Selling Out Feels Personal

Historian and bestselling author Joseph Moore (‪@josephmoorebooks‬ ) joins Matt Zeigler to explore how commodification changes art, music, fashion, and culture, and why making creative work available to the masses may be a feature rather than a flaw. They examine the relationship between taste and status, why people turn against things once they become popular, and what Jane Austen, Taylor Swift, Andy Warhol, Louis Vuitton handbags, and 1990s alternative bands can teach us about costly signaling and the cycle of culture.