This Place is Weird https://idahoroses.podbean.com Here you'll find my meandering musings over all sorts of topics, filtered through the lens of my specialization in marketing and consumer culture. Come and join me. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Alexander Rose Science:Social Sciences 1440 episodic Alexander Rose Alexander Rose No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22375775/IMG_3015_2bk9ux.jpeg This Place is Weird https://idahoroses.podbean.com 144 144 Enjoymaxxing and Monogamy Enjoymaxxing and Monogamy https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/enjoymaxxing-and-monogamy/ https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/enjoymaxxing-and-monogamy/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000 idahoroses.podbean.com/8c872e3a-d545-3d67-b295-20ff80f95734 What happens when relationships are commodities? What happens when dating feels the same as looking through pictures or changing your music? What happens when you're supposed to be yolo pilled enjoymaxxers and ONE PERSON has to meet all your needs?

]]> What happens when relationships are commodities? What happens when dating feels the same as looking through pictures or changing your music? What happens when you're supposed to be yolo pilled enjoymaxxers and ONE PERSON has to meet all your needs?

]]> Alexander Rose false No 2675 4 full The Future of College (3/3) The Future of College (3/3) https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/the-future-of-college-this-place-is-weird-episode-3/ https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/the-future-of-college-this-place-is-weird-episode-3/#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000 idahoroses.podbean.com/4e876a7d-a555-3c1c-aadc-673a7400c7fd With the scammer established and college as a commodity analyzed, we look to the future of college and the question of enjoyment.

Alfie Bown's "Enjoying It" https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/enjoying-it

]]> With the scammer established and college as a commodity analyzed, we look to the future of college and the question of enjoyment.

Alfie Bown's "Enjoying It"
https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/enjoying-it

]]> Alexander Rose true No 2887 3 full The Commodification of College (2/3) The Commodification of College (2/3) https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/the-commodification-of-college/ https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/the-commodification-of-college/#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000 78ea6b32-fec6-443f-99fc-45d2f3073587 Following up on last week's discussion of the scammer, we spend some time with the theoretical implications of college as a commodity as well as a brief discussion of why this thing got so expensive with regard to both policy and resource allocation within and among universities.

]]> Following up on last week's discussion of the scammer, we spend some time with the theoretical implications of college as a commodity as well as a brief discussion of why this thing got so expensive with regard to both policy and resource allocation within and among universities.



]]> <p>Following up on last week's discussion of the scammer, we spend some time with the theoretical implications of college as a commodity as well as a brief discussion of why this thing got so expensive with regard to both policy and resource allocation within and among universities.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p> Alexander Rose false No 3106 1 2 full Is College a Scam? (1/3) Is College a Scam? (1/3) https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/is-college-a-scam-1779815408/ https://idahoroses.podbean.com/e/is-college-a-scam-1779815408/#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 18:43:36 +0000 c513062e-e803-49c2-885f-92d2e72f115d Characteristically chaotic and meandering discussion of whether college is a scam, and if so, who is the scammer?

]]> Characteristically chaotic and meandering discussion of whether college is a scam, and if so, who is the scammer?

]]> <p>Characteristically chaotic and meandering discussion of whether college is a scam, and if so, who is the scammer?</p> Alexander Rose true No 2834 1 1 full