The Bruenigs

The Hedonic Blitzkrieg


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In their thanksgiving special, Liz and Matt eschew hot topics in favor of a full episode on the pitfalls of consumer markets. The jumping off point for the discussion is the recent writing about the Decline of Sex, but your wacky hosts think these articles miss the fact that the Decline of Sex is not a sui generis phenomenon, but is instead an outgrowth of consumer capitalist encroachment that we see in many areas of life.
Theme song was created by Tom Weyman (@tomweyman on Twitter).
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The BruenigsBy Elizabeth and Matt Bruenig

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