{"podcast":{"title":"Some More News","slug":"some-more-news-622451","podcast_index_feed_id":622451,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/some-more-news","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/some-more-news","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/c2/61/7a/03/c2617a03-04bc-4cae-aaba-87f61dd69caa/f901c500beac541a7eb4632a8162db27aed28f781fda1018a6373efa8de10c6cd98ee559bb15bcb44c145aa02a6acac9628d9f025051245f07504c984081af7b.jpeg","author":"SomeMoreNews | PodcastOne","episode_count":501,"summary":"Comedian Cody Johnston hosts this always fair, always well-researched, but most importantly, always entertaining take on the topical news of the week. Every Tuesday, Some More News dives into the world's weekly events with a mix of wit, dread, hope and compassion. Since the news cycle never stops spinning, Johnston returns every Friday for Even More News, co-hosted by Katy Stoll. Together, they present an informative and comedic spin on the viewers’ frustrations with the news that week.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T08:17:33.296993+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-more-news-622451"},"episode":{"title":"Some More News: Why Middle Class Doesn't Feel Middle Class Anymore","slug":"some-more-news-why-middle-class-doesn-t-feel-middle-class-anymore","published_at":"2026-07-08T17:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-more-news-622451/some-more-news-why-middle-class-doesn-t-feel-middle-class-anymore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-more-news-622451","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/658f876a-be0e-4399-a0f4-bb44716a419c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/658f876a-be0e-4399-a0f4-bb44716a419c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Hi. On today's episode of Some More News, we look at how everyone except the richest Americans are largely being priced out of things that used to be common middle class activities – Disneyland, movie tickets, sporting events – and how even when you can afford something, it probably kind of sucks now. Hosted by Cody Johnston Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Directed by Will Gordh Written by Jonathan Harris Produced by Jonathan Harris Edited by Gregg Meller Post-Production Supervisor / Motion Graphics & VFX - John Conway Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales Graphics by Clint DeNisco Head Writer - David Christopher Bell PATREON: https://patreon.com/somemorenews MERCH: https://shop.somemorenews.com YOUTUBE MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvlj0IzjSnNoduQF0l3VGng/join #somemorenews #middleclass #disneyland If you’re 21 or older, grab 35% all month long with code SMN at http://www.indacloud.co For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to https://hungryroot.com/smn and use code: SMN Sign up for your $1/month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/morenews Pluto TV. Stream Now. Pay Never. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 2:13 - Dude, Where’s My Middle Class? 7:38 - Why You’ll Never Take Your Family To Disneyland Again 14:02 - Stop Locking Everything Up, Walgreens 21:41 - AI Is Going To Make All of This Worse 29:02 - Remember the Running Man remake? 31:25 - Trump And The Billionaires Don’t Care 41:33 - Rich People Are Miserable Too 49:33 - Things Aren’t Totally F*cked… Yet. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Hi. On today's episode of Some More News, we look at how everyone except the richest Americans are largely being priced out of things that used to be comm…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3572,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/some-more-news-622451/episodes/some-more-news-why-middle-class-doesn-t-feel-middle-class-anymore/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-more-news-622451/some-more-news-why-middle-class-doesn-t-feel-middle-class-anymore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}