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Episode description
What do we buy? And what does that say about us?
- Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you
- Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures
- Benjamin Lorr explores how the sliding doors at American grocery stores stay open
- Patty Civalleri tells us about the man who created Trader Joe's, which started in Pasadena in 1967
- Gustavo Arellano recalls the legacy of Frieda Caplan, who introduced Angelenos to all sorts of exotic produce
- LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.
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