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Xbox laid off nearly two thousand people last week. Before that, Riot laid off hundreds more. Why does this keep happening, and how does it affect people's lives? This week, Jason, Kirk, and Maddy talk about the video game layoff epidemic and try to pinpoint the causes and effects.
One More Thing:
Kirk: One Piece (Netflix)
Maddy: True Detective S1-S2
Jason: Cultish (Amanda Montell)
LINKS:
Ezra Klein on the hollowing out of media: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/opinion/pitchfork-gq-internet-media.html
With an excerpt from Netflix’s One Piece theme by Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli
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