wrapped on Immortality, and while he’s had a great time with the game, he does wonder if it wouldn’t have benefited from something akin to Return to Monkey Island’s hint system. After the break, we dip into the question bucket to hear more pronunciation goofs, and our worst, potentially job-losing gaming habits.

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0:00.0	What's good internet it's December 12th 2022 and you are listening to Waypoint Radio
0:22.2	episode 530.
0:23.2	I'm your host Rob Zachney and it is the dawn of the final day of the Waypoint holiday
0:30.5	sale.
0:31.5	Have you gotten yours?
0:32.7	Well, if you're listening to this right immediately as soon as the episode drops, you can probably
0:38.8	still make it.
0:39.8	Kato, when are we sealing the vault?
0:43.4	Uh, 8 p.m.
0:45.5	Eastern.
0:46.5	Today, if you're listening to this the day it came out December 13th, right?
0:53.0	Wow.
0:54.0	It's possible if you if you if you dithered, if you dallied, you might arrive at Waypoint
0:59.6	plus dot com and find the gates have been shut in your face for which I'm very sorry, but
1:05.0	we had the sale running for a week.
1:07.0	But if you are in time, you can use the code Wayholiday to get 25% off your annual order.
1:13.8	Now to reiterate, this sales a little unusual unorthodox from what you might have been
1:20.7	led to expect or what you're accustomed to.
1:24.3	The way this sale works is if you're an existing annual subscriber, if you enter the discount
1:29.9	code, you're not charged immediately.
1:32.2	Instead that discount this that discount code is saved like a little, a little squirrels
1:37.7	walnut for later went auto renew hits and then you'll get the discount applied to your
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