If you've ever wondered whether any of this is working — the marching, the sharing, the showing up — this episode is for you. Diana Rhodes has been organizing since before reproductive justice was funded, before harm reduction was named in public health spaces, before any of it was mainstream. She's seen backlash cycles before. And she has something to say about this one.

This episode covers: why protest is a tactic not a strategy, how movements survive suppression (spoiler: they go underground, they always have), why loving your neighbors is literally a counter-strategy to authoritarianism, and why you don't have to be the loud one to matter.

Plus: Andor as political mirror, disco's suppression as historical parallel, and the social change ecosystem map that will make you reconsider your role in all of this.

Group therapy disguised as cultural commentary. No partisan lecturing. Just people trying to make sense of a world that has gone jackass sideways.
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If you've ever stared at your bank statement wondering when you subscribed to that — and whether you actually own anything anymore — this one's for you.

Episode 8 breaks down the business model behind shrinkflation, algorithmic pricing, subscription traps, and the quiet death of ownership. Chris and Des call it what it is: shittification. And they trace exactly how we got here — from the paper price tag to dynamic grocery store displays that change prices as you walk up to them.

Also this week: a boycott check-in (they actually followed through), an AI update that's genuinely alarming, and a surprisingly hopeful argument that we might be at peak shittiness — which means the pendulum has to swing back.

"I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today" — group therapy disguised as cultural commentary, for people who did everything right and still feel like something's broken.

Sources mentioned: More Perfect Union, Cory Doctorow's enshittification concept, Ronan Farrow's dynamic pricing investigation, Dario Amodei's AI letter
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If you've ever felt guilty for still using Amazon/Apple/Netflix despite everything—this episode is group therapy.

Chris and Des get uncomfortably honest about their own boycott failures, unpack why brand dependency is a feature (not a bug) of modern capitalism, and walk through Scott Galloway's framework for actually making consumer resistance work.

You'll learn:
- Why boycotts succeed (Montgomery Bus) vs. fail (most of them)
- The psychological traps keeping you locked in (loss aversion, status quo bias, cognitive dissonance)
- Which 18 brands Scott Galloway recommends targeting
- How to pick ONE boycott you can actually sustain

**The Bevolo & Des Challenge:** By next week's episode, pick one brand and cut it out. Then tell us what you picked.

Spoiler: It's harder than it sounds. That's the point.

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