Episode description
Episode description
Have you tried going to a concert recently? What about a stadium show for a popular comedian? What did it cost? How was the Ticketmaster experience? Like everything else, the price of live event tickets is on the rise.
But the reasons why aren’t as simple as inflation and the economy. Outrageous ticket prices are all about a business monopoly using an algorithm to outflank the secondary market.
It’s a surreal story and here to tell it is Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler.
Stories discussed in this episode:
The Man Who Broke Ticketmaster
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