Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss older generations living alone, Jason Oppenheim’s incendiary opinion on Compass, Elon Musk’s claim that Apple is threatening to remove the Twitter app, and Whole Foods angering—and endangering the livelihoods of—local lobstermen.

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This episode's sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/27/us/living-alone-aging.html# .

https://www.inman.com/2022/11/28/jason-oppenheim-theres-no-fixing-compass-its-unfixable/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/28/elon-musk-claims-apple-has-threatened-to-remove-the-twitter-app-.html

https://www.foxnews.com/media/maine-lobsterman-whole-foods-more-homework-pulling-lobsters-stores-rare-whale

Timestamps:

00:00–01:19 Intro

01:19 Topic #1: “More Older Americans Are Living By Themselves…” (NYT)

07:05 A growing percentage (over 30%) of people want their own space.

08:05 The increase in divorces is also a contributing factor

08:40 Topic #2 – “Jason Oppenheim: There’s No Fixing Compass…” (Inman)

12:40 A systemic problem with brokerages and a race to the bottom

16:20 Byron’s invitation to debate this one out on the BAM stage.

19:42 Left, Middle, Right #1 – “Elon Musk Claims Apple Has threatened to Remove the Twitter App.” (CNBC)

20:40 Elon needs to be careful.

21:53 Agents need to be on the Zillow platform.

22:30 LMR #2 – “Maine Lobsterman urges Whole Foods to Do Its Homework Before…”

23:28 Whole Foods(/Amazon) is green-washing.

24:43 Agents need to be the voice shouting out dependable local businesses