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Vergecast: This week’s GameStop timeline

Vergecast: This week’s GameStop timeline

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Our podcast explains the stock market this week

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The Verge had extensive coverage this week of how the subreddit r/WallStreetBets sent GameStop’s stock skyrocketing, and the chaos that ensued thereafter.

For this week’s episode of The Vergecast, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Elizabeth Lopatto attempt to chronicle that chaos into a timeline of events, while also explaining the interweaving machinations of stock trading, short selling, and internet culture.

Listen here or on your preferred podcast player to hear the full discussion.

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