About this episode
This episode explores the reasons behind the high prices of eggs and discusses Vice Media's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
By popular demand, we release the egg-isode. Remember how this year, eggs were insanely expensive? Well, Motherboard looked into it, and the reason why is both more complicated and more predictable than you might expect. Also, this week, Vice Media LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. First off, we’re still here! And, if you want to read the details of the filing, check out this story on Motherboard . Thanks so much to Farm Action and Dee Laninga for her time. Motherboard Money is hosted by Jason Koebler. It’s produced by Sophie Kazis, Sheena Ozaki, and Julia Nutter, and edited by Ashley Cleek. Fact checking by Sophie Hurwitz. Music and sound design by Pran Bandi. Emanuel Maiberg is Motherboard’s executive editor. Janet Lee is senior production manager for VICE Audio. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. You can find more stories like this at motherboard.vice.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Jason Koebler
Guest: Dee Laninga
Topics covered
- egg prices
- economics
- bankruptcy
- food industry
- agriculture
Keywords
- egg prices
- Vice Media
- bankruptcy
- Motherboard
- agriculture
- food costs
- economics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Vice Media LLC, Motherboard, Farm Action
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