<description>&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Whitney preps for Super Bowl ad season, she and Allen talk a little "micro"-economics, they discuss kids' story component recognition skills, grown-ups doing what they want (or not!), and try to come up with some ideas about "what to do".&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to Known Issue at &lt;a href="https://knownissue.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;knownissue.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

"When you feel so mad that you want to roar, take a deep breath and count to four."

Does Anybody Know What to Do?

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Hunter is back. A little New Year's talk followed by a lot of WTF.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to Known Issue at &lt;a href="https://knownissue.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;knownissue.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The worst part is getting duped.

It’s the Hypocrisy

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Kicking off 2026, we welcome our friend, Kelly Garrett, LMHC to the Known Issue Podcast to discuss why we’re all “so busy" and what, if anything, we can do to slow it down and take a dadgum breath. Kelly drills down on a concept he calls the “Demand of Participation" -- or the cost of simply signing up to do any given thing.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to Known Issue at &lt;a href="https://knownissue.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;knownissue.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Allen welcomes Kelly Garrett to the pod to discuss the Demand of Participation and why online clothes shopping is ruining the supply chain.

I Meet, Therefore I Am

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Welcome to the first episode of Diminishing Return! Friends from youth, Allen Rogers and Alex Brownstein, share a tale about a high school guidance counselor they never knew and a teen poem penned for the golden sibling of Pearland, Texas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to Known Issue at &lt;a href="https://knownissue.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;knownissue.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Two friends make a deal to never speak of this again

A Good Yearbook

<description>Allen and Whitney talk a year after their first episode and catch up on the process of completing Mabee at the Market. They also discuss balancing work work, creative work, and creative parenting as well as the foibles of large trucks and the perpetual state of getting the gimmies. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to Known Issue at &lt;a href="https://knownissue.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;knownissue.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

How much is enough? Ah 1, ah 2, ah 3...[crunch]...ah 3.

Grown Ups Get the Gimmies

Known Issue is a compelling interview podcast where Allen hosts a diverse and intriguing range of guests, who cover wide-ranging topics from the history of the Burmese python to bowdlerizing reusable baby diapers. <br/><br/><a href="https://knownissue.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">knownissue.substack.com</a>

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