Sep 15, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min · 10 segments
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First up, we've got Columbia House shut down after 71 years.
What was Columbia House still doing in 2026?
I don't know.
Do you know what Columbia House is?
Is that a film, like a studio or something?
No, that's...
No, no, no.
Oh.
Oh, wow, Nate.
It's Columbia House...
Well, you would've had this too, is that subscription service or not...
Yeah, kind of, where you would pay through like a little catalog to get CDs- ... and things.
Like you would sign up under a credit card and mail it back into them with like money and be like, "I want this CD," and they would ship you out all this stuff, and then you'd owe the debt collectors and-
Is that the stuff that schools would set up?
That's...
It's like that.
That's...
No-
Yeah
... 'cause that is, um, that is the p- book fair, Scholastic Book Fair.
Oh, I was thinking more of like you go door to door and like, "Hey, would you sign up for this subscription-
Oh
... to this magazine?"
It's kinda like that, yes.
It's kinda like-
First up, we've got Columbia House shut down after 71 years.
What was Columbia House still doing in 2026?
I don't know.
Do you know what Columbia House is?
Is that a film, like a studio or something?
No, that's...
No, no, no.
Oh.
Oh, wow, Nate.
It's Columbia House...
Well, you would've had this too, is that subscription service or not...
Yeah, kind of, where you would pay through like a little catalog to get CDs- ... and things.
Like you would sign up under a credit card and mail it back into them with like money and be like, "I want this CD," and they would ship you out all this stuff, and then you'd owe the debt collectors and-
Is that the stuff that schools would set up?
That's...
It's like that.
That's...
No-
Yeah
... 'cause that is, um, that is the p- book fair, Scholastic Book Fair.
Oh, I was thinking more of like you go door to door and like, "Hey, would you sign up for this subscription-
Oh
... to this magazine?"
It's kinda like that, yes.
It's kinda like-
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