The Polycrisis, Critical Ignoring and Hot Take Dating

About this episode

The episode discusses layoffs, spending habits, saving strategies, the concept of polycrisis, critical ignoring, and the phenomenon of hot take dating.

This week, we’re unpacking layoffs across industries, how people are actually spending right now, and the easiest (least miserable) ways to save money this year. Plus, we zoom out to talk about the "polycrisis" and why it feels like every headline is competing for our last brain cell.We also get into why “critical ignoring” might be the only way to survive 2026, what podcasts are doing to our brains, and the rise of "hot take dating."

People in this episode

Hosts: Tiege Dooley-Panko, Samantha Kubota

Topics covered

• layoffs
• spending habits
• saving money
• polycrisis
• critical ignoring
• podcasts impact
• hot take dating

Keywords

• layoffs
• spending
• saving money
• polycrisis
• critical ignoring
• podcasts
• hot take dating

Mentioned in this episode

Places: 2026

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