Nostalgia Can Heal If You Let It

Send us Fan Mail Twenty-five dollars for pancakes will make you question more than breakfast. We start with the kind of everyday price shock everybody feels right now, then pull the thread all the way into the “convenience economy” and why it seems like we are paying premiums for speed, not for better products. From festival lemonade to food truck totals that feel like fine dining, we talk honestly about inflation, value, and what it looks like to push back as consumers without turning cynica...