{"podcast":{"title":"Really? no, Really? with Jason Alexander & Peter Tilden","slug":"really-no-really-with-jason-alexander-peter-tilden-6004825","podcast_index_feed_id":6004825,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/reallynoreally","website_url":"https://www.cloud10.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/52524e40-6719-11f0-9a49-c78685782a10/image/677b374f06da15eaf0736acbe065a872.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cloud10","episode_count":141,"summary":"Best friends Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden are joined by experts, newsmakers and celebrities in an attempt to find answers to the things that make us go…\"Really? no, Really?” We invite you to join us, subscribe and even suggest topics, as we search for the answers to life’s most baffling, intriguing, confusing and annoying questions. New episodes drop weekly.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T08:18:42.877089+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/really-no-really-with-jason-alexander-peter-tilden-6004825"},"episode":{"title":"The $165 Billion Annoyance Economy Is Here To Break You | Really? no Really?","slug":"the-165-billion-annoyance-economy-is-here-to-break-you-really-no-really","published_at":"2026-06-03T17:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/really-no-really-with-jason-alexander-peter-tilden-6004825/the-165-billion-annoyance-economy-is-here-to-break-you-really-no-really","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/really-no-really-with-jason-alexander-peter-tilden-6004825","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL9076266113.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL9076266113.mp3","summary":"Chad Maisel and Neale Mahoney, authors of the report, Taking On The Annoyance Economy, explain why every app, website, airline, pharmacy, streaming service, grocery store and parking meter now feels like it's determined to break you on this episode of the Really? no Really? Podcast. We used to think companies wanted loyal customers. Now it feels like companies want hostages. Everything is designed to wear you down. The unsubscribe button is hidden like it's a nuclear launch code. Chad and Neale sit down with Jason and Peter to delve more into this $165 billion economy that's made of hidden fees and junk fees and what steps consumers are doing to fight back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Chad Maisel and Neale Mahoney, authors of the report, Taking On The Annoyance Economy, explain why every app, website, airline, pharmacy, streaming servic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3843,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/really-no-really-with-jason-alexander-peter-tilden-6004825/episodes/the-165-billion-annoyance-economy-is-here-to-break-you-really-no-really/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/really-no-really-with-jason-alexander-peter-tilden-6004825/the-165-billion-annoyance-economy-is-here-to-break-you-really-no-really.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}