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Listen Now: Beak Capitalism from Odd Lots · Merryn Talks Money

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  Speaker 1: Hi, It's Maren zum set Web and I want to
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  Speaker 1: introduce you to Beak Capitalism. It's a special limited series
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  Speaker 1: my friends are over the Odd Lots podcast, where host
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  Speaker 1: Joe Wisensol and Tracy Alloway explore the US economy through
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  Speaker 1: the medium of chickens. From what really causes bike and
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  Speaker 1: egg and chicken prices to the chicken sandwich wars, who
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  Speaker 1: actually invented the chicken nugget, the relationship between farmers and
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  Speaker 1: their employers, concentration of market power, what it all says
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  Speaker 1: about the nature of American capitalism, and so so much
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  Speaker 1: more so. If you're looking for something to binge this
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  Speaker 1: holiday season, stay tuned to listen to the trailer of
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  Speaker 1: Beak Capitalism, then head over to the Odd Loots podcast
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  Speaker 1: to listen to all three episodes out now wherever you
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  Speaker 1: get your podcasts.
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  Speaker 2: Wings, nuggets, eggs. No matter the form, Americans love their chicken.
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  Speaker 3: The chicken industry is one of the largest and most
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  Speaker 3: complex supply chains that America has. These birds are big business,
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  Speaker 3: and we wanted to get to the bottom of it.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to Beak Capitalism, brought to you by Odd Lots.
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  Speaker 2: In this special three part series from Bloomberg Podcast. We
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  Speaker 2: are going to examine some of the thorniest issues facing
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  Speaker 2: the US economy through the medium of this humble bird
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  Speaker 2: examine Get.
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  Speaker 3: It So, there's going to be chicken puns.
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  Speaker 2: There are definitely going to be chicken puns. We're going
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  Speaker 2: to be asking why the chicken industry has evolved the
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  Speaker 2: way that it has, and what does it say about
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  Speaker 2: the American economy that so many consumers are flocking to poultry.
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  Speaker 2: There's another one for you.
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  Speaker 3: Listen to Beat Capitalism from Odd Lots out now on
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  Speaker 3: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.