Devin and Andy check out CVS, one of two big drugstore chains standing. Do Mini Melts and Dippin' Dots need their own Twizzlers vs Red Vines style debate? How important is the condition of the actual floor in a chain drugstore experience? Would you be up for some throwback Consumer Value Stores merch? Would people be buying Fubbles Bubble Blasters if they were 25 dollars? How about $100? Does Rewind It need better photos for their packages? What’s your theory about cereal sales? Did the PooPourri woman and the Squatty Potty guy ever get together??

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin and Andy drop in and visit Zumiez. Is it a shoe store, a clothing store, or a skate store? What is the meaning of “mallthentic”? How does this place triangulate with Spencer’s and Hot Topic? What clothing or accessories did your school forbid? How is Lord Nermal related to Garfield’s Nermal, if at all? Is Nirvana pure merch now? Was everyone at least skater-adjacent in the 90s?

Keep A Breast bracelets

Free Stuff for Kids book (1979)

Zumiez free stickers guide

Killer Acid sweater

Rap Snacks Lil Baby Chips

Full Carts Social: Bluesky, Instagram

Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin and Andy consider the state of the Newsstand in New York City. Have newsstands taken some of that big OTB energy? Is it true newsstands aren’t allowed to sell anything for more than $20? Are newsstands slowly working their way back into the subways? Are Corn Nuts health food? What pivot could restore this essential street-level retail to glory? How does sound sculpture fit into all this?

Assorted sources:

Primark pronunciation

Hyundai x Amazon ad

2022 Newsstand article in City and State NY

Map of Newsstands in NYC

The OTB Parlors, Limping Along (NYTimes 2010)

Professor Hitt’s Rundowns and Workouts

Full Carts Social: Bluesky, Instagram

Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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After a stop at the Apple Genius Bar, Devin and Andy visit Brooklyn Made, a two-location gift shop celebrating Brooklyn goods. What’s the difference between a gift shop and a self-gift shop? Are all Chambers of Commerce at least a little menacing? Should NYers be mocked for their bodega love? What was the Brooklyn Maker Movement, and how was it related to the aughts hipster? What does the Brooklyn “brand” mean these days? Should Brooklyn chocolate covered pretzel specialist Fatty Sundays do a collab with Saturdays NYC??

Bodega Cat book (a triumph!), Bodega cat shirt, Bodega cat puzzle, Bodega cat sticker

Closet deadstock Brooklyn 4th Largest City sticker, and the Welcome Back, Kotter opening credits that inspired it (check out the backstory!)

Clixo toys

Full Carts Social: Bluesky, Instagram

Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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After a discussion of the evolution of the CVS app and a trip to free some men’s underwear from TJ Maxx, Devin and Andy break down a visit to Primark, a discount clothing chain founded in Ireland and currently expanding in the US. How cheap is too cheap? How impressive is the Primark adaptive clothing selection? Is this a Mickey Mouse operation? Does Primark have the best variety of team gear outside of the leagues themselves? What does it mean when ice cream in the food court costs more than a hoodie??

Dirty Underwear by Willy Chavarria

Jordanluca pee jeans

Calico Cut Pants (currently sold out)

Peeing your pants is cool excerpt from Billy Madison

Full Carts Social:Bluesky,Instagram

Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Historian, author, and brother-in-law of the podcast Jon Grinspan joins Devin and Andy to talk about coffee making and coffee drinking methods, as well as the coffee maker buying experience. What are some of your personal coffee canon events? How did the Civil War change the coffee game? Is making coffee the simplest or most complicated thing in the world? Are you a bean skeptic or bean believer? Is it always iced coffee weather for Gen Z? Is the beauty of hot coffee in that contradictory mix of comfort and stimulation??

How Coffee Fueled the Civil War by Jon Grinspan (nyt)

Robert Downey Jr.’s New “Happy Coffee” Is Really Depressing (Sprudge)

Does Anyone Drink Hot Coffee Anymore? (nyt)

(Note: Jon gives the coffee equipment shopping experience...3.5 carts.)

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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