2025.05.02: Very Very Frightening

Burnie and Ashley discuss Ashley’s birthday plans, duty-free temptation, The Terminal, Tom Hanks, Finch, being in the crosshairs of public ire, MCU end credit letdowns, sex work economic indicators, married couple finances, timing the tariff market, Clair Obscur, and learning to forgive.
  
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Thunderbolts

• Thunderbolts has set a surprising new MCU record
• IGN on X: “Thunderbolts* has the longest post-credits scene in the MCU (if you don’t count a particular musical number) https://t.co/y6QkTOKsPS” / X
• Rogers Musical (Full Version)
• Clea Meets Stephen Strange | Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
• THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (2022) “Hercules” Post Credits Scene [HD] Brett Goldstein Marvel – YouTube

Recession Indicators

• How To Tell There’s A Recession Coming, According To Sex Workers | HuffPost UK Life

Xbox Price Hike

• Microsoft Hikes Xbox Prices By More Than 20%—Here’s The New Cost

Clair Obscur

• Hit RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Tops 1 Million Sales in Just 3 Days – IGN

Tom Hanks

• The Terminal – Wikipedia
• Finch (film) – Wikipedia
• Finch — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

Target Boycott

• Target cuts performance bonuses amid backlash over DEI cuts | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | HR Grapevine USA | News
• Target CEO Brian Cornell was paid $18.1 million in 2023