Ep. 35 - Pay Forever, Own Nothing

About this episode

The episode humorously explores the shift from ownership to a culture of renting and subscribing to everything.

A dose of middle-aged humour about a world where we no longer own anything — we just rent, subscribe, and renew forever. In this episode, Adam and Keith hark back to the days when we bought music on cassettes and CDs, doorbells just chimed, and software came on a disc... usually in a nice box with a weighty manual. Now we lease or subscribe to everything: music, software, cars, and even bloody doorbells. About This Podcast Two middle-aged British authors, Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson, highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.uk Or follow Middle Raged on... Twitter/X - https://x.com/MiddleRaged Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRaged Help Keep The Rage Rolling If you’d like to support this podcast (and help keep it advert-free), you can buy a one-off coffee for £5, or join our band of regular supporters by paying just £2 a month. All donations help to cover the cost of producing Middle Raged, and are massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged Other Ways to Support Middle Raged Times are hard, so if you're not in a position to make a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam Eccles, Keith A Pearson

Topics covered

• ownership
• subscription culture
• middle-aged humor
• nostalgia
• technology
• consumerism

Keywords

• middle-aged
• humor
• renting
• subscribing
• nostalgia
• consumer culture
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Middle Raged, Twitter/X, Facebook, buymeacoffee.com

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