This Place is Weird
Here you'll find my meandering musings over all sorts of topics, filtered through the lens of my specialization in marketing and consumer culture. Come and join me.
Episodes

May 26, 2026
May 26, 2026
48 min
With the scammer established and college as a commodity analyzed, we look to the future of college and the question of enjoyment.
Alfie Bown's "Enjoying It"https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/enjoying-it

May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
51 min
Following up on last week's discussion of the scammer, we spend some time with the theoretical implications of college as a commodity as well as a brief discussion of why this thing got so expensive with regard to both policy and resource allocation within and among universities.

May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026
47 min
Characteristically chaotic and meandering discussion of whether college is a scam, and if so, who is the scammer?




