32: Skymall

Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast

Remember Skymall? That weird catalogue that was on pretty much every plane. Yeah, what the hell happened to Skymall? JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASE, WEEKLY BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR BELOVED $5 AND UP PATRONS: Courtney Witcher, Raven Snow, Sam Johnson, Owen Traxler, Cyrus Katzenburg, Marilyn Kearney, remi-rose Evans, Kelly Carroll, Kate Volz, Emily Schmitt, Marissa Kerr, Jamie Galioto, L0ST VEGAS, Cleophidian, Gaby Nogueira, Garrett M, Robert Swenson, Alexis Maschke, Bird Schneider, Errant Harpy, Gina T, LiteralCryptid, Sam, Librarium Studios, Songmanne, Betsy, Blake V, Neen Varela Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a wonderland of burning money! Hosted by CT Kelly and Evan Swope. IG: @desperateactsofcapitalism Tumblr: https://desperate-acts-of-capitalism.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/daoccast Sources: https://skymall.com/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/skymall-the-strange-story-of-americas-most-delightfully-weird-catalogue/276807/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/airlines-pull-skymall-planes-766342 https://web.archive.org/web/20101206230448/http://www.skymall.com/shopping/contact.htm https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-24/skymall-is-earthbound-but-its-legacy-of-nutty-gifts-lives-on https://web.archive.org/web/20150708072206/http://www.northjersey.com/towns/ridgefield-park-company-buys-skymall-brand-1.1300102 https://web.archive.org/web/20070720193723/http://www.skymall.com/shopping/aboutskymall.htm https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-skymall-20150128-story.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-skymall-captured-moment-technological-and-american-history-180954043/?no-ist https://www.dailydac.com/commercialbankruptcy/investors/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/company-buys-skymall-for-1-9-million-will-make-dramatic-changes/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/04/01/396894697/still-need-a-lawn-yeti-good-news-skymall-may-be-cleared-for-relaunch https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/23/skymall-the-wacky-in-flight-catalog-is-filing-for-bankruptcy-how-did-it-last-this-long/