In this Consumption, Markets & Culture (CMC) journals podcast 2, James Cronin and Sophie James discuss their recent article that explores the impact of the weird, creepy, and the eerie in theorising consumption.

Please find the article at:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10253866.2024.2345063

In this Consumption, Markets & Culture (CMC) journals podcast 1, Søren Askegaard and Lars Mortensen discuss EU policy on sustainability and consumption, consumer individualization and responsibilitisation, and what kinds of articles they would wish to see in CMC in the future on these topics.

Alison Hulme joins us to talk about shopping (but mostly not doing it and degrowth anyway :). (Recorded on the 27th of July, 2020)

QMP33 - The Market (with Patrick Neveling) by Quarantined Market Podcast

Janna Graham joins us to discuss what's at stake in the current situation with regards to our 'mental health', especially in a collective sense. (Recorded 21st of July, 2020)

Tracey Wechie joins us to discuss 'black struggle' in the context of the global pandemic and the BLM movement.

Holly Lewis joins us to talk about 'bodies' and body counts from conceptual and more directly American lived perspectives.(Recorded 17 July 2020)

There's been a lot of 'clapping' and other symbolic ways to show appreciation for people in particular occupations during the pandemic. Seth Wheeler joins us to discuss what all this might mean.(Recorded 16th of July, 2020)

Ashok Kumar joins us to talk about what is 'essential' about 'workers' and 'work' in the present moment. We also discuss his recent book on shifting power relations in the global garment industry. (Recorded 7th of July, 2020)

Jacob Östberg joins us for a wild ride through the cyclical intensities of 'fashion' and how they might look like today with far less physical presence.(Recorded 7th of July, 2020)