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Essence and Maddie, on the surface, are unlikely best friends. However, the “common room” brought them together and until the pandemic they have been inseparable. Listen to them continue their engaging “croom” conversations ranging from their personal lives, social justice, art, politics, global events, and the latest pop culture drama. 

Episode 10: Big Banks and the Big Short The Common Room Couch

Maddie asks Essence to define “big banks,” how banks contributed to the 2008 Recession, and some of the long-term effects of the Recession. Essence asks Maddie to talk about her favorite movie– The Big Short, and how movies about historical events can be useful for understanding difficult topics like the Recession.Visit us at our website: https://thecommonroomcouch.com/Find us on instagram or twitter @thecommonroomcouch Email us at thecommonroomcouch@gmail.com your comments/corrections/ideas/questions Support us and access bonus content through our patreon https://www.patreon.com/thecommonroomcouchEpisode’s resources and bonus material:Big Bankshttps://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/black-recession-housing-race/396725/https://www.businessinsider.com/what-caused-the-great-recessionhttps://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/IN10853.pdfhttps://irle.berkeley.edu/files/2018/09/IRLE-What-Really-Caused-the-Great-Recession.pdfhttps://ftp.iza.org/dp4934.pdf The Big Short: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/27/the-big-short-financially-accurate-adam-mckay-subprime-money-bale-gosling-pitthttps://www.thirdway.org/memo/your-cheat-sheet-for-the-big-shorthttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/movies/review-in-the-big-short-economic-collapse-for-fun-and-profit.htmlhttps://www.vox.com/culture/2015/12/12/9947796/the-big-short-review-movie-ryan-goslinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Icelandic_financial_crisishttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-35485876ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/17/the-miraculous-story-of-iceland/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-common-room-couch/donations
  1. Episode 10: Big Banks and the Big Short
  2. Episode 9: Dystopias and Defund the Police
  3. Episode 8: The VP and RomComs
  4. Episode 7: #Selfcare and The Squad
  5. Episode 6: Black Lives Matter and Social Media Activism

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