EPISODE · Jun 21, 2024 · 46 MIN
56: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
from Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast · host Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast
In the mid to late 2000s, we gathered around our television sets to watch a heartwarming reality show where struggling families got their homes renovated into much nicer, bigger homes. A much nicer, bigger home couldn't possibly have any unintended consequences down the line, right? Right?? How did the lizards get into the duct tape room??? Edited and thumbnail by Noah JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism BIG THINGS ARE COMING Sources: https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/abcs-extreme-exploitation https://www.thelist.com/35201/untold-truth-extreme-makeover-home-edition/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ffFtPvdhs&ab_channel=PatrickCc%3A https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/05/26/extreme-makeover-home-foreclosure/346131001/ https://www.thewrap.com/ty-pennington-extreme-makeover-home-edition-backlash/ https://web.archive.org/web/20101105124200/http://defamer.gawker.com/163321/the-extreme-makeover-home-edition-tragedy-wishlist
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56: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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